Yes- I am still above
water ;) Obviously it's been pouring rain all week but we didn't let it affect
our work. The gutters and sidewalks were pretty much rivers but we could still
drive. The first morning of the floods Sis. P. was watching the news and seeing all the
flood and she said kept trying to convince us not to go out. She said,
"Tom told his sisters that they weren't allowed to go outside and I asked
him 'How do you tell them what to do??'" She knows that we wouldn't stop
working anyways. Silly Sis. P. A lot of people asked us what we were doing
out in this weather but they still slammed the door in our face so no, the rain
didn't really work to our advantage ;) haha. A couple basements of members
flooded so we were helping clear them out and rip up carpets but that was the
extent of our service opportunities so far.
We were starting to share
a message with a young mother and asking how she was and she explained she was
going through a lot of stress because her basement was flooding so we stopped
the message right there and went down to help. We called Brother L. and he got some other guys to come over and
help out. It's awesome to see the ward work together to help others :)
On Wednesday we had the
General Authority, Elder Corbridge, come talk to us from 9-3:30. It was
AWESOME. He taught all about how to be better teachers and focus on the most
important thing, the Atonement. Me and 5 other missionaries sang "Lead
Kindly Light." I also sang with 3 other missionaries in a different ward
this past Sunday. On Thursday we had a zone meeting. Especially in these
meetings and in our morning studies, I am able to learn so much from the
Spirit. I can't even explain how much I love truth and learning. I always think
to write stuff down so I can tell you but I always think, "No way I'll
forget this!"
Really I just want to be
the best missionary I can possibly be. I want to be a good teacher, I want to
be bolder in finding situations, I want to have greater charity, etc. It's
always a good feeling to realize that I have 14 more months to learn and grow.
I know that once I get close to mastering missionary work I'll be going home to
learn and grow some more. Isn't it fantastic that we can always progress and be
better?! Have I said that already? Because I've been obsessing with it lately.
Like usual we work really hard and do our best but we don't baptize someone
everyday. We don't even have anyone on date for baptism right now. I try not to
let those things get me down. I know no effort is wasted and my goal for my
mission is to make my Heavenly Father proud. I know that he loves me and is
happy about the fact that I do my best. He is happy that I jump (not
literally......) out of bed every morning, and take each day as a brand new
chance to let His children know about His plan for them. He loves them so
incredibly much and it's my job to help them understand that. S Hardy and I
decided to treat everyday as if it is our only day to be a missionary. If you
had one day to be a missionary you wouldn't walk past that man on the street,
you would stop and tell him something meaningful.
I love being a missionary
with all my heart and I just want you all to know I'm working hard. I'm not
sure if you can tell that from the stories I tell so I want you to know! I'm so
far from perfect and there are moments when I really just want to take a nap
haha but I keep going and somehow God helps me! I will never lose my
"greenie fire" :D
Love you all and I hope
you haven't forgotten about me yet! ;) Crazy that I've been out for the amount
of time I could've done a semester at BYU! BEING A MISSIONARY ROCKS!!!! :D
(Sorry guys, I'm never coming home ;) Nothing against you)
ps. I still like letters
a lot :)
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