Not much new to report on this week, just living the dream with a super motivated companion. This week Linda was touched as we showed her the Restoration video. She still does not seem to want to consider baptism, but she is feeling the spirit and has started to read the Book of Mormon. She said she is jealous of those who got to see him here in the Americas and who got to touch his hands and side. She is
Our Stake Conference this weekend was AWESOME! They invited the youth ages 12 and up to join the Saturday adult session. They stressed the importance of family and family history. The Saturday session was uniquely interactive with a panel of people with real life problems who were asked to share their "stories" with us. A recent convert and recently returned less active also shared their stories. It was awesome to see these peoples success stories all these months later! :) Our investigators, Alyson and Samantha, were there and loved it! Plus President Morgan attended it, so it was the best meeting ever!
As we were doing our weekly planning I had the desire to invite Rose to church. But instantly I had the thought "She will not leave her sister home all alone. She is too sick to leave the house. Rose will not come to church until her sister passes away." I was saddened by this reality. We called her twenty minutes later to confirm an appointment with her. She told us her sister had just barely passed away earlier that morning. I was shocked! Poor Rose! And then I remembered my thought just moments before. God was opening up the path for Rose to progress by allowing her sister to depart. Of course I am sad this occurred, but grateful for the Lords perfect timing! Today is her sister Lucie's "wake" (viewing). She asked us if we could come and be with her through it. It is our Pday, but we just could not tell her no. She is turning to us for help, and we will gladly give it!
Just yesterday we went to her home with the Elders and Paul Nardella (our member) to mow her grass, weed wack, trim the hedges, fix a broken step, and set up some patio furniture. Paul eagerly shared the gospel with her...and being Paul he probably shared too much with her. But I love his enthusiasm for the gospel. It was a wonderful experience, and we did a great job on her yard!
I must admit, I was frustrated yesterday. I did not say anything to express it, but I felt it for sure. Sister Bolton is often so extremely motivated to meet our goals, that it causes me anxiety. I am impressed and encouraged by her dedication, but sometimes I wish the numbers did not matter as much as the people or our own sanity. We are often late to meetings because it is hard to get out of the previous one (boy can these people talk and talk and talk), or we get a late start because she loses track of time (and I hate to rush people or tell them what to do). So I often get anxious with running late to one meeting and rushing it to make sure we get to our next one on time so we can meet the goals we have set in our super packed day.
Yesterday we were informed that our dinner appointment was last minute changed to 4:30 instead of 4:00. We had to be out the door by 5:00 to make it to our 5:30 appointment. I suggested we cancel the 5:30 appointment since it was set up last minute anyway and we had an appointment with that same couple this weekend. But Sister Bolton has a lot of faith and desperately wants to reach our goals. So, she said we could get in, eat, teach a lesson, and get out in 30 minutes. I told her how the food was probably not on the table,me elders were not there yet, and we had never met this family before and it most likely would not work out. Bless her heart, hand has so much faith and knew we could do it. I kept my mouth shut and let her make the decision. When she realized the plan was not going to work out, she suggested we do a last minute split with the members and still go teach our lessons but change out 5:30 lesson to an hour later. Haha... I think my stress level was at about a 8 or 9. I did some calls and texts to let them know we were running late, but I was grateful when we finally got in the car to leave that Sister Bolton sucked up her pride and made the calls necessary to cancel our appointment. I did not hold a grudge or anything, but I do wish I did not feel stressed by needing to meet goals to make her happy. I feel when we do not reach all our goals at night that she is disappointed. I am just grateful for the many lessons we were blessed with and not worry about the ones we did not get. But hey, difference in perspective huh?
My companion Sister Bolton works super duper hard and we get along well. We still are not really good friends which I wish we were, but we get along just fine and get the work done. We want to become better friends and have more fun in the work, but we are unsure how to do so. Anyway... Not a big deal.
So, I am kinda not sure what to think about my mission being almost over. It seemed like it would last forever, and at times it has felt like it has, but it is coming to an end soon. I realized during our Mother's Day calls home that I wasn't really missing out on too much back at home. Everything was pretty much the same. So I am more grateful for the precious time I have out here to serve now! :)
Miracles are happening all over! It is unreal! This really is Gods work! I know we say that all the time, but sometimes our words are parroted and hollow. But it is true! I just know it! :) I am so grateful to be part of a Gods army!
Love Always,
Sister Weyandt
progressing!
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