Happy Monday everyone!
Hope you have all had great weeks and been able to feel the Lord's hand in
blessing you no matter what kind of week you may have had :)
This week I learned so many
lessons. I guess the main one I'm seeing reoccur (which must mean I stink at it
and need to really work on) is patience. Man has it been a week filled with
patience and love or what?! Well this week started off rough we needed to find
more people to teach so Sister Hansen and I set off Tracking. Even on exchanges
(which were awesome). We knocked on so many doors. #PracticallyAPro. After 3+ hours
of rejection we were finally able to give out a Book of Mormon. Now this may
not seem like much and you may be thinking "wow Sister McDonald what is
your life?!" But let me tell you, after a hard day, it was an extreme
tender mercy of the Lord. I have come to really appreciate even these trying
times because it's through the though times my testimony grows even stronger. I
know that this gospel is the one way of sure peace in this chaotic world.
Through the Book of Mormon I have come to not just know OF my savior but to
really KNOW Him. And for that I am forever grateful. I love getting in any
portion of my testimony in the short moments at the door because any chance to
testify of truth is the best!!
We were able to have President and
Sister Johnson (Mission Pres and wife who ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST MAN I LOVE
THEM:D) come and have one on one interviews with all of us in our zone. When I
met with President Johnson he said something that really will stick with me. He
said that just because our outward results aren't the same as other
missionaries it doesn't mean we are failing. As long as we are doing what the
Lord asks- to be obedient, to teach and preach to the best of our ability and
work our hardest we are doing the right thing. We will be blessed. Those of you
that know me know i'm a perfectionist and it's super hard for me to not see things
work out perfectly right way. But, shortly after this meeting we returned home
and were able to set up 4 lessons for the next day. Guys this is huge! More
than I've ever taught in one day before! It was such a blessing and I truly
have a testimony that when we stop comparing our results/ outcomes in life with
those around us we see what the Lord has in store for us. We just have to keep
being diligent in staying close to Him and working our best and hardest. He IS
the difference and is ready to help us if we just reach out. May we all better
reach out this week and personally reflect our own lives to see what He has in
store for us. Have a wonderful and blessed week!
Love,
~Sister Kimber McDonald
Ponderize: Moroni 10:32 "Yea,
come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all
ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God
with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you,
that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye
are perfect in Christ..."
Quote: "Don't focus on what
we can't do, instead focus on what we can do!" -Elder Stevenson (Sat
Morning session)
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