This
week i got my new companion, Sister Taunima! She's been out almost 11 months
(she came out with sister Hansen!!) and is from AZ. She's really funny and has
a super awesome drive to work hard and pick this area up- which I'm super
grateful for. Change is hard and it'll take some time to find our groove but
hey, it's cool. So this week we just got Sister Taunima to know the area, ward
and investigators. I just want to share a few legit highlights:
The longer I "missionary", I feel like I learn to be even more
bold and even more loving with people. It reminds me of something a good
homie, Austin Ralphs, told me while on his mission: "never never never
be afraid to invite people to come to Christ!" As I've come to understand
just how important that invitation is, I know that we shouldn't be afraid we
need to JUST LISTEN and the Spirit will tell us what to say and when to say it.
This week we had 2 people we taught that understood the importance of our
visits and the baptismal invite and agreed that if they came to know the truth
of what we teach that they would be baptized.
I realized that I would be serving the Lord for 18 months coming out here but I
didn't understand that that would mean doing exactly what pushes me out of my
comfort zone (training, leading, taking over areas) and as President Johnson
says "staying on the steep end of the learning curve!!" This week I
felt once again the great reminder that if we are patient and trust the Lord
things will always work out! Take a deep breath and keep moving forward! :)
Conference was amazing! It's pretty much the equivalent to Christmas for us
missionaries. I always walk away with much more for myself than I would've
expected! I half expected Christ to just appear and be the last speaker! Ha,ha,ha!!
I just can't wait for Christ to come :) Anyways in the meantime we got work to
do! Here's a few of my favorite quotes:
"The more we act like Christ, the more direction and revelation we
get"~Sis Marriott (women's session)
" The Lord is in the details, he won't leave us helpless....He will make
much more out of our lives than we could do by ourselves" ~Elder Stevenson
(Sat Morning)
"No one goes his way alone, reach out and lift one another as
leaders"~ Elder Rasband (Sat Afternoon)
"Choose the 'harder' right, rather than the 'easier' wrong"~
President Monson (Sun Morning)
"There is a cure! Nothing is beyond God's power"~ Elder Johnson (Sun
Afternoon) (President Johnson's Bro!)
"You're doing your best...keep going...don't give up! Remember we have
tomorrow!" ~ Elder Holland (Sun Afternoon)
~Sister McDonald <3
Ponderize:
"And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the
mouth of angels, of his coming; for the time cometh, we know not how soon"
~Alma 13:25
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