Adjusting to Mission Life Sept. 5, 2014

Hi!

Ahh... this week has been so good. I'm finally adjusted to waking up at 6:30 am and going to bed at 10:30! 

It's crazy how much I've been learning. Sunday nights are my favorite. We had the option to either watch "The Testaments" or watch a talk Elder David Bednar gave at the MTC a couple years ago called "The Character of Christ" so we watched “The Character of Christ.” If any of you have an hour and a half in your day, watch it. It literally gave me a new perspective on everything I do. I would think you could find it on LDS.org or maybe even google Youtube but seriously ... watch it. It'll change you.

The MTC is kind of the best because they force us to do so many things that are completely out of your comfort zone. …I am learning a ton!

The thing is, every single person is so different and has their own needs and the most important thing is just to love them.

We had a devotional on Tuesday and it was President Holzapefel (he's a member of the 70) and he said something that has given me so much more perspective and love towards my investigators. He said you aren't teaching them to get them baptized. You are changing their eternities. Every time I get nervous to teach someone, I try to think about how this work is so much bigger than me and it really doesn't matter how I'm feeling because I am here to serve God.

Sister Stevens who's the 1st counselor in the General Relief Society presidency talked to us on Sunday, too, and she said “Breathe in faith and let fear out.” I love that so much!

Love you all tons and tons! Thanks so much for your letters, they make my day!

-Sister Helton

P.S. The pictures are of my district at the Provo Temple. It was super sunny out so everyone is a tad squinty! The first one is of my companion, Sister Lai, from Australia