This week has been so great. It's unreal to me that after
tomorrow, I only have 2 transfers left. But my new companion is Sister Howard
from Australia!! I almost cried when I found out. She's one of my best friends
here and we were in the MTC together. She was companions
with Sister Revoredo who was my last companion before Sister Linares so we've done this little
companion circle. haha.
Anyways, yesterday we had the biggest miracle EVER. So
last week I think I told you about the lady who came to Temple Square and just
gave us her email but responded and said she'd been meeting with local
missionaries/going to church? She emailed us yesterday and told us she's
getting baptized on the 21st of this month with her husband and 3 daughters who
don't even live with her!!! AND, she said we could Skype in and watch it!
We have been teaching this other girl who Sister Linares
found on Temple Square a week before we became companions who's preparing to
get baptized on the 5th of December. She's living in Provo so it's a little
miracle because we'd actually get to go to her baptism. My whole mission, I've
never actually gotten to attend the baptism of the people we've taught. We've
gotten to Skype, but not in person, so I am dying of excitement!
I don't have too much to update you on. It's been really
cold here and the Square is pretty dead, but more and more lights are going up
everyday!
We had transfer conference yesterday and can I just say my mission
president is so inspired?
He said that several sisters have been emailing him
and telling him that they feel like they're losing their "motivation"
for the work. I definitely have had days like that and he talked about the
meaning of the word motivation.
He said in our scriptural cannon the word
motive or motivation only occurs 11 times and is usually associated with
someone wicked who has evil "motives."
He talked about how motivation
is associated with the natural man because it comes from within us. As we know
from the scriptures, the natural man is an enemy to God.
President Poulsen went
on to talk about how instead of trying to get "motivated" to be a
missionary, we should ponder and consider our duty as representatives of the
Lord. He told us the word duty appears in the scriptures 2,237 times.
There are
a lot of things in life we probably will not feel too motivated to do but as we
remember what our duty is to God and the covenants we've made, Christ will
enable us to fulfill our duty to him. I loved that and it's really helping me
move forward even though there are very few people to talk to on the Square
these days. haha
I love being a missionary. It seriously is the best. My new
assignment this transfer is Welfare Square and they've redone everything! I'm
so excited to what it's like now and drink gallons of chocolate milk every week
:)
LOVE YOU!
LOVE YOU!
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Here's a nice photo of our flagpole tour
and all the guests who were lined up to see Temple Square!
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