I thought I would
write an e-mail, even though I did talk to you last night, but some
people didn't get that wonderful opportunity:)
Yes bed bugs
are real and they can be a problem in Indiana and I'm terrified of
getting them. Sis Fullmer will usually tell me before going to bed
"don't let the bed bugs bite" and I freak out. Basically we're told not
to sit on coaches in people's home and not to put our clothes on our
beds....In fact they had a training on it before I got here. Basically
the stake president in Lafayette is an entomologist and specializes in
bed bugs and trained all the missionaries.
Monday: I have become quite the wood worker, I spent last p-day building two bookcases, I only made one mistake.
Tuesday:
We had four member present lessons lined up and three of them fell
through! I'm still not used to lessons falling through. We ended up
tracting and looking through formers for the rest of the day. The only
awesome thing about that day was we were still able to teach Bro.
Rollie. We started the plan of salvation, but didn't get very far. He
had a lot of questions because we were teaching him things he had never
learned before. Basically about the pre-mortal world and he had never
though of the Fall the way we explained it.
Wednesday: District meeting was good, I realized that I need
to be more focused on the work now. It's been hard because I keep
thinking of my last transfer. I took my first nap in over two months
during our dinner break. That day I realized I'm no longer afraid of
tracting. I just get frustrated when I feel like we are not being
effective because no one wants to listen to us.
Thursday: Zone conference was so good!!!!!!! We combined with
the Bloomington zone and were trained by President and Sister Collins
and the assistants. President Collins was teaching us about the story of
Abinadi. At first glance he didn't seem like an effective missionary, I
mean he didn't baptize anyone! But what he didn't know was about Alma
and the impact that Alma had on generations to come. Likewise I have no
idea the impact that misisonaries can have. It may seem like we aren't
doing any good. I just have to remember that part of the work is
planting seeds to be harvested later....
I was pumped after this training....seriously so excited to go
to work. Unfortunately my companion felt the opposite way. She felt
overwhelmed because of having we need to work on.
Friday:
We had two meal appointments in one day!!! haha we gave service Friday
morning and then went to the Jones for lunch. Super awesome couple and
now we are doing laundry at their house on p-day. That night we went to
the Hales, she was the one who was saying she doesn't want her kids to
be called Hoosiers. It's definitely a negative term if you are not from
around here.
Saturday: Thank goodness for companionship study. Every time
we have it I am humbled. Sis Fullmer was able to realize that she is
running out of steam. Then there's me who has "greenie fire" and is
pumped about life, most of the time. I have noticed the past couple of
weeks that Sis Fullmer hasn't been as excited about everything as me.
*Mom, you probably know exactly what I am talking about. Like when I get
really excited about things*. Anyways basically everyday I try to get
myself hyped up so I can enjoy the day. Usually it includes singing
"Called to Serve" the Indiana way...."Called to serve Him here in
Indiana, blessing Hoosiers with the truth restored". Yeah I usually sing
it between houses. ANYWAYS, I love my companion to pieces, and it's
very common for missionaries to get laid back when they have been out
for that long. So basically I'm working on helping her being excited
about the work. But it's definitely difficult.
Sunday:
Yep Sacrament meeting was hard. First I feel way overwhelmed because
there are so many faces that I don't know. I'm at the point where I can
go introduce myself to a person on the street, but for whatever reason
church is just way overwhelming. Then I got a tad homesick during
sacrament. Basically all this talk about mothers really got to me. I
told you this on the phone but I had my first last minute lesson. Yay
for teaching gospel principles without reading the material before had!
It wasn't so bad, not that I want to make it a habit. Then in RS we
talked about eternal marriage.....it never goes away, seriously. After
church we knocked some doors and this lady let us in. She's older and
doesn't have any family. We talked her the Restoration and briefly
introduced the idea of the plan of salvation. She said she was going to
talk to her preacher about it. We quickly made an appointment for
tomorrow, hopefully to help her understand more BEFORE she talks to him.
Because once she does we may lose her.
Monday:
So we are going to start doing laundry at Sis Jones home' to save
money. And she feeds us. She made pumpkin soup! I was one happy camper.
And she sent us home with the left overs.
It was great talking to everyone!!! I have to admit it felt pretty
weird....and I started crying afterwards haha. But once we started
studying I quickly snapped out of it. Sorry if I was way awkward or
anything like that, sometimes I feel like I am and I have no idea what
to say. Even in these e-mails. Like I have no idea what you actually
want to hear from me. So basically I just summarize each of my days and I
don't remember what I put in previous e-mails. Something that I have
come to realize is that I think this mission is more about me changing.
Yeah maybe I'll be able to affect someone else, but I think I'm the one
changing. That was something that was specifically mentioned in the
blessing that I got from my district leader, that the people need me,
but God is making something out of me right now. I try to remember that
when no one is interested in listening. Luckily even when people don't
want to hear about the Church, they are curious to learn about us as
people and they are usually pretty kind. That's always a blessing.
Sister Mayberry
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