Not gonna lie, overall this week was kind of discouraging. But there were some good parts!
Wednesday we did exchanges. I LOVE SISTER BARRETT. She is one of the funniest people I have ever met and whenever I am around her I just laugh the entire time. We shared a room in the MTC together, so we go way back :) Wednesday was the first day is got really cold and it snowed a couple of inches. We spent most of the day finding. Everyone we talked to was like "why are you even outside?" My feet were frozen haha. BUT! a miracle. This girl stepped outside to clean off her car. She was late for work so we offered to help her. We just briefly mentioned who we were and she told us she wasn't interested. We left her with her number and walked to our next destination. About 20 minutes later a car pulls up beside us. Hope (that's her name) gets out of the car and walks over to us. She tells us that she kept thinking about meeting us and how it probably wasn't a coincidence. She told us that if she saws us on her way into work she would give us her number. And she saw us! A little miracle. We gave her a call yesterday, no answer. We'll see. Miracles always happen on exchanges.
Sister Barrett and I got to reminisce about our MTC days. We are both praying we get to be companions one day. We had a lot of fun. But we also had some serious conversations between doors and stuff. We are both at the same point in our missions, so we swamped thoughts and emotions.
Thursday morning we headed out into the snow to contact a HQ referral. It was quite a distant and when we arrived at what we thought was the address, we couldn't find it. So we decided to knock on a random door and ask them if we could shovel their snow. The lady was so grateful because her husband was actually sick and wouldn't be able to do it. It was fun! First time ever shoveling snow. Certainly not the last.
Friday in district meeting I gave a training on accountability. We read over Ether 2. A couple months ago I was reading this chapter and realized how one principle we learn from the Brother of Jared is accountability. At first, he wasn't accountable. Then he repents, receives specific instructions from the Lord, and follows through with them. Take some time to study it if you'd like. I'm to lazy to share with you all my thoughts haha.
I think Saturday and Sunday were some of the longest days of my life...Saturday we got about 8 inches of snow and our cars got grounded. So that meant walking! In the morning we went to see a LA sister. On our way home a mail lady asked if we were walking and if we could help her find a package she had dropped in the snow. We spent about 20 minutes trying to find it, with no luck. After lunch we went to help a non-member move. It's someone that a member of the ward works with. A VERY nice young couple. We'll see what happens. Brother Mcliver really wants to see them get baptized. We had several appointments lined up for Saturday and all of the fell through. I think this week is my new record for the amount of appointments fallen through. I don't even want to count.
Church was even cancelled! Luckily the elders met us at the church and we still got to take the sacrament. Definitely a moment I will forever remember. It made me remember just how important taking the sacrament is. Then it was more walking! My body is way exhausted after the last couple of days. Walking in 8 inches of snow is much harder than no snow. However, I'm gaining a much better appreciation for the pioneers. We often sing "Come, Come Ye Saints" or some other missionary song when we are tried and think we're about to die (yes sometimes we are dramatic). There are multiple little rivers we cross over and every time I think of the pioneers crossing the Sweetwater. I honestly don't think I could have done it. We decided to drive to Bremen to contact a HQ referral that we had tried calling earlier in the week. We drove the 12 miles out there and couldn't find the address! I HATE when that happens. So we saw an older lady shoveling snow and offered to help her finish up. She let us! Then we went in a shared a little Christmas message with her. She takes care of her 96 year old mother. Very sweet people. That was a bit of a blessing. Actually a big blessing. Yesterday was so hard.
I feel like I'm complaining a lot, which I am haha. I don't know what I would have done this week without our exchange. Luckily, this week we get to look forward to mission conference on Thursday. Oh! Sister Barrett and I were talking about the dangers of plateauing. It's something Sister Donaldson talked about all the time. At the time, I hated it because I felt like I was never going to get there. The halfway point of my mission felt like it was never going to come. Now I'm SO grateful I was trained by a seasoned/older sister because I understand what I'm going through is normal and what I can do to overcome it. I never would have been taught that if I was trained by a 3 month old missionary.
So this week? Concentrate on working hard and forgetting about myself. I'm still trying to figure out how to completely forget about myself and just do the will of Heavenly Father. Hopefully I'll be able to learn a little more of that lesson everyday.
Oh yeah. Merry Christmas!!!!
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