This emails gonna be a long one cause SOOOOO MUCH HAPPEND THIS WEEK!!! Anywho I'm coming to ya from the Carthage Missouri Ysa area ( aka the best area) my comp sis lacey is an absolute angel, we actually went to high school together! Small world right?! This week has been a dream! There's forsure ups and downs but I'm learning that even the downs can be potential ups! I have yet to get Bible bashed so tender mercies for that haha!
Tuesday: GUYSSSS GUESSS WHATTT! we had a devotional w the one and only ELDER GONG!!!! IT WAS SOOOO GOOOD!!! literally an answer to my prayers! He talked a lot about seeking perfection in Jesus christ. And how we are not going to be perfect on this earth we need to turn to the savior and use the atonement daily and try to be better each day. He talked about the scripture that's "be tho perfect..." and how the jd translates it to complete. We can become complete in the savior. Let me tell ya that talk was just the boost I needed before headed out haha! I feel like as a missionary and just in life In general you can be extremely hard on yourself and fall into toxic perfectionism. But this kind of perfectionism can actually push us away from the savior and make it harder for us to hear the holy ghost. Let me tell ya the spirit in that room was soo powerful Elder gong was such a light u could feel it as soon as he walked in it was insane and at the end he walked up and down every row in the mtc building keep in mind we were at full capacity so like 600 people I wanna say don't quote me on that tho my math is not good as you all know lol ! But u could literally feel it as he came down the isles!
Wednesday: GOT TO BENTONVILLE!!!!! GUYSSSSS cool story sorry this is a long one but I've seen so many miracles this week so keep pushing through cause it's a good one haha! So on our last flight to Bentonville I got seated next to this guy and we were sitting on the plan for a solid hour and a half and we talked the entire flight so about 2 1/2 hours just about life and the gospel. He saw my tag and said his sons friend came from our church and that he was a good kid. I finally mustered up the courage to give him a book of Mormon and he took it !!!! Reluctantly but still!
Thursday: we had classes pretty much all day Thursday but I learned lots! The church in Bentonville is right across from the temple which is almost done! It's a big deal here and everyone is so hyped about it! It's really good to for non members cause it sparks curiosity so dubs only for that! Pres and sis Collins are literal angels and are the kindest people you will ever meet! Pres Collins talked a lot about the gathering of Israel and how we are the stakes and are sent to prepare people for the second coming in the area around where it will all happen! So no pressure there haha!
Friday: transfer day!!! Moved to my new area which is sooo fun! The members here are sooo nice they go above and beyond for missionaries it's actually insane! Everyone even strangers is soo kind! Don't get me wrong we definitely get a few people that will glare or whisper things but the good far out ways the bad! We went to Walmart and a guy literally stopped us and was like I used to meet with people from your church! He asked if he could meet with us! And he told his son we were good Christian people! My heart! We had to refer him over to some other elders cause he lived far and we have very limited miles! But still soo cool!!
Saturday: my first full day in the field! We did some mall contacting and a couple stopped me on the way out and said that I looked familiar then looked at our tags and said that someone w/ our tags used to come over to her house! We gave her our info and got her number so we'll see! Also crazy part was she said she met the last sister missionaries in that exact same spot! I for real had shivers! I'm telling you God is in the details! Also it's crazy how much love I have for these people I won't even know them and I will just be able to see their potential! It makes me almost cry because I want them to be able to feel what I feel and have the gospel in their lives too! It's a really cool feeling! You have absolutely no judgment for anyone no matter what they look like or what their doing you just feel God's love for them and their potential!
Sunday: the members here wow! I have never met so many people that are so willing to share the gospel! A majority of our baptisms come from member referrals and our ward is killing it! They are all such amazing people! This morning I had a prompting to write my testimony of the bom on a sticky note and put it in one of the boms we give to people. I almost ignored it but I did it and then a girl came to the ysa and she was an inactive and hadn't been to church in 6 years! She said she missed the way it made her feel and decided to come to church that Sunday! She didn't have a bom and so I ended up giving her the one I had written my testimony in! She asked us if we would be in church next Sunday and we were like heck yeah r u and she was like duh! Sooo cool! So act on promptings people! No matter how dumb or small it might seem in the moment!
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