how ya goin'?! hope that everybody is
enjoying their last few weeks of summer vacation, I know here in the
land down under we have been enjoying... A LOT OF RAIN! which I still
love btw. The work here has been really slow which is probably a result
of being doubled in and working through some companionship issues that
we had this last week. BUT! the work is going forward boldly nobly and
independent as Joseph Smith said.
this week we had several opportunities to talk to our mission
president and his wife IT WAS AWESOME! Something that President told me
on Friday
is "if you move a grain of sand, you will change the whole beach". Some
times your efforts really feel as small as moving a tiny grain of sand
but really that is making a difference, no matter how small. I've
really been changing my perspective on missionary work. My focus on the
work has changed from a labor of getting results to a labor of love.
I've been working on enjoying every moment and really helping the people
that I talk to rather than just trying to turn them into investigators
myself. I've realized that the Lord will do that in his own time and
all I have to do is open my mouth and share the love that I have for the
savior.
So last week I didn't get the opportunity to write to y'all
about the 2nd person that we talked to that day in the rain on the way
home for dinner. His name is Sunil. He is from India and he's kinda
like an indian, more pure, less hardened, version on Myles. He called
us the
Friday
after we met him and he asked us to meet him at the library. Luckily we
were just out trying to find people on the ward list so we were able to
go and meet him. We were about to start in to the restoration when he
told us about how he had read the whole pamphlet and then quoted to us
the jospeh smith story. needless to say me and sister payze had to take a
second to remember to close our mouths after that. It was so cool. We
taught him about why the priesthood was so important. He's Hindu so he
believes that all religions are true but he also agrees that there
should be only 1 way. We gave him a book of mormon and asked him to
read just the introduction. Skip forward nearly a week to
Thursday
evening. We were just finishing up dinner when we get a call from
Sunil "hello sisters can you meet me please at the library." We weren't
going to pass up a teaching opportunity so off we went. We met him
there and he apologized for only reading all of the introduction, the
testimony of the witnesses, and the first 4 chapters of nephi... once
again me and sister payze had to remember to close our mouths... and not
fall over in amazement. We taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ
and the importance of baptism. He said that he loves Jesus Christ
because he prayed to him to help him get a job and he helped him and so
he was really happy and he wants to follow him. He doesn't think at
this point he is ready to get baptized but he does want to keep
learning. He is crack up, and amazing and we just need to get him to
church so pray for that people! :)
I love being a missionary because it is the opportunity to
fully serve my brothers and sisters. I am learning and really trying to
become more like Our Savior. This last district meeting we were
talking about the importance of listening to people and the spirit
brought to my remembrance something that I hadn't thought about for
years. Remember how Dad used to get mad at me for not listening to him
when he was trying to teach me because I would always respond and just
be sassy back? Remember how he had that rule for a while that we needed
to wait 3 seconds before replying so that way we can focus on what the
other person was saying. Any way I remembered that and shared it in
district meeting. Elder Brazil (our district leader) liked it a lot and
made it our district goal to use the 3 second listening rule in all our
teaching. He's been following up on it and I really think it is helping
the spirit help us know what our investigators need.
Before I go I wanted to share my favorite scripture this week. It's Ether 2:6
" And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness, and did
abuild bbarges,
in which they did cross many waters, being directed continually by the
hand of the Lord" sometimes we find ourselves in the wilderness of life,
or missionary work, or relationships, or whatever and we don't know
what to do. If we ACT (build barges) on what the Lord has told us to
do... and trust him even though we may not know where he is leading
us... then we will be directed continually by the hand of the Lord, we
will be accepted by the Lord. Elder Kopischke said in the last general
conference "As
we are personally in tune with the Spirit of the Lord and feel His
acceptance, we will be blessed above our understanding and bring forth
many fruits of righteousness. We will be among those to whom He has
said, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
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Seeking
and receiving the acceptance of the Lord will lead to the knowledge
that we are chosen and blessed by Him. We will gain increased confidence
that He will lead us and direct us for good. His tender mercies will
become evident in our hearts, in our lives, and in our families."
I love this gospel. I love you. Thank you for all that you do for me.
xoxo
Sister Wyatt
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