First
off, it's super humid. We've been going running in the mornings some
days and man.... Humidity has a profound affect on the lungs. I feel
like they're drinking the air I'm trying to breath. It makes me think
I'm out of shape hahaha. Also, our air conditioner broke and our
apartment is HOT by the time we get home at night. I have not had a good
night's rest the past couple of nights because of how grossly warm our
apartment is. Hopefully that all gets fixed this week.
On a good note, Sister Jones and I officially
decided to be fully consecrated missionaries. Which, we're both hard
workers and we both were striving for obedience, but now we're trying to
be exactly obedient. It's actually kind of fun. My goal, however, is to
make sure that I am exactly obedient and remember Christ is all that we
do. I have seen many missionaries who are exactly obedient to the T,
but they seem to miss the whole picture. They can sometimes get caught
up in loving how awesome they are and how great they are because they're
so perfect at being obedient. No, I want to just serve the Lord humbly
and try to think of Him and why I'm being exactly obedient. We know it
brings miracles, and that's the goal. This area needs a miracle and
we're going to try our hardest to make this place great, and that can
only be done by missionaries willing to be exactly obedient. It's mostly
been fun because we're both cool, we're still normal and still
ourselves, but we're helping each other out in becoming better. We're
trying to perfect the little things, and though there be mistakes,
that's what daily repentance is for, and learning. So it's actually been
great so far.
Again, it's still a little different up here. We
tracted for an hour the other day and only talked to one person. We
can't just park wherever and tract at houses that are only a few hundred
feet apart. No, these houses are about a 1/4 of a mile apart from one
another, and we have to park along the highway. It's not bad, I actually
love how much we're walking, but numbers-wise it's not really all that
helpful... This week, though, we've planned on for sure reaching our
Mission Standard of contacts this week! We're going to do it! You'll
see!
I'm glad to have a companion that's as driven and
motivated as me. It's so much easier when you both have the same goal,
and we both really do. I'm seeing just how much I need to change in
myself as a person, and as a missionary because she raises me up to a
higher standard. Not that my other companions didn't help, I appreciate
them fully! However, I love challenges and I love improving, it's like
working out so I'm all for it.
The people here however are not quite as driven...
Things run a little slower up here, but hopefully we're making strides
to improve the area.
We're working with a lot
of less actives. The thing is, most of them are quite miserable. Almost
none of them are happy. I'd even be so bold to say that they're all
unhappy. And they tell us they know what to do to be happy, but they
don't want to stop such-and-such habit, and they are too lazy to try and
find a ride to church, and they don't really care to do this or that.
But they're bored, unhappy, and want peace in their lives. It's funny
because they seem to know, but they're not wise enough to make a real
change in their life. Many rants come out of me (not in front of them)
at my frustration, mostly because they all can be so much better and be
much happier, and yet they still choose to be stuck. I have a learned a
TON on the type of person I always want to be. Consistent, driven,
motivated, and always moving forward. Being stuck is just plain sad, and
it's very evident in some of the lives that we enter. Hopefully the
Spirit will kick some people in to gear!
Well, love you all!
Sister Smith
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