Well, I can hardly remember the week previous, but we taught a ton of lessons and we made our goals, that felt really good!
We
had zone conference yesterday and it was really amazing. Sister Wolfert
gave an incredible training and I felt the Spirit so strongly. She read
this poem that a missionary in Houston, Texas wrote. The poem conveys
many of the feelings missionaries have. Or at least, many of the
feelings that I have had, thus I was touched by the power and simplicity
of the poem. I can't remember the name of the poem, but it's really
good. Sorry!
President also wants us to become consecrated. He
wants us to fully dedicate ourselves and turn away from anything that
could be holding us back from being more powerful.. It's nice to get
that motivation because Sister Jones is really good at being obedient
and it makes our job a lot easier! There's definitely a Spirit being a
missionary, but there's a really strong Spirit when your an obedient
missionary. Of that I can testify. I was so pumped up from Zone
Conference it made me want to just get out and teach some people
hahaha.
It was also really nice to see some more
missionaries, since we're out in the boonies we hardly see anyone.
Whenever I see other missionaries I get so excited for the work because
there's a unity. We're all doing this together and we're all teaching
God's children the restored gospel. It's an awesome experience. I wore
the dress mom got me and I got a lot of compliments. A lot of sisters
asked where it was from and I just said, "My mom." So thank you!
Oh, last week we had a really powerful lesson with a
lady named Darlene. She's a lonely lady whose husband died somewhat
recently. She has a terrible addiction to smoking and drinking. She'll
smoke a pack and a half a day (not even kidding! That's a LOT!) and
about 8 beers every day. Okay, even if you're not a member of the
church, that's SO BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH! For reals people! It's so sad to
see how binding addictions can be. They really don't have any self
control, it's all been lost. It's sad. And I'm not writing any of this
to be judgmental, I'm writing this to be honest because the effects of
addictions are tragic. Honestly, strongest testimony of just not
starting down on that road. Thankfully, there are people who can come
out of it, through the Atonement, proffesional help, stopping before any
addiction occurs, etc. but to step into the homes and lives of people
who started off so innocently when they were young, and see the nasty
lifestyle and conditions that they live in now, only solidifies my
testimony on the benefits of treating our bodies like they actually
matter.
Anyway. Learning a lot about addiction recovery and
it's fascinating. Hopefully the Atonement, coupled with her will, will
help her overcome it in order for her to become a free agent of her own.
Love this gospel. Love this work. Love being a missionary.
Until next week,
Sister Smith
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