Hiii! so
last week I forgot to mention that it was the last week of the transfer! but
i'll talk about that in a little..
MONDAY: zone
p-day!!! we played softball. my batting skills are slightly improving, but my
throwing just sucks. I blame it on being left handed..
TUESDAY: we
had district meeting! we talked a lot about the importance of church and
helping our investigators get to church. and the thought struck me that I am SO
LUCKY to be able to know how important church is. before my mission I didn't
see it. mom really had to force me to go some weeks, but boy howdy, I'm sure
glad she did. church is so important!! not just so we can say we went to church
but there are three things that make it so important!
1. when
we're baptized we covenant or promise God that we'll help others, by
participating in church we really do help others! we may not see it, but we
surely do.
2. its a
commandment, not a suggestion. remember, thou shalt keep the Sabbath Day holy?
3. we need
the sacrament. it's not just eating some bread and drinking some water, it's
telling God that we remember who we are and what we need to be. it's
recommitting ourselves to follow him. and it makes us as clean as we were at
baptism when we repent. I don't know about you guys, but I realllly want to be
perfect and that can only happen if we repent and take the sacrament.
so ya..
CHURCH IS SO IMPORTANT. everyone needs to go. God said so.
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY:
pretty much a blur again. sorry fam bam!
SATURDAY:
transfer call day!!! this day is always way fun because you NEVER know what's
going to happen. You always work super hard this day because working hard means
you don't have time to think about where you're going, or not going. Sister
Martinez and I didn't really know what was going to happen. She felt like she
was going to leave, but I had NO idea who I was going to be with. I felt like I
was going to stay, but didn't know with who.. haha. turns out we were kind of
right! Sister Martinez is leaving and going to the north side of the city. This
transfer has been so great with her. She is such a hard worker and has so much
compassion for the people. She's a great missionary and I'm really lucky to
have been able to be her companion for such a short time. I know I say all the
time that I'm so lucky, but I truly believe I am! The Lord loves me so much
because he is just always blessing me! yeah he humbles me quite a bit, but only
because he loves me! and so you're probably wondering who my new companion
is... well I am too! I don't know who she is yet because she isn't here! I'm
going to be training! when they called us and told us I'd be training, I didn't
really know what to think. so I've summed it up into 3 thoughts:
1. I know
verrrrry little about missionary work. I know I've been out for 6 months (holy
crap) but I feel like there's so much that I just don't know about how to do
certain things or things in the scriptures. one things for sure, I know a
lot more than I did when I first came out.
2. I hope
that I help her have a great start to her mission. so that when she thinks
about her mission in a few years she can look at her first 3 months and say
that it was a good time and that she grew a lot.
3. I'm so
excited!
so I didn't really
sleep Saturday night. not because I didn't want to, but because I was trying to
figure out how I was going to help my new companion and the area this next
transfer. so I did what any normal 19 year old girl would do (that was slightly
sarcastic), I finished the Book of Mormon! yayayyyyy! my love for the book of
Mormon has grown so much the past few months. I know, without a doubt in my
mind, that it's true. nothing/no one will ever be able to tell me differently.
if I didn't have a testimony of the book of Mormon, I would not be out here.
But I do have a testimony, I know it and I know that God knows it. and that's
really all that matters.
SUNDAY:
after my sleepless in st Louis night, church was exactly what I needed. I've
said it before, but I LOVE church. in sunday school we talked about talents.
this topic is always super uncomfortable for me to talk about, and I don't know
why! Heavenly Father has given me so many talents! yeah I have weaknesses and
faults, but I can't focus on those. especially if I've agreed to help build
God's kingdom on the earth. None of us can focus on our weaknesses, that's from
Satan so let's just not let him bring us down. We already know that God wins in
the end, so just play for the winning team. GOD'S TEAM! YA!
well family.
I have a challenge for all of you. I'm well aware that not everyone in our
family is of the same faith, but I'm also aware that everyone in the family
supports me going on a mission. I have two main reasons why I'm on a mission:
1. I love my
Savior.
2. I love
the Book of Mormon.
and I want
all of you to feel the peace that has come to me from these two things. so
here's my challenge to you all,
READ THE
BOOK OF MORMON BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
and if you
don't want to think of it as a challenge, then it's what I want for Christmas.
if I'm thinking clearly I think you all are getting the better end of the deal;
you don't have to buy me gifts and you get to understand why I've left home for
18 months! I'm serious about this too! so email me and let me know if you're
doing it, and i'll continue to check in to see how you're reading is going. and
if you don't tell me you're reading it, then i'll probably just email you and
ask you why! #theimportanceoffollowingup
I love you
all! and that's why I want you to read the Book of Mormon, because I want you
to feel the Saviors love!
have a good
week! :)
sister
oberfield
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