My trainer, Hermana Beatty, got moved to another area in our zone and
I got to take over our area with my new trainer, Hermana Sands.
Fortunately Hna Beatty is only a phone call away and will remain my
Sister Training Leader.
I decided at the beginning of the transfer I wanted to work on
humility and patience. Well, the Lord answers prayers, so be careful
what you pray for.
We got lost a lot, and we had to drop a lot of investigators who
wouldn't keep appoint,mets or weren't progressing, and today we had to
drop another one who I really liked.
I'll be completely honest, getting a new companion was harder than I
thought it would be. It's a lot of change and adjusting. She is super
sweet, but since she knows nothing about the area the first week felt
like it was all on me. And it's hard to feel the spirit when you're
stressed. Then on top of that we had to finalize the plans for Sam and
Sophia's baptism on Saturday.
It was such a sweet service. Sam and Sophia gave the opening and
closing prayers and Sam kept telling me how happy he felt.
The service was well attended and it was heart warming to see the
support that came out for them, especially considering that since Sam
and Sophia understand English better the service was in English, and
yet there were some members there who spoke only Spanish.
And, since Hna Beatty is still in the zone, she got to come for the baptism!
After the baptism I was still feeling a little overwhelmed so I asked
the district leader for a blessing. In it, God promised that I would
be guided by the Spirit in all I did. Later that day, we were trying
to decide whether to go to dinner with a member who had sign d up to
feed us a while ago but who wasn't answering her phone to confirm. I
felt like we should go, so we did. The member wasn't home, but her
hired help welcomed us in and whipped together some food. She wasn't a
member of the church and we shared a short message from the Book of
Mormon. I left, though, frustrated. She had talked a LOT and I hadn't
been able to understand very much. I felt bad that she had to whip up
a dinner last minute and that the member wasn't home. And our message
had been rushed so that we could get to our next appointment. And on
top of that my comapnion later told me she had felt like we shouldn't
go. Why had the spirit told me to go?
Really, I'm not sure. I began to doubt the promise in my blessing.
The next day at dinner we ate with four elders and a member family. My
companion and I had been asked to give the dinner message and we were
planning to share a message about testimonies and missionary work,
when, right after dinner, I felt like we should talk about the
atonement instead. I admit, I was tentative to say anything to my
companion. At last I told her, "We need to change our message. I'm on
it." I wasn't really sure what to talk about or how to begin, but I
know the spirit lead me because afterwards the mother of the family
thanked me for sharing just what she needed.
Sometimes it feels like the work is going nowhere and God is just
playing with the dials seeing how hard he can make it before you
break, but I know he guides this work. I know transfers are inspired.
And this coming week my companion and I set high goals and we plan to
work for them with Doctrine and Covenants 123:17 as our motto.
Con amor,
Hermana Anderson
#allforHim
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