Okay, this is going to be shorter because I refreshed the page and it
erased all my words. But, on the plus side it has been a really good
week. We had interviews with the President this week and he told me
that I was heaven sent. We were talking about the progress of Hermana
Alvey and how she actually is happy now, (after lacking a whole lot of
self confidence and good childhood memories). And, it made me feel
good. I don´t really understand how he sees it, but it was nice to
hear it.
Oh, and then, President Gulbrandsen told me that I need to work on
being more annoying. Yes, he pretty much did say that word for word.
We were actually talking about the fact that our companionship still
didn´t have a phone (we haven´t had one for a whole transfer) and that
he was aware of the fact that at least 12 phones had been given away
(what the....?) so we have to be annoying. Call E´Gardner morning and
night to get it. And then the President commited me to be annoying. It
was and is the weirdest form of repentance I have ever been a part of.
And then we talked about Enoch and how in the scriptures it says that
he offended many. And so I need to have Enoch as my role model for the
last half of my mission. I´m kind of scared. I have been pretty good
at not being annoying (usually, it´s never intentional), and I don´t
know if I´ll be able to live with myself now that I need to be. Well,
I know I will, I just don´t know how I´m going to live with myself.
That is the current mystery.
Anyways, so now my investigators really will love me. I´m going to amp
up my calling them every day and being better on committing people and
overall being more bold. Sigh, there´s always something to work on. At
least I´m feeling good about the way I teach, for the most part. It´s
a work in process. It´s all a work in process really. When I die...I
will still have to keep working, the progression will just be even
slower.
The good news is I have an amazing mission President. He always seems
to be one step a head of the game and looking for an opportunity to
give good constructive feedback. As in, he corrects us all the time,
but it is done with such love that you just want to make yourself
better. You want to be better because you understand that it is the
only way to truly help God in His work. And you have such a love and
devotion for your mission President that you don´t want to disappoint
him. It is great to have such strong leaders to help you out.
Oh, one last thing and then I have to go. I have discovered that going
on a mission is the way to prepare the future mission presidents and
their wives (among other things, life, marriage, kids, being a
leader). I was just thinking about that the other day, how President
Gulbrandsen is really good at directing people to do the work, and
it´s all to help them know how a mission runs. We all understand and
know how a mission should run now. I could be a mission president´s
wife. Maybe I will someday. Right now, nobody knows but God, but I´ll
be ready for it if the day comes. So, prepare yourselves too, because
God needs leaders!
Anyways, got to jet. Love you all!
Hermana Reed
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