They are just starting to turn here. I am really looking forward to seeing them in full swing this year. Raleigh has so many trees. It is really a beautiful place.
This week was nothing short of completely and utterly insane. We were up to our eyeballs in missionary work. We had a zillion appointments this week. All with less actives and recent converts.It was great! I loved it!
Sis. Wilson was with us for the majority of the week. It was fun teaching in a trio again. I think it helped us to find more balance in our teaching.
Since my time is going faster than I can keep track of, I will give a brief overview of the highlights of the week:
Zone Leader/District Leader council was this past Friday. It was amazing! A few things that I learned:
*Observe to identify needs of investigators and members. Pres. Bernhisel called this "living the higher law." Sis. Asay and I have been trying to do a better job of that this week. It is a lot of fun!
*We had a few people from the department of proselyting or something like that. Bro. Watson gave a great lesson on what our purpose is and what it means. Bringing people unto Christ means helping them, assisting them, guiding them, etc. It also simply means that we help people make and keep covenants with God. He talked about incorporating the Doctrine of Christ into everything. I felt like what he taught was one of those 'puzzle pieces' that you just can't seem to find the right place for and then you finally get it! He told us to consider asking these questions after a lesson:
What evidence is there that (insert name of person)'s faith is increasing?
What evidence is there that they are repenting?
What evidence is there that they are working towards making/keeping their baptismal covenants?
What evidence is there that the spirit was present?
What evidence is there that they are eduring to the end? (i.e. working towards going to the temple, etc)
*Bro Wade also spoke. He is from Fruit Heights. He told us that if we ask for referrals we better follow up with them because it would be better that we had never asked if we aren't making plans to follow up.
There were so many great things that we learned from that! It's been fun to try and apply as many of the things as we can in our lessons.
All of our appointments with our investigators fell through this week. :( It was frustrating. We were able to stay in contact with them all though and Reshell and Daisy both made it to church yesterday! It is neat to see people change. We definitely stayed plenty busy with all of the less actives and recent converts we are teaching.
We took Sis. Wilson back to Fuquay on Saturday so she could stay with her companion until her companion goes home tomorrow. We met the family they live with, the Measoms. They are a great family. Fuquay is a lot like Dunn. It is a good balance of country and city. I decided I missed all of the tobacco and cotton fields! There aren't any of those in these parts of the woods!
We were able to schedule a time to meet with Charmaina and her family! (she was the referral from Bro. Swift, our ward mission leader in the R2 ward). I am excited to teach them about the gospel and how it can bless them. There are so many blessings that come from the gospel. It is amazing.
The relief society broadcast was wonderful as always. Sis. Asay was crying through the whole thing. I was kind of worried. She is okay though. :) Just being a typical sister missionary. It was definitely an incredible broadcast. I am looking forward to reading it when the ensign comes! Don't forget to prepare to here the prophet speak this week!
Here's a link that can help you find ideas of how to prepare for conference:
http://www.lds.org/general-
I love you all and I know that the prophet speaks for God and that if we listen to and follow his direction we will be blessed and we will 'prosper in the land.'
Love y'all!
Love,
Sister J
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