Looking back on my week and trying to remember what I did was hard! It has
been such a quick transfer that all my weeks are blending together!
I do know that this week was a week of trials when it came to our
appointments. We have never had so many cancellations and no shows on our entire
mission and this week was full of them! It allowed us to really look into our
back up plans and hope we followed the spirit and not just the natural man and
9:30 seems like midnight. We worked hard and never gave up and as much as we
didn't see a random baptism or we didn't have 20 new investigators we both felt
like we worked our hardest and the lord is pleased with what we did. Sometimes
it is hard to not base success off of numbers or what others are doing but I
have come to know this transfer that God doesn't work that way. I may be obedient
and even though I am not perfect I am working my hardest to get better each and
every day and yes I am being blessed for it. I may not have felt like all those
cancellations and no shows are blessings but I know God has something big in store
for me and my work here or I wouldn't be here. I cannot see the miracles as
missionaries we expect all the time, because then they wouldn't be miracles... so
I have found little miracles throughout each day and I want to tell you about
them.
I as a St. James missionary do not go hungry... My ward has been my miracle as I have a meal appointment every single day with members and get to be
in their homes and feel the spirit as well as practice my skills.... that is a
miracle!
I got to sleep in a bed that is warm as it starts to cool off outside. We
have a homeless guy who walks on our street a lot and every time I see him I
consider my accommodations a miracle!
I have leaders who honor their priesthood and take care of us... that is a
MIRACLE!
I get to go door to door in Winnipeg, a city I never expected to be in, and
share what i know to be true! That is a miracle
I am finally seeing how I can best help the less actives I am working with
and the direction I need to go there and that is a miracle!
I can still wake up every morning at six thirty and be studying by
eight.... that is a MIRACLE!
So although i didn't see someone get baptized this week and we weren't able
to find any new investigators I know the lord is blessing me and my efforts
through the little things... the lord is in charge of my mission and if he didn't
want me here I would be home! That is a MIRACLE! I will keep him in charge of my
mission from here on out because i know he knows better than me!
I hope everyone has a fantastic week... You are all in my thoughts and
prayers!
So....
Here is what is going on with transfers....
I will be staying in the St James area and finish the training of sister
Fellows who is currently being trained by my great friend and old companion
sister Hutchinson! Sister
Christensen is going to my old ward Gateway to be in a
tripanionship....
We are both excited and surprised by these calls... we were so sure I was
leaving that I started packing my bags but it looks like the lord has something
else in store for me! I'm excited!
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