Because just training one would be too easy.
I'm getting another baby in the mission!
Sooo Sister Petersen is still in training and I've been finishing
training her, well we got a call from the Assistants to the President
last night... I didn't really think anything of it at first because I
served in the ward with them for a while and was used to them calling
ocasionally. so they called and the conversation went like this:
Elders: Hey sisters hows it going?
Sisters: Great! We love it up there!
Elders: Sister Nielson! Youre not surfing right?
Sister Nielson: Oh elders! you know i surf every day for morning exercise!
Elders: We are sure you do sister nielson! well we are calling on behalf of President Maluenda tonight
(this is where we started panicking)
Sisters: Alrighty... whats up elders?
Elders: Well we were wondering if you could take a trip down to
McAllen tomorrow to pick up your new baby Sister Nielson! Your gonna
train another missionary and be in a trio!
Sister Nielson: You're joking right?
Elders: Nope! We want you to still have your pday though! so you
will leave Corpus at 530 so you can get to president's house at 8 and
pick up your new baby!
Sister Nielson: No but really... you're joking right?
Elders: Sister Nielson the Lord has confidence in you and President
Maluenda feels very strongly that this sister needs to be up there with
you both! We are really excited for you to come down!
So! We will be leaving here at 530pm to head to McAllen and pick up
my second born in the wilderness! How crazy is that? Sister Petersen
and I were just getting comfortable being together and now we will be an
awesome trio! I'm super excited but definitely went through some
serious panicking last night! I called the Sister Training Leaders and
told them what was going on so we could borrow their GPS to drive down
and just freaked out to them a little. one of the sisters gave me some
really good advice though...
She reminded me that these things happen for a reason.That the Lord
knows exactly who we need to be with and where we need to be always.
Apparently I need to be training these two sisters at this time and
though I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous, I'm excited to see what
exactly the Lord has in mind for this adventure... haha! I love that
right when I start getting comfortable the Lord laughs a little and
throws me a new curve! The mission wouldn't be fun if He didn't!
In other news... Our air conditioning died this week(: I've
discovered what its like in those countries where you don't have any..
you wake up in the morning wet... from sweat... its pretty gross haha!
Sister Petersen and I woke up friday morning and looked at each other
and tried not to panic. we tried all weekend to get a hold of our land
lord and he was unavaible... luckily he called our house keeper lady
today and said he would get it fixed! So we survived 3 days with out
airconditioning(: But! the elders were sympathetic to our needs and
brought us two big box fans! that was a serious blessing for sure! we
love those serving elders!
Next awesome news: WE FOUND A FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are super
awesome! Sister Petersen and I were visiting a referrel and she told us
we should talk to her neighbors. One neighbor she said was super
friendly and nice the other super mean. the mean one is a biker and she
told us some bad stories... so we were a little nervous... guess which
neighbor was the family that invited us back and we've already taught
the restoration to? Yup. The biker! he's super cool! Him and his wife
have two adorable kids 13 and 9! Fantastic ages right? So we have
another lesson with them tomorrow and they will be in church on sunday!
We have been praying since I got there to find a family and we know this
is the one! We just need to help them receive that spiritual
confirmation that this is God's true church on the earth today! and it
is! so that shouldn't be too hard right? Haha.
One more cool thing for the week! I spoke in sacrament meeting at
the singles ward here! It was my first time speaking in church in the
mission! So i was pretty excited! I decided to try that whole... "lead
by the spirit" approach with my talk.... the branch president asked us
to speak on preach my gospel too so it was an awesome topic i know VERY
well! I decided on chapter 6 as my focus! Christlike Attributes! I went
through each of the attributes and talked about why each one of them is
important to me personally and what it means. I think the best part of
the talks is that my companion panicked and got scared and only talked
for 7 minutes... welll this branch is tiny. and we were the only
speakers.. so that gave me 20 minutes to talk and I did! How cool is
that?! I had a couple of the members thank me afterward for my talk and
tell me that they really felt the spirit :D That was an awesome feeling!
I think one of the attributes that I need to apply the most
currenlty is patience... always patience I struggle with! I've gotten
good(i think) with my patience with others. its definitely been
interesting being patient teaching a new missionary(and now a NEWER
missionary) but my self patience isn't so great. I keep expecting a lot
better out of myself and feeling like i'm failing. But I've realized
that... by getting upset at myself and not being patient with myself,
its not just me I'm affecting. My companions can tell when my confidence
level goes down and I'm afraid. Members can see it and I can see the
change in them when they notice. So I have made that my goal in this new
adventure that begins today! I must be a lot more patient with myself.
That doesn't mean getting lazy when I can't do something perfect right
away... it means I'm going to keep trying. I invite all who read this to
do the same thing! Think of something you've been getting frustrated
with yourself on... maybe its a talent you are trying to develope that
just doesn't seem to be working out... try it again. and when you feel
that frustration, take it to the Lord right then. Ask him for help and
trust Him. He knows better(:
I'm grateful for my loving Heavenly Father that knows me so well
and is patient with me, and my loving Father here on earth that whenever
I get frustrated I can hear him in the back of my head saying "suck it
up and fix the problem! you're killing me smalls!"
I know that when we are patient with ourselves, miracles can
happen! I'm so excited for this next adventure in my mission and can't
wait to meet my 2nd baby in the mission tonight! I can just feel that
she is going to be a wonderful blessing in my life and teach me a whole
lot more than I could ever teach her! I wish everyone back at home the
best! Love you!
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