GUESS WHAT I AM TRAINING FOR MY LAST 12 WEEKS!!!!
I am so excited to be training! Honestly, my whole mission I have wanted to train. Until this transfer. I think I have been enjoying my calling as an STL so much that I would've been fine dying as an STL. So I was really surprised when I found out I will be training. But as soon as President Maurer told me that I will be training it felt completely right and this is what I need to become more refined for my last 2 transfers here. I'm excited to meet my new companion and I want to be the best companion I've ever been.
The Christmas songs have begun. . . We have entered the -ber months. . .
We've been teaching a new family of investigators---(have I told you about the Necario family yet?) they are actually former investigators from about 3 years ago who are now fully ready to commit to the gospel path. Their hearts are open so it doesn't matter so much what we say during the lessons, but rather what we help them feel and then do. They are proactive and accountable for what they need to do to be baptized. They truly have a desire to do what is right and they set aside time in their schedules for God. They don't have to be reminded or compelled to do what is right.
Funny story: So there is a professional member in our ward who gave us a referral for his brother who lives in a professional neighborhood. We finally found their house and were surprised to see that they were not professional too. We walked into their dirt-floor home and met the wife first who coaxed her husband out of the room. He stepped out to meet us. . . and we were shocked to realize that we recognized him! He was a pedicab driver who had talked with us a few days before. He had dark brown skin, long hair, and no teeth, whereas his member brother was white, cleanly trimmed and spoke English. After we left the house, the member's wife remarked "His brother was lazy in school." The member is a civil engineer and a police chief, whereas the brother is a pedicab driver. I was amazed at the difference in their appearance and lifestyle just based on their education!!! So don't be lazy in school! ;)
Funny story: So there is a professional member in our ward who gave us a referral for his brother who lives in a professional neighborhood. We finally found their house and were surprised to see that they were not professional too. We walked into their dirt-floor home and met the wife first who coaxed her husband out of the room. He stepped out to meet us. . . and we were shocked to realize that we recognized him! He was a pedicab driver who had talked with us a few days before. He had dark brown skin, long hair, and no teeth, whereas his member brother was white, cleanly trimmed and spoke English. After we left the house, the member's wife remarked "His brother was lazy in school." The member is a civil engineer and a police chief, whereas the brother is a pedicab driver. I was amazed at the difference in their appearance and lifestyle just based on their education!!! So don't be lazy in school! ;)
I've been studying about truth lately. There is only one truth. It does not depend on what we believe is right for us and our lifestyle. There is no choosing our own path. God is perfect and has all truth. He would not tell different people different ways to come to Him. Once we realize that God is the same yesterday, today and forever it naturally follows that there is only one law, one lifestyle, and one truth for all mankind. Religion depends on God, not on what we want or on what is popular or convenient.
All in all, I'm excited and ready for whatever is in store. I'm grateful for this new opportunity to grow and to pass on my skills to my new companion. I get to train my replacement. :)
Love always,
Sister Smith
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