The work is going great here in Page.
We taught our investigator Kevin this week, the Law of Chastity! It was great because me and Sister Navarro were both really sick, but really felt like we needed to tough it through the lesson. And it was a really good one. We taught the Law of Chastity and all of those fun points, and then asked Kevin how he's been doing searching for his answer to know whether or not the church is true. He said he's still searching. But he prays and doesn't feel anything. He knows the spirit and how it should feel to get an answer. So I flipped open to Moroni 10 and we talked about real intent. We have to be willing to do whatever it is God tells us. We have to be ready to abandon all fears, all doubts, and all reservations and move forward. We held the lesson at a members house and the next day she shared her testimony of "real intent" in sacrament meeting.
I went on mini exchanges with Flora Vista this week and was able to learn a lot from them. Those sisters are working so hard and accomplishing so much. Their diligence and motivation inspires me. I'm trying to learn a lot about planning while I can. Planning has never been my strong suit. But I need it to be. If I'm going to get anything done in life, I need to make a plan and learn to accomplish it. I wonder if planning applies the same way in regular life like it does in missionary work. When we plan where we will be, God is able to place those in our path who are ready. So, if I plan out my regular days, will God also provide those I need to uplift and interact with? Hopefully.
The cutest thing that happened this week is we got coldstone for Sister Steele on Monday in Farmington. She's adorable when she's happy, I just love her. In other Sister Steele news, we are trying to convince her to go brunette. Brown is beautiful.
The funniest thing that happened was we went to teach a very Native family. We came in and the young man about 18 was sewing an outfit for a hoop dance. The 11 year old was practicing his hoop dance and his younger sibling said "I do the grass dance!". The younger boy was summoned by his Navajo name, and then we started the lesson. Halfway through the dad gasps, points at the floor under his chair. His son reached down to pull out what he had stepped on: A stale piece of frybread! We all laughed. They are a less active family with a couple of recently baptized sons. They're always busy with their dancing and fundraising to help one of their boys, Tony, who recently tore his ACL. Sister Steele was on splits with a member, so it was just me and Sister Navarro. We had a great time teaching this family and when we were going to set up another appointment, the mom started to seem a little flaky. Gave us the "oh... We're just so busy..." The 18 year old son said "Mom, why don't we just set a time and work our schedule around it?" She nodded. "Same time next week?" He asked. We wrote it down. "Any reading assignments for us to do before then?" I thought my jaw was going to hit the floor. Do you know how many teenagers care enough to take the initiative? It was so great to see a noble youth who cared about these sort of things. And he's a leader in his family. The youth here in Page are amazing in general. Each generation is just so valiant. I hated when people said that to the youth when I was a youth. But I see it now. It's admirable. We taught our investigator Kevin this week, the Law of Chastity! It was great because me and Sister Navarro were both really sick, but really felt like we needed to tough it through the lesson. And it was a really good one. We taught the Law of Chastity and all of those fun points, and then asked Kevin how he's been doing searching for his answer to know whether or not the church is true. He said he's still searching. But he prays and doesn't feel anything. He knows the spirit and how it should feel to get an answer. So I flipped open to Moroni 10 and we talked about real intent. We have to be willing to do whatever it is God tells us. We have to be ready to abandon all fears, all doubts, and all reservations and move forward. We held the lesson at a members house and the next day she shared her testimony of "real intent" in sacrament meeting.
I went on mini exchanges with Flora Vista this week and was able to learn a lot from them. Those sisters are working so hard and accomplishing so much. Their diligence and motivation inspires me. I'm trying to learn a lot about planning while I can. Planning has never been my strong suit. But I need it to be. If I'm going to get anything done in life, I need to make a plan and learn to accomplish it. I wonder if planning applies the same way in regular life like it does in missionary work. When we plan where we will be, God is able to place those in our path who are ready. So, if I plan out my regular days, will God also provide those I need to uplift and interact with? Hopefully.
The cutest thing that happened this week is we got coldstone for Sister Steele on Monday in Farmington. She's adorable when she's happy, I just love her. In other Sister Steele news, we are trying to convince her to go brunette. Brown is beautiful.
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