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| Bucking up to go trekking in the snow! |
This week was full of miracles! Last week, being sick, Sis.
Senior and I felt so cooped up, so this week we worked extra hard to be good
missionaries! I promised that we would become the best missionaries last week
and we did our best to do that! Here was the result:
Well, first, we have been teaching Katelyn, which I think I have
mentioned her before. She's 16 and a sweetie. This last week, we read Alma 32
with her and talked on faith. She said she feels her seed growing, she just
doesn't feel that strong desire to feel baptized yet. That is our biggest focus
with her, is helping her recognize her answer and feel the Holy Ghost. We have
high hopes for her and knows that the Young Women's program has been a great
thing for her.
This week we had Zone Conference! It
was a great Zone Conference for sure! I left feeling so pumped and ready to do
missionary work! The Conference focused on two things: Planning and Finding.
What stood out to me was the Finding. I have been really focusing on trying to
speak to people more and reach outside of my comfort zone, along with planning
more tracting. This is what I have felt we have been needing to do better as a
companionship, so this definitely gave us both the enthusiasm to get the ball
rolling!
With this new vigor, one day at the
library, we were doing our mormonchannel/Mormon.org time that we do each week.
It was time for the library to close, so all the computers closed off. I
started talking to the lady next to me. She asked, "Are you two
sisters?" (We get that A LOT!) I responded, "No, but we're sister
missionaries!" as I grabbed my nametag, showing her. As she leaned forward
to read it, I asked, "Have you heard of our church before?" She
quickly looked down, mumbled "yes," as she began to grab her things.
I could tell I was receiving every negative vibe from her, so of course, in my
very Heather way, I hollered as she ran away, "Hopefully all good
things!" Sis. Senior was laughing so hard. But once again, I did a
beautiful job of making a fool of myself. haha. This will be a pattern I think
will continue throughout my whole life. It's just another "Funny Heather
Moment."
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| Boiled peanuts at the grocery store. I am SO in the south! |
IT SNOWED AGAIN! That means, no
driving! So, we walked to WalMart to do some contacting. However, as we walked,
we got picked up by a nice lady, Andraea. We secretly hope to start her. (Snicker,
snicker.) As we arrived to WalMart, HOLY COW! It was like Black Friday!
Everyone was in a panic getting food because of the snow! Thank goodness the
church encourages food storage! This is a testimony why! (The funny thing is
that it was such a light snow. It didn't even stick and people were panicking
over that. :])
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| Snow! |
While we were there, we ended up talking to a man, Corey. He has surprisingly
enough been taught a couple lessons once before from some elders about a year
ago. After that, he never saw them again. Weird! Regardless, he would like us
to start coming and teaching him. He may not have been ready for the message
then, but it seems as though the Lord prepared him to receive it now.
Also, this week, we got a Mormon.org referral. Many missionaries
see these referrals as pointless, since most of the time they just want a free
bible, but Sis. Senior and I try to take them seriously, especially with things
being slower recently. We try to see it as we were given these names for a
reason. With that attitude, our most recent referral, LaVonda, we went to go
see. We had been informed that she wanted the free bible, so we weren't sure if
it was going to go anywhere, but we went prepared to teach anyways.
We came in and gave her the bible. Instantly, she asked, "So what
makes your church different from other churches? What is it you believe that
isn't the same as everyone else?" It was the perfect question and we found
out that she explores many religions and is curious about ours. (She has yet to
find one that she wants to stick with. She feels like there are a lot of the
churches that are led by "false prophets.") So, we began to teach her
about the Restoration of our church. When we taught her about Joseph Smith and
the Book of Mormon, they weren't strange concepts to her, but made perfect
sense. She was so open and prepared to receive this message. Her family is
truly amazing and her 14 year old daughter has wanted to serve a mission since
she was little. We really look forward to teaching them and know that they will
find great joy in this gospel as they continue to learn and grow in it!
Lastly, I wanted to share something I
learned this week in Zone Conference. If we read Abraham 4 chapter heading, it
states, "The Gods plan the creation of the earth and all life thereon--
Their plans for the six days of creation are set forth." And then if we
read Abraham 5 chapter heading, it then states, "The Gods finish Their
planning of the creation of all things-- They bring to pass the Creation
according to Their plans..." Here we see that the Gods make plans too!
This isn't something we only do here on earth, but something we must learn here
as a skill to become more like our Heavenly Father. Planning is essential and
we all must plan in our lives. I would like to encourage all of you, no matter
what stage you are in in your life, to make plans for the future: who you want
to be, what you want to accomplish this year, what career or college path you
want to take, what you want to do as a couple in your marriage, etc. The list
goes on and on. But make these plans, and when you do, plan on how you will go
about accomplishing them. I promise that as you do this, you will find you will
accomplish more by making these plans, and by doing so, you will become more
like our Father in Heaven.
I love you all and
hope you have a fantastic week!
Sincerely,
Sister Heather Salmond
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| Sis. Hanks teaching us to set the table. She is the spoon, President Hanks is the knife, and so on. haha, pretty funny! Love Sis. Hanks! |
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