I hope you all had a great week! It was just another week here in the
freedom branch. Not a whole lot is new. Pageant did start this week! I
haven't gotten the chance to go yet... hopefully this week! I'm super
excited to be able to watch again, but this time it will be from a
missionary perspective, not a punk teenager.
Monday was a super slow and boring haha we sat at the church building
all day long and emailed and played the piano... not to much that
happened. The coopers, a part member family invited us over for dinner
and FHE. After FHE they need some help moving things around there
basement. We helped them out and they said they would like to go to
pageant with us! Looking forward to that. They have an 8 year old
daughter who hasn't been baptized. We had a lesson with them, we
shared the "good things to come" talk and video by Elder Jeffrey R.
Holland and sister Cooper was touched, she couldn't talk at the end
cause she was in tears and we invited them to come to church and they
said they would love to!
Tuesday was a really good day. We met with Dennis in the morning and
read some from the Book of Mormon, we met with another Dennis, brother
Clark and read from the Book of Mormon and talked about the
restoration with him. He was baptized 4 years ago and had a stroke
right after and has been in a nursing home ever since... rough. We
spent some time in Machias contacting potentials and formers, some
less actives as well. Our afternoon appointments bailed on us, we
tracted park street in arcade and had dinner with the Gonzalez family!
There super awesome. We had a lesson with Rebecca, we taught her the
gospel of Jesus Christ, we talked more about baptism and she was kinda
hesitant... but I can see her doing it! She's solid! After our lesson
with Rebecca we contacted some more people and then cleaned out our
car a little before zone conference
Wednesday was zone conference! It was probably the best one I have had
on my mission. It was so good. We talked a lot about what president
Uchtdorf taught us and how we can use his teachings to become a more
consecrated missionary, that's the huge push in the mission right now
is becoming consecrated. And I love it. It's so cool! But
frustrating... weather it be your companion doesn't have the desire to
give it all to him or what... you just get held back and it's rough.
But there are reasons why we have the tool of prayer. To comfort us in
times of need and to ask for help. As of recently I have been studying
every conference talk, scripture story, literally anything I can to
learn how to become more consecrated and this meeting just topped it
off. It was awesome. It was reassuring. Lots of cool things are going
on in the NYRM right now. We had a speed walking competition, I did
and I'll admit... didn't have my game face on and came in tied for
last place... but it was fun, video below. I learned a lot of new
things that I will be applying in to my life to help me become more
dedicated to my lord and savior. One quite from the meeting
"Be a Builder of the Restoration, don't sleep through
your mission."
I have promised myself that I won't waste a minute, I want to help god
build the restoration, cause it is still happening. Just because it
started in 1820 doesn't mean it ended in 1820... it'll end the day
Christ will come again. I hope you all want to be Builders of the
restoration.
Thursday was a wet day, in the morning it was down pouring... it was
really bad. We did some area book work and then wen t out to our
appointments, we had a lesson with sister tevis. It went well, she got
her birds out again and guess what... it crapped on me again in this
time it was right on the top of my head. I was so ticked. We had a
lesson with Katie! We finally were able to meet with her after 3 weeks
of not.. we read from the Book of Mormon with her and showed her the
video mountains to climb and she started bawling... she's had a rough
time lately. We planned that Friday we would fast with her to help her
get some answers for some life changing things she needs to do to be
able to be baptized. We did some mor cleaning up of our area book and
then had dinner with Rebecca and it was Elder Shaws year mark and he
burnt his shirt! We had a good lesson with her answered some of her
questions and different things. She's just so awesome, literally I've
asked myself more than once why is god blessing me with these awesome
prepared people to teach?! We went down to franklinville to see the
schadts but they stood us up against we dropped them... we did some
contacting down there to end the night.
Friday was a rough day.... we did our weekly planning session, it was
pretty productive. While we were doing companion study we got a text
from one of our investigators saying she isn't interested in
converting anymore, she had done her research.... but she said she
would like to talk about the things she had read and sent us the link,
we dropped everything and went to the library and looked up the link
and it was just a bunch of 💩... then we had a lesson with the sansone
and brother sansone really opened up to us and asked us all his
question and gave us his concerns and is giving us a week to study and
come up with answers. There kinda weird ones, it'll be interesting. We
had a lesson with Donna Eccles, we were going to teach her the gospel
of Jesus Christ but she had to many questions so we just answered her
questions. And while doing so both of my companions fell asleep... and
I taught the lesson by myself. Team work? Haha🤦🏼♂️ our branch
mission leader had us over for dinner, we are teaching there next door
neighbors and that's where we went after dinner! Then we called
everyone potential in our area book.
Saturday was a good day! We did lots of finding swigging through the
wheat and the tares. We saw sister Mason in the morning and read the
Book of Mormon with her. Then we went out and contacted a whole bunch
if people, and while we were walking down Main Street I talked to this
lady who has never heard of the Book of Mormon, so we told her we
could teach her more about it and be her guide to know it's true! We
have an appointment with her next week! We went back to arcade and did
some more contacting and while we were walking down the street there
was a lady who yelled over at us "are you the guys hat replaced the
sisters?" And she was across the street so I ran across and started
talking to her and it turns out it was Ruth Garcia. The First Lady I
dropped in this area! Haha now that she has met us she wants to meet
again so we have an appointment with her next week as well! We had a
lesson with Russel, he's a members husband. We read from the Book of
Mormon with him. Then we ended the night finding / more area book work
Sunday was a really good sabbath day, church was awesome! After church
we did our studies, and I prepared district meeting for this week.
Then we had dinner and then we went out to go see Katie, she didn't
answer the door... so we dropped by the littles and shared a little
lesson with them, and we dropped by our mission leaders house and they
gave us a snack and we shared a message with them! There awesome!
This week my eyes have been open on how I need to improve myself, I
have been called to labor with all my heart, might, mind, and
strength. Not to maintain to build. He restoration is still happening
today, temples are being built, people are still jumping on board of
the ship. The restoration is not done until the great Jehovah will say
it is. I love this gospel and I love my savior Jesus Christ. This is
the least I could do for him, considering what he did for me. I hope
you all have a great week! Love and miss you all! God bless
Love,
Elder Judy
Speed walk race @ zone conference
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