Monday: I went to a goodwill outlet and got 2 dresses, 2 shirts, 2 scarves and one purse for 6 dollars! My companion got a pair of new Toms for like 1 dollar! (This has nothing to do with missionary work but it was just so exciting!) I got allergies while being in there and had to wash my hands and all of the clothes after digging around for those finds but it was pretty cool.
Tuesday: We got to do service on a bunny farm! They have hundreds of rabbits! So we helped stack wood and then feed the rabbits, and hold cute little babies whose eyes are still closed.
We OYM'd these 2 people at a bus stop ("Open Your Mouth") and bore our testimony of the Book of Mormon. The girl just sat quietly and listened and said she wasn't super religious, but the guy kept asking questions and seemed really interested. At the end when their bus came we offered a pamphlet to the girl and a Book to the boy, but the guy completely declined, shook our hands, and got on the bus, while the girl looked at us and said "hey, can I have that book? I might read it." So that was kind of funny, we both really thought the boy would be interested in learning more, but in the end, the girl's heart was touched. I know that she was able to feel the spirit as we talked about this book that is so important to us.
Wednesday: We had a Zone meeting about Charity and how important it is to have charity in this work. Something I love that they quoted from President Blatter was: "The Fruit of love is action. What do we do to show our love?" And also "Why am I doing this? What is my motive?"
Sometimes I get into the swing of things and just do what I've been asked, but I wrote these down so I could remember that I want LOVE to be my motive in everything I do. Love for my Heavenly Father. Love for my Savior, Jesus Christ. Love for my companion, and love for those I see, meet, talk to, and teach. So, right now I'm working on making love my motive.
Thursday: We did weekly planning.
Friday: We helped put paint a house. I even got up on a wobbly ladder to paint some of the higher parts of the house. All of our lessons fell through on Friday, which was kind of a bummer, but God knows what He is doing, so I'm sure there was a reason we weren't supposed to meet with any of those people that day... Oh! And the sun went away. Which made Sister Evans and I pretty happy. But after a few days of rain, I'll be ready for the sun again.
Saturday: We met a few people who are really solid potential investigators. Tom, who is striving to build his relationship with God. Dontes who has been to our church before and wants to learn more. And we got a few referrals for the YSA branch, which is pretty exciting.
Sunday: We spent more than 12 hours in church buildings. We had ward council at 7:45 and stayed at church for all three hours and then had branch council at 11:30. Then we taught a lesson AT the church, ate a very rushed lunch just in time for the 2nd sacrament meeting for the ysa branch, and then went to all three hours of that and then drove to the stake center where we had a really fun musical fireside with the missionaries and recent converts and members of the wards and anyone else who decided to come.
Phew! I tried to type all that as fast as possible!
For my spiritual thought go read Alma 51: 5-7
5 And it came to pass that those who were desirous that Pahoran should be dethroned from the judgment-seat were called king-men, for they were desirous that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to establish a king over the land.
6 And those who were desirous that Pahoran should remain chief judge over the land took upon them the name of freemen; and thus was the division among them, for the freemen had sworn or covenanted to maintain their rights and the privileges of their religion by a free government.
7 And it came to pass that this matter of their contention was settled by the voice of the people. And it came to pass that the voice of the people came in favor of the freemen, and Pahoran retained the judgment-seat, which caused much rejoicing among the brethren of Pahoran and also many of the people of liberty, who also put the king-men to silence, that they durst not oppose but were obliged to maintain the cause of freedom.
I read this earlier this week and I loved it. To apply it to my life I made it as though Teancum is us. And sometimes Satan (Lamanites) try to take over our cities and what we have. He comes in and messes things up. And it can be tempting to just go fight him right away to win back what we lost but Teancum decided to stay where he was at. And build up what he had, and patiently wait for help to come.
Sometimes Satan moves in and breaks down our walls, and it can be scary, and it can be tough. But we need to remember that we will never be left with nothing. Ever. God loves us. And if we put our trust in Him and our faith in Him we can stay where we are at, build up the faith we still have, trust God, and wait patiently for more help to arrive. And as we do that we will have what we need to go against Satan and take back our cities, to take back our lives. And to conquer any power he had.
I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. So read it, and study it, and expect the blessings to flow!
I love you all!
Have a great week!
Love, Sister Warburton
Pictures!!
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| The capital! |
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| A mixture of people that I know! At the Musical Fireside. |
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