Transfers happened, two snow storms, a Californian
driving in snow and me becoming Senior Companion.
This is my week in a nut shell. It was a little crazy!!!
On Tuesday, Sister Whitehead and Gibb had to go to a STL
training meeting, so I went with Sister Jensen and cleaned their apartment.
Sister Jensen was packing while I tried to find a ride
for Sister Gibb to her new area. Sister Gibb and I had a "member
message" (a lesson that we share with an active member to help them
spiritually or to ask for referrals)...
and so Sister Jensen came with me to that. We go to see this woman, and
we're not sure if her husband is a member or not, so I asked if her husband is LDS and she says
"No... but neither am I" and we about fell out of our chairs, because
this "member message" just turned into a lesson with a nonmember. I asked her
about her concerns with baptism and it turns out that she won't get baptized
because if she gets married to her boyfriend then she loses money that she's
getting from the Government. We talked about faith and we asked her if she
knows that God would always provide a way, and she said that she knew he would!
So we invited her to be baptized and now she's praying about it! It was such a
good lesson and I'm pretty sure Heavenly Father gave me that opportunity to see
that I could really lead the area as Senior Companion.
Wednesday my new companion, Sister Latchumanan, came into
the area and right when she got here we headed to the institute to hear a
devotional by Elder Jeffery R. Holland and Elder Dallin H. Oaks. It was
amazing! We got to sit so close and their messages were so powerful.
Woke up on Saturday and a huge snow storm just dumped on
the city. The roads were so bad and we were stuck inside for more than half of
the day. The roads started getting cleared and so we were eventually able to
make it to dinner with a member and then contact 3 referrals.
Sunday was great as usual. It's was Sister Latchumanan
first Sunday here and so she was so fascinated with the idea of YSA wards hahah
We went to a little ward activity that night and then to another ward for ward
prayer.
At the devotional on Wednesday Elder Holland talked about
making Christ more a part of our lives. He asked the question, "Is Christ
in every square inch of our lives?" It's a great question to ask
ourselves. He said that trials, tribulation and agony will come. It's the way
of the gospel! It's the way to make Christ more present in our life. He blessed
us all with the strength in our hard times. It was exactly what I needed to
hear.
Ponder this quote I found from President Monson:
“So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose
to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we
can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may
be, can bring peace and contentment. … We can’t direct the wind, but we can
adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose
a positive attitude.”
I love you all! Have a fantastic week. Thank you for your
constant support and encouragement. It's truly been such a blessing to receives
emails from so many of you.
Love Sister McCammon ❤
Our "Last P-Day" together so we had to go to Temple Square!
Sister Latchumanan and I.
Kyleigh!! We love her so much. She's working on her mission papers.
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