Hi Everyone!!
I feel like this past week was sooooo long... or maybe
that's because my Pday got moved to today.
We got to go to the Salt Lake City temple this morning
and since the temple is closed on Mondays we got to go this morning and have
our Pday today. It was so weird getting everyone's emails and not being able to
respond but I managed haha.
What even happened this week??
Well to start off, on Wednesday there was the Worldwide
missionary broadcast. There were some changes made to the missionary schedule
and depending on what part of the world you are serving in might depend on your
schedule. For all you returned missionaries out there you might be a little
shocked. There is no more nightly planning, we now have morning planning for 30
minutes and personal study for an hour.
Companionship study is done whenever you have time
throughout the day.
Lunch went from an hour to only 30 minutes, which means I
can't really take an afternoon nap anymore but that's okay. Pday's now begin at
8am instead of 10am so we have a couple more hours to get things done that we
can't normally do throughout the week. All of us missionaries are excited to
see these changes and to see what blessings the Savior has in store for us
because of them.
We met with a few of our investigators this week and even
found another person to teach. His name is Hasan and he is from Pakistan. We
didn't have an appointment set up but we stopped by to see if he was home and
he was so he said that we could share one now. We had another girl with us so
we went in and taught him the entire Restoration lesson. He had so many awesome
questions and really wants to know of what we are telling him is true.
We had some other lessons and did some tracting but the
most exciting thing was that I took public transportation on my mission for the
first time. Yes my companion and I do have a car but we live so close to the
tracts and a bus stop so we decided to go talk to some people and see if we
could actually make it to the institute and back home without getting lost. WE
DIDN'T GET LOST AND MADE IT HOME. We were so proud of our selves!
Sunday was the highlight of my week. We got asked to
speak about missionary work in one wards and then in another we got asked to
teach a lesson during the third hour of church. I love speaking in church and
it was the first time I have actually spoken in sacrament meeting on my
mission. Before my mission, I was asked to speak almost every month as I was
preparing for my mission and so I felt right at home when I got to speak on
Sunday. In another one of our wards they were having a visitors Sunday where
they encouraged the members to bring a friend along and so we got to teach
their 3rd hour. There was about 250 people staring at us as we got to teach them all the
Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was awesome! A little
nerve-racking at the beginning... but so awesome! We got a lot of complements
about our lesson and so that made us really happy.
One thing I have been thinking a lot about is the word
change. A lot of things are changing/ have changed in my life. I've been on my
mission a little over 5 months, I just got a new companion, a new missionary
schedule just happened and I myself am changing everyday.
Change can be scary but it can be a great experience as
well. Amongst all the struggles we have everyday if we allow the Gospel of
Jesus Christ to change our nature from that of the natural man in all of us, we
can become a more Christ-like person. We become someone who God wants us to be
rather that what the world expects. Be
open to change.
We never know what God can mold us into one day.
Mosiah 5:7 And now, because of the covenant which ye have
made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters;
for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your
hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and
have become his sons and his daughters.
Favorite Quote from the week:
"How cool is it that the same God that created the
mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you though the world needed one of
you too"
Love always, Sister McCammon ❤
PS- I slacked on the pictures this week. Sorry!
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