Hi everyone!!
First things first! Shout out to one of my bestest
friends, Cheyenne De Vera aka Sister De Vera, who is now officially a
missionary! She is in the Provo MTC and will be heading to the Boise Idaho
mission! I'm so happy for her and can't wait for her to get out in the
missionary field and experience the joy that comes from bearing your witness of
Jesus Christ.
So funny story of the week: We get to our dinner
appointment and are waiting for them to finish cooking everything and one of
their roommates walks out of the kitchen to say hi to us. As she is walking
back in to the kitchen she turns back around and says, "My mom has that
dress". I sat there for a second and honestly could not think of anything
to say, so I was just like "oh awesome!" I'm still trying to figure
out how to react to the situation and if that's a good thing that I have a
matching dress with someone's mom but hey I'll just embrace it for now hahah.
Also, disclaimer from last weeks email. I really need to
start reading through my weekly email so I don't accidentally put 'decimated'
instead of 'dedicated' disciple of Jesus Christ hahaha if
you saw that last week just know that autocorrect takes over way to often.
This week was so great!! It went by so quickly and our
area is picking up. Our area goes through periods where we have a ton of work
and then like no work at all but it really is picking up this time. With the
sun finally coming back out from behind the gloomy and dark abyss we have been
just going out and walking around our areas (which are not that small) and
visiting members and encouraging them in their own missionary efforts. There
has just been a ton of walking! I love it!!
Our investigators are doing great! Yun is progressing so
well and is praying about baptism. We walked out of her lesson and I said the
Sister Latch that I truly am seeing her countenance change as she learns and
build a relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ. It's one of the best
feelings as a missionary. Before her lesson we got Cafe Rio for lunch which
means it's going to be a good day.
On Saturday a miracle happened. Sister Latch and I have
been earnestly trying to find a new investigator to teach. We are finding new
ways to work with the members in our congregations and just going out and
talking with everyone we meet. We were getting ready to go out for the day and
we got a text message from a set of sisters that we work closely with. They
said they had an investigator for us he wanted to meet that same day! I was so
happy that I started bouncing around the house just being my weird overly
excited self. We set up a time and met with him that night. His name is Jin xhi
and he is from China. He is getting his PhD in Biology at the U and has gone to
church several times. He asked the sisters that gave us his information if
there was a young Ward with students that he could go to and it just happened to
be our ward. He ended up coming to church yesterday and is already starting to
make friends in the ward. He is so awesome and I can't wait to teach him again
this week.
On Friday (a little out of order I know) we have our
district meetings and this week it's just really stuck with me. We were talking
about why it's important to invite people to church and how can we better teach
and invite our investigators about the importance of Sabbath day observance. In
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the sabbath is a day of rest.
It's a day to worship Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ and to
recharge spiritually in a world that can be physically and spiritually draining
throughout the week. We go to church for 3 hours every Sunday (unless you're a
missionary in certain areas and go to 4 different wards which adds up to be
about 7 hours of church). I grew up going to church almost every Sunday it's a
day that I have always looked forward too because it's a day that I have to
reflect back on my personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Here is what Bishop Dean M. Davies, First Counselor in
the presiding Bishopric of the church, says about sabbath day observance from
his General Conference talk called The Blessings of Worship:
"Every day, but especially on the Sabbath day, we
have the extraordinary opportunity to experience the wonder and awe of heaven
and offer our praises to God for His blessed goodness and overwhelming
mercy."
"We ponder God’s word, and that fills our souls with
light and truth.
We comprehend spiritual vistas that can be seen only
through the light of the Holy Ghost. And thus, we acquire faith.
As we worship, our souls are refined and we commit to
walk in the footsteps of our beloved Savior, Jesus Christ. And from this
resolve, we acquire charity.
When we worship, our hearts are drawn out in praise to
our blessed God morning, noon, and night.
We hallow and honor Him continually--in our
meetinghouses, homes, temples, and all our labors.
When we worship, we open our hearts to the healing power
of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Our lives become the token and expression of our
worship."
The blessings of going to church are innumerable! Try to
make it a part of your week to show your love for the blessings God has given
you throughout your week. The Sabbath day worship isn't something for just
Sunday but will spill over into your week as we follow Bishop Davies counsel
and make our lives a token and expression of our worship.
I love you all so much and miss you tons!
Love Sister McCammon ❤
We were walking around and this lady drove by us. We waved at her and continued walking on when all the sudden she comes back and stops her car gets out and says, "Sisters! Let me take your picture so I can send it to your moms!" I love people like this haha so my mom got this picture during the week from a complete stranger while I was out workin' in the mission field.
My favorite dog and one of my favorite members ❤️🐶
Classic bathroom selfie.... because why not.
Oh ya know just doing that missionary work on a beautiful sunny day!
