June 22, 2015
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| Bezi branch meeting house tucked behind all those beautiful trees |
All is well :)
We got transfers this weekend and it was
one of the first times on my entire mission that I wasn't extremely nervous to
know where I would be going. I had a feeling that I would probably be here with
Sister Sotnikova another cycle, and we were right :) However.... there is a
catch. I am going to be in a trio. Sister Twede is supposed to be training this
cycle, but her trainee didn't get her visa, so Sister Twede will be with us
until her trainee comes. I've never been in a trio, and honestly I kind of felt
like Joseph Smith when he found out that he needed to practice pologamy. It
seems like it would be so hard to share your love with another person! However
my companion has been in a trio a couple times, and she says that its like
having children... you love all of them sooo much, just in different ways
because they are all different :) Sister Twede and I knew each other before the
mission and she is SUPER humble and creative and I'm not afraid of her at all,
it's the word trio that scares me. I am sure she probably felt the same when
she heard she'd be in a trio! But the next morning when I woke up I just felt
peace and I have a feeling that I'm going to learn a lot about compromising
opinions (between 3 people now) and that this cycle is actually going to be a
blast. I'm so excited to be learning from another missionary!
Sister Sotnikova really helped me with
my accent this week. It seems to me that an accent isn't about learning how to
speak like a Russian, but learning how to speak every single word correctly. We
were reading together and she'd pick out about 5 words that I needed to work
on. It's so weird because a lot of the time I can't even hear the difference
when she tells me the correct and incorrect way to say a word.
Of course we're praying for miracles.
And we've gotten a lot more specific in the miracles that we are seeking. Last
week the morning started out real tough. I had the biggest black cloud over my
head. I felt that I couldn't do the work because I knew that the Spirit wasn't
with me. So I asked that we sit down a moment and I prayed until I felt the
Spirit return to me, and the Spirit returned to me when I remembered that we
need to always look to Christ. But anyway Heavenly Father is so wise, he
totally knew that Sister Wilson was going to take a minute and sit on a bench
and pray and he planned a miracle into our day. About 30 minutes later we ran
into a member who was on his way somewhere. We stopped him and talked a minute,
and then before departing my brilliant companion asked for a referral. This
member gave us TWENTY referrals. He went through his phone with us and picked
out people that he thought were good candidates, these people are spiritual and
he has talked to them about us. What's cool is that one of those people came to
english and showed great interest in the Book of Mormon and has now become an
investigator.
Another miracle, I called Sister
Martinez this week to ask for some numbers of new converts to call in their
area and she told me that N, one of the people that we stopped on the
street last cycle, was baptized. Which is super interesting. I vividly remember
that day. I had thee worst mood ever, and we were hurrying to a lot of lessons
and I remember that we only contacted like 5 people that day. Well, N is
one of them. And now she's a member :) so that's cool.
Our area isn't doing so hot right now.
We had about 4 member present lessons this week. My friend told me that in
Mexico last week they got 13 new investigators in one week. That would be a
HUGE miracle if that happened here during the period of a 6 week cycle. We've
been doing a whole lot of contacting, my feet are always killing me by the end
of the day, but it's a good kind of pain :)
The other night while I was praying I
realized that my urgency to obedience could still be stronger. I also came to
the realization that, you know what? Obedience is not something that only
applies to a mission. I will not only have to be obedience to rules that I
don't understand on a mission, but I will have to submit myself to commands or
promptings from God later down the road. When my child wants to go out with
friends and the Spirit compels me to say no, I must say no. I must be obedient.
I am praying for that desire and urgency to not slacken or loosen up on
obedience. Sometimes it just seems like things would be easier by trying to get
around the rules. But that is the way that Satan works. He is the father of all
lies. He is the great deciever. He has no power to fulfil his promises the way
that God can.
With Love,
Sister Wilson
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