Tuesday-
Oh wowza absolutely dead today and needed to obtain a drink as soon as possible. Met with Jennifer right after studies. She is a wonderful soul but is very weighed down. All her family has died from cancer and she lost her son. Gut wrenching, but testifying to her was beautiful. She is the absolute sweetest woman. We had lots of stop bys. Sooo hot today absolutely drenched but met a really cool lady named Tammy. Was so bold with her and talked about baptism. Planting those seeds. Visited the cutest old couple in our ward and they TALKED. Holy moly they would not take a breath, I absolutely loved it. By the end they thanked us sooo many times for coming. Made my heart so sad to leave. I was absolutely giddy visiting with them. I love old people. The only other exciting thing that happened was at 10pm the AP's called to inform us there was an incident in Akron and the sisters are doubling out and our dls will be doubling out and they will be switching. My heart was a bit heartbroken bcuz akron is my dream area. so now we have new sisters and a new DL. Very exciting here.
Wednesday- Woke up so enthusiastic!! I could not wait to see everyone at zone conference. After getting ready we headed out. I got to see so many people I loved!! Everyone serving in the Akron zone :)))) They all have my whole heart. We focused on fulfilling our missionary purpose. Allowing it to become the center of our lives and change the way we contact people and invite them. It was a wonderful time and then we headed back to the apartment to meet the new Mansfield Sisters. They proselyted with us while they waited for the elders to finish packing and cleaning. We went to a ward missionary event. It was fishing and a BBQ. After I packed for training visits we went to the Mansfield apartment so the elders and sisters could switch Sims and keys. Then drove to new Albany to go on a training visit with queen sister Reed. She came out with me and was in my district at one point!! There was a lot to debrief so bed didn't happen on time. Absolutely dead.
Thursday- oh wow woke up absolutely on my death bed but nonetheless pressed forward. Today was spent in so much prayer. I was really seeking revelation. We had a wonderful time studying and ate at the most bussing restaurant. It's called Brasica or something like that. Super Duper healthy and absolutely delicious. We had a great time knocking and oyming. Hitting everyone with the ____
Got fed by A friend on date….mm holy moly she walked out with a huge plate completely stacked for both of us. The panic consumed me. I was doing all I could to finish that plate so she wouldn't be offended, but me and sister reed were too the point of throwing up and just couldn't. Did it all contain gluten… yes, yes it did. At this point I'm absolutely wrecked and we go to a members house. It made me so sad there was mice crawling around and at the end after hugging us and her children hugging us she tells us they still have lice…… My heart dropped. We indeed did a haircheck and found nothing so we kept going. Went to a friend's house and guess what…they fed us! Our Nepali friends are so giving. I barely was able to get it all down and guess what yes it was gluten. I think today was all about enduring. I felt like I was crawling home by the end of it. I love these people so much. They are incredibly humble and so giving. They're great examples of sacrifice and consecration. It was honestly a wonderful day with them despite all the craziness haha. Will my stomach ever be okay?? Mmmm most likely not. Is my head sooo itchy yes… I am so paranoid.
Friday- woke up thinking I had passed on to the other side. My stomach was absolutely gnarley. Did not workout today, bad me, but the body couldn't so we Just stretched and yapped. Pstudy was rough. Staying awake was a battle. Weekly planning destroyed my brain. Trying to plan with no brain cells is not grand. Went to the library for studies and social Media. Fun little sync up with zls… not so fun. What can ya do. At this point we got some lunch, regrets bcuz after I couldn't keep my eyes awake while driving yikes.. Nothing exciting happened other than i dragged my dead body out to go knock and we were BOLD With our purpose. It was wonderful although no one was interested. Dinner I skipped and slept because it was more needed than food. Had a fantastic long lesson with Avery. The spirit goes crazy when you testify boldly. Met up for another training visit!!! Woohoo!!!
Saturday- Me and Sister Zwahelen in Clearfork. This sister is a whole queen Girl boss. This is her second week on the mission and she's so good. We had a powerful day. Exercising went crazy. Ran up and down the stairs with weights and hit some single leg rdls. Personal study was rough to stay awake in. Exercising so much literally kills me. We went and got drinks and this whole 50 year old dad touched my back. Absolutely violated. Went to see a member and it broke my heart. She was bruised from head to toe. I felt so sad. She was a sweetie pie woman. We then knocked into a member who had her records removed. She was mostly nice, took some offense and won't come to church but knows it's true and reads and worships from home. After we went to the Mansfield building for our combined activity. A slightly recent convert named Brother Roberts talked for 3 hours straight with us uhhu and then Avery showed up last minute and we had a wonderful powerful lesson with him. After he sent us a message saying it was the most he's ever felt the spirit. So beautiful!! We headed to our Church to do language study/ extra personal study for me. Then we hit the streets and testified so Boldly. We had multiple people originally say no, but as we kept talking and got to know them and shared our purpose and testified they changed their mind. The spirit was so strong today. I have never been so bold. It was wonderful, taught so many lessons on the door steps. My heart hurts for these people's difficulties that they face. I just love them and want them to have what I have. We had some quick dinner and did church calls while we drove to meet up with the sisters!!
Sunday- absolutely wild
We had 4 friends come to church. #1 Ali she has been reading 3 chapters of the Bom every night and had so many things to share with me. Almost put Her on date during sacrament but decided we'd do that after church. Her cute kid was spitting, slobbering, all the things on me. I felt like a whole mom. We had a wonderful lesson. Ali is wonderful. #2 Tabitha (alis mom) she came and we got her the Bom and she loved church yet again. She's ready for baptism too. #3 Bill sat with members and got invited to join the bishop, us, and some recent converts for dinner. Then #4 Avery He was wonderful and we had an unplanned lesson where 3 members joined us and bore a powerful testimony. This one member left the church for a long time and then rejoined after being apart of every other church. He had a lot of things he had to work through and it took years, but his testimony was so powerful and touched my heart so completely. Tears indeed flowed. I Absolutely love my mission with my whole heart and soul. I felt the spirit so strongly today and really reflected about change.
Changes come with Patience and enduring. It occurs when we feel God's love for us and we begin to allow that to work on us. Change is our second and third and 18th chance that God gives us to put down our weapons of war and follow him. Often we are afraid of change, its unknown, sometimes we doubt that we can change, there's so many factors that go into it, but a constant variable is that it Is possible to change through and because of Jesus Christ. We see it perfectly in scripture accounts. We see it in those around us, the gospel of Jesus Christ is a Gospel of Change.
Ended up inviting Ali to be baptized And she said yes!!! Wonderful Wonderful. We had a great dinner with the bishop's family and a friend!
