my goodness this week has been nuts!
New years was so great! So last week was moves week and here in this mission moves are crazy because we cover three different countries! so moving people can take lots of travel for some people. A lot of people had to come through Edinburgh and one of those people was Sister Lough! she was my trainer and was also my companion, sister Curtis’, companion. so we are all pretty tight. but sister lough was able to stay at our flat on new years eve and it was just us three and it was so fun! We were allowed to watch movies so we watched remember the titans. i love that movie! nothing can ever top that.
Then on new years day (we had the day off) me sister lough and sister curtis were all able to hangout again and just chill. that night we played lots of games with the other missionaries. it was insane!
Wednesday is where is got a lil crazy. All the departing missionaries were at the mission home waiting to go home but at the same time the arriving missionaries were coming in. so there were so many missionaries! but when new missionaries come in that means that there are trainers and the trainers need to learn how to train. so president, the assistants and me and my companion give instructions to them about the requirements as a trainer and such. it was very interesting. to be completely honest, even though i have been on my mission for about a year now, talking in front of a group of people still is not my favorite thing. teaching and finding on the street is my favorite and i have no problem with it. but when it comes to giving instructions and things like that im not the biggest fan. But none the less i think it went well haha.
Then Thursday we had Mission Leadership Council, which was very interesting as well. thats where the all the leadership in the mission come in and we council together about the mission. and it was way cool because its the beginning of the year so we were able to look at the past year and then president introduced the new mission plan for this year. very cool. that ended around 3 ish and then we went out and did normal missionary work:)
Finally friday was a normal day! A lot of the people we are teaching right now are still on holiday till next week so we were really trying to find new people this week. But we have some really cool people we are teaching right now. a lot of them are from china which is sick! its so different learning how to teach chinese people because they know nothing about God. we have to start from scratch with them, but its so fun learning how. frustrating sometimes but fun! hahha
On Saturday we had Zone leadership council. thats where the zone leaders, us and the district leaders in the zone council together about the vision this transfer for our zone. it went so well! it was really cool to see everyone talking with each other about the zone. Then we had a lot of planning we had to do that day.
We haven't had a ton of time to go out finding so me and sister curtis were really trying to have the focus to have more on the spot lessons, which means when you are gqing to be able to sit down right there and then with them and teach them. so on Saturday night we had a couple of hours to go out and find and that was our focus. the first person i started talking to that night was Casper. he is from Poland and said he was interested in meeting right then! so we went to starbucks and we were able to teach him a little bit. it was really cool to see how God is really on our side and supporting us in everything that we do! Casper was able to come to church on Sunday (i love two hour church by the way). But sunday was full of all sorts of meetings with the ward and then we had a meeting with president and the assistants trying to plan the zone conferences this transfer. but then sunday night we had to give another instruction to all the new leadership missionaries but since the mission is all spread out we did it over a skype call. now this was interesting because i was giving an instruction on something that i have never done before. i wasnt the biggest fan of that but we did it anyways. its been a crazy week and i am grateful it is over, i am learning lots but we have another crazy fun week planned this week so i am excited!
Something really cool though, like i expressed in the beginning of my email, teaching and finding has always been something i loved and something i feel comfortable with. but when it comes to giving instructions i freeze and get so nervous! its actually so bad. haha so i was really nervous this past week with all the instructions we were gonna have to be giving. i was praying a lot i will tell you that. but when i was giving my instruction this week, it was so weird, but i felt totally calm and comfortable. i wasnt nervous at all when i stood up and it was actually fun. haha but it has definetly strengthened my testimony in the power God. he does work miracles because that was truly a damn miracle! but i am so grateful for heavenly Father and the support He gives us in the hardest times. i do know He is always watching over us, but that we cant just ask for things and expect it to happen. it requires action on our part. we have to do everything we can and God will cover the rest. Its so great! i love you all.
Also side note, me and comp bought trousers this week and wore them out. it was an interesting experience. i am the not the biggest fan but it was cool trying it out. haha
us and the zone leaders planning
