Hello world. Happy Valentine's Day!
This Sunday was wonderful! And the members were giving us lots of holiday treats! :)
But sometimes as a missionary I have felt responsible for the whole ward; well, for all the less-active members and all the other people living in Lawton. And that seems like a huge burden. It is nice to sit in on ward meetings before church and hear how other people are working to help people come unto Christ, and I realize that I am not alone in this task. Because missionaries cannot do it alone!
First, there are just too many people to start with.
Second, we can't be the friend that talks to them all the time and hangs out and shares hobbies with them. But members can be that friend and show love in that way. As a missionary I show love to people by teaching them what God asks of us and by asking them to follow the Savior and do better! Luckily I know while I am accountable for my own choices in how I help these people I'm not expected to bring every single person back to church, even if I feel like that sometimes.
Each week we record who of our investigators and less active members come to church. And we write a list of all those that we are working with who didn't come to church, so we can go out again and try to build their faith. But progress is made, faith is built, people listen to the Spirit and their lives become happier as they shift their focus more and more towards the Savior.
This week we tracted, a lot! And nobody wanted to listen to us. But we keep on going and working with those who are making progress and those that just need a boost to get back into church.
Well, I don't really know what to say because it all blends together and just seems like missionary work. The names, stories and people change, but other than that, it's all the same.
But I will share a funny quote. We have this awesome, solid 28year old we are teaching and he grew up a strong Catholic and is so ready to be baptized. Last week we taught him the Law of Chastity and he didn't have a problem with it at all. And so this week we taught him about Tithing and Fasting and he didn't have a problem with that either and he completely understands and is willing to live it. So during the lesson about tithing he said "This is as easy as the law of Chastity was last week" which made me smile and I was totally laughing (on the inside of course) because that is something you don't hear people say very often.
There is a really sweet, young, less-active couple that we have been trying to help. She is pregnant and due in a month and recently she has been having complications. She has been passing out a lot and the doctors haven't found out the reason yet. We felt like we should call her yesterday and turns out she had been in the E.R. yesterday and was feeling worried and lonely (because her husband was doing mandatory training for the army and had been gone for a week). We talked to her and she didn't sound good at all, so we called the RS president and she and her husband who is 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum presidency helped arrange for a blessing. The blessing went well and I am so glad that we called her because we're pretty sure she wouldn't have called us.
I know the Spirit is working through me to help others and so no matter what happens I know I am doing what I should be.
My testimony is strengthened on a daily basis that this is the Lord's work
Love,
Sister Lila Jenson
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