I can't even start to explain how this week has been! it seems like it has
been a whole 3 weeks stuck into one! I guess that is due to all the changes
happening. I didn't think I would have to cope with change 2 weeks before
transfers! But its okay because I know that Heavenly Father doesn't give me
anything I can't handle.
I got to attend an incredible meeting on Wednesday all about moving the
work forward in Orem. Elder Monday from the 70 was there and discussed how it is
ward and stake counsels job to find people for the missionaries to teach and
that each of them should be having the missionaries in their homes to teach
lessons to non-members and less-actives. I really hope that all of the wards
start doing this because if each ward even got us one lesson a week we would be
having at least 22 lessons a week and we could even be more busy.
On Thursday morning we had a great Zone Training Meeting. We were taught
about how important a sure foundation is and President McCune said as
missionaries that sure foundation is obedience. I know that it is so true. The
more obedient you are the more the Lord wants to bless you because he can see
your dedication and hard work. Also on Thursday we taught an amazing lesson
about the Plan of Salvation. When we were talking about the 3 kingdoms and what
they would be like K***(the investigator) asked us how to get to the
Celestial Kingdom, and now we are excited to teach her the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and show her the path she needs to take. We also got a text Thursday
night asking if we had time on Friday because someone had a new investigator for
us. Luckily we had quite a few open slots in our planner for opportunities to
teach. So we got to start teaching A***, he is from England and has recently got
married to a member and so he had a lot of questions that his wife didn't know
how to answer. He was only here for a few days so we taught him as much as we
could so that he would go back to England and find missionaries there to start
learning from. We were a little worried to teach him the Plan of Salvation
because he is very big on evolution. I didn't even know where to start with him.
But I figured it out. Start from the beginning and teach simply. I feel like he
has a better understanding of the creation and why it happened the way it did.
On Saturday we had a really interesting baptism. One of the kids we are teaching
didn't get baptized when he was 8 due to his fear of water. Luckily he has been
working to get over the fear and has been swimming in his neighbors pool all
summer. So he asked if we could do the baptism there. We cleared it with the
mission president and I never thought I was going to witness a baptism in a
swimming pool. He also got permission to wear goggles and a nose plug. We really
wanted to do everything we could to make him feel comfortable with the baptism.
It was a short program but we are so proud of the courage and strength he was
able to have to make this decision and be that example for his 7 year old
brother. Saturday was also a very weather bi-polar day. In the morning it was
really warm and sunny and around 4:00 the clouds started moving in so quickly. I
seriously have never seen a storm roll in so fast. I am so grateful that we were
in a members home at the time the storm really hit, or else we would have been
drenched. It was seriously a flash flood with crazy winds. It kind of reminded
me of home. We didn't really have any appointments set up for the night and so
we were planning on just doing some stop-bys but the Elders called us and asked
if we could help them move all of the furniture and stuff out of the basement of
the member's house they live with. When we got there we were surprised to see
the whole basement had flooded, it is a new house too! So we spent an hour or so
helping move everything upstairs so it didn't get water damaged. I really love
doing service projects!
I had the opportunity on Sunday to give a talk in one of the wards we cover.
It was on missionary work of course. But I really find it interesting how much
the church has been talking about "hastening the work" "being good member
missionaries" "reaching out". But I figured it out. It's because it is
IMPORTANT! and it is our Heavenly Fathers work and if he said it needs to
starting moving forward and a faster pace then I guess we need to be willing to
help.
Love you all and I hope you are all looking for opportunities to reach out.
Be the one to find the one!
Love, Sister Kaylynn Harrison
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