Mi Familia!
HURRAY for staying in
Harrisonburg! I am so happy! Mostly because I get to see Flor's baby
and also all my cute investigators and also Christmas! Also someone tell
Grandma and Grandpa to come and see me!
We had
another meeting down in Richmond that was just for Spanish speaking
missionaries, it was the best! I got to see all my cute missionary
friends and we all talked about our feelings openly, and we understood.
Like how it feels when one of your investigators calls you a
gordita...and how you just smile and give them a big hug after instead
of crying later when you get home. Essentially a gordita means "littly
fatty", but in the hispanic culture it is endearing, and not rude, and
every singly one of us Hermanas had been called a gordita, so we bonded.
It was the best. We also got some good advice on finding and how to
sneakly eat less food, just the basics of the spanish program.
We had stake conference this weekend and all of us
missionaries went down to Waynesboro for the Audult session to sing
Called to Serve as a special musical number. President Wilson and
Sister Wilson spoke and the whole meeting was about missionary work.
How fun! I love being a missionary, it is the very best ever. I am
just hoping that everyone is starting to catch the vision. What is it
like you your neck of the woods? We are still working to get members
motivated...any new ideas to try? It was an awesome meeting. Sister
Wilson is one of my favorite humans on the planet, she just got up and
said it like it was, called them to repentance a little, and told them
to start finding!
I have been thinking this past week about what it
means to be a "successful missionary" and I have come to a conclusion,
the only thing that really matters is love. If I can honestly say I
love everyone I meet/talk to/teach/whatever, I will be a successful
missionary. Baptisms are not everything. I mean yes, when a soul joins
the ranks, that is amazing, but there is so much more to this work!
We told one of our investigators, Henry, that we
were getting transfer calls and we might be leaving. He was really
scared that we would go and he wanted to take us out to eat. We went to
this really yummy mexican restaurant and had a lovely time. Also we
taught him the plan of salvation over some flan, it was the best. When
people start to understand why this is different, there is just a change
in their eyes. The good news is neither of us got transferred so we
get to keep teaching him!
Being a missionary is the best of times. I love you
all very very much! Thank you for your love and support. And don't
forget to be missionaries too! I love love love you!
con amor, Hermana Myer
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