I decided that being on a mission is
like celebrating Easter year round. You talk about Christ, wear your
Sunday best, and eat a lot of food. Also you are constantly finding
people like an Easter egg hunt.
My Easter was wonderful! I was surrounded by
incredible missionaries and wonderful members! We spent all day in
Columbia, TN and sang at two sacrament meetings. We attended Sunday
School and Relief Society in both units, which meant 6 hours of church!
Heaven for missionaries and punishment for anyone else. Later that night
we sang at a Presbyterian church. Sadly not a lot of people attended,
but I loved spending my day sharing my testimony of our Risen Savior
through song.
Guess what?? I'm moving again!! After being in both
of my previous areas for a long time, it is weird to transfer after only
6 weeks. I will be serving in the Stones River ward which is in
Murfreesboro so I'm not moving too far. Already knowing a number of
members in the ward, I am super stoked to be serving there. I will be
serving with my Sister Training Leader companion, Sister Pitcher! She is
an AMAZING missionary and this is her last transfer. Excited for the
miracles and memories coming this transfer!
I had some miracles this week while on an exchange
with Sister Talbert! It was fun to be her companion again! We met some
awesome folks that have great potential. The hard part is that the
semester is coming to a close so a lot of our investigators will be
heading back to their homes.
Other events of this week include going to a
dermatologist appointment in Brentwood, a communion for a Pentecostal
group that meets on campus, and institute. I absolutely love institute.
They announced their summer class: Celestial Marriage. Good timing to
move right? And then we had a bad day where two investigators dropped us
within 15 minutes and we had awful fro you. Who knew that fro you could
be that bad? That was probably the most disappointing part.
How is everyone's Preach My Gospel reading going? I
loved rereading Chapter 1 for the billionth time. I did one of the
activities in the latter part of the section. It asks you what your
hopes and desires were when I received my call and how those have been
fulfilled. My greatest desire was to change and influence people. I also
knew in that process I would be changed myself. Both have happened, but
just not in the ways I thought it would be. There are so many things to
a mission that are hard to explain and predict. I recognized when I
changed and influenced others the most, it was when I was simply
following the Spirit and trying to do what the Savior would do. (This is
when I say "do-do-do-dooooooo.") Especially as I come to the close of
my mission, I don't want my experience get in the way of what the Lord
wants me to do.
Those are my little thoughts. I am soooo excited to
study Chapter 2 this week. This is when the nerdy part of me comes out.
As you study Chapter 2 WILL YOU send me some of your favorite study
ideas?
Sure love you!!!
Love Sister Neener (:
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