Hello family!!!
I can't believe that it was
only last week when I was trying to talk to the Mummsie and Daddy
through the airport noise. And I can't believe that I've been a
missionary in the actual field for a week! Time does weird things when
you're on a mission.
So here are the details of my first area: I'm serving
in a town called Tullahoma in the McMinneville stake. My companion is
Sister Tenny and she is amazing! She just turned 21 in December and
attended BYU-I prior to that. She has been out in the field for only 5
weeks and is doing a great job as a trainer. Although there is a ward in
Tullahoma, missionaries haven't been there in a while so we have a
brand new area book which translates into lots of tracting. The hard
thing about tracting is that everyone is super nice about the first
contact, but when we come again at an appointed time, they have
mysteriously disappeared. However, the ward is super helpful and excited
to have not only a set of missionaries again, but a set of Elders, a
set of Spanish-speaking Hermanas, and a senior missionary couple. The
work is progressing! They barely split the ward and the new branch is
currently meeting in the Funeral home. We haven't been out there yet,
but they say the priest bless the sacrament on the coffin table and the
nursery is in the cremation room....I bet people were DYING to be called
as nursery leaders. As for our ward, we have a 600 name inactive list!
Whew! We are diligently trying to work with them and we have picked up a
few potential investigators. I never expected to be opening an area,
but the Lord placed me here so I will work my hardest.
Mission life is super hard, but I am excited to see the
growth and progress. I've already met a couple of people and I have to
contain myself from dragging them off to the baptismal font. I have a
long ways to go before I'm the missionary that Lord can make of me. I
have to remind myself that I'm only a few weeks in and that I can never
be "perfect," but with faith I am striving to focus on the people, my
purpose, and Jesus Christ.
Challenge: Do something to increase your faith! We are
the Lord's investigators and we need to continuously do something to
increase our faith. This comes from prayer, study, bear testimony, share
experiences, service, etc. I want to hear about it!
I love you all so very much and I'm incredibly grateful that our family can be together forever!!!
Love Sister Neener
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