BE THOU HUMBLE
Yep, that’s my theme for the week. I
definitely had an interesting week, but a good one, and I definitely learned a
lot about the importance of humility. For some reason at the start of my week,
I got it in my head that I was a pretty good missionary. My Spanish is coming
along well, I’m getting along with the members of the ward and the
investigators, winning their confidence and developing friendships, we were
finding lots of new people to teach, I felt good about my teaching and the
questions I was asking during lessons, and all in all I started to think I was
a pretty good missionary. But at the same time, I recognized that this was
pride and that I needed to rely on the Lord, not on my pride, so I decided to
pray for the Lord to help me be more humble. And guess what? The Lord answers
prayers!
We had some tough days with very
little progress with anyone, walking around looking for our investigators, but
no one was home and no one wanted to talk to us. I was feeling pretty
frustrated, and then it hit me: you asked to be humbled, and here you are! And
so I learned my lesson. In all things we need to rely on the Lord, and
especially here in the mission. He knows perfectly the needs of our
investigators and who is really prepared for this message, and it’s only thanks
to His help that my Spanish is coming along and that my teaching is improving.
And so, I humbled myself and repented, and guess what happened? We started to
have more success! At the end of the week, we FINALLY found Karen again after going to her house a bunch of times for nothing, and she accepted a new baptism date for the 28th. We also contacted some people that I really believe are ready for this message. One person, Rosario, started to cry in the door and said that she desperately needs to hear what we have to say. Unfortunately, she was about to leave and she doesn’t live in our area right now, but she’s going to move to our area (just like Hugo) in the middle of September. We have her phone number and know where she’s going to be living, so I’m stoked for her. And I’m trying much harder to rely on the Spirit to guide my mission life, praying more throughout the day and whenever I start to notice pride in myself, I learned the trick to get rid of it: think of the Atonement. It works every time. But it’s probably a lifelong challenge to overcome pride. I feel like I’m in a mini Nephite pride cycle all the time, but one that repeats itself over the course of several days or even several hours, ha. Crazy life.
To respond to your questions, Mom and Dad, yes, Hermana Maldonado has visa issues. But her visa should come this transfer. And with Abacuc, it’s actually spring now and will shortly be summertime, but he decided to avoid our lessons when we visit Augustin. I guess that now isn’t his time to be baptized. Soledad has been tough to find and teach, but we’re still working on that, and Hugo is progressing still, although his big challenge is a lack of friends. Everyone, when new people come to the ward, PLEASE be friends with them immediately! It makes all the difference in the world for an investigator. Our ward is really small, so I’m not really sure how they found 16 people to be ward missionaries. However, our training with them was suspended for the next Sunday, so hopefully we can get going with them soon! And Dad, as far as I know there aren’t any senior couples serving here.
Anyway, that’s my week! I am so grateful to be on a mission. I can see myself changing and growing closer to Christ every week. Love you all!
Hermana Chelsie Faulk
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