The
Fourth Missionary
October 13, 2014
Wow, was this a
totally different week from last week, and I loved it. It all started from last
weekend with General Conference. Hermana Paz and I both felt prompted to fast
for conference to be able to receive additional help from the Lord in our area
and receive the revelation we needed for our area. Well, as I mentioned last
week, we received revelation to become better missionaries and to help some
investigators, and then we also saw miracles this whole past week. We doubled
the number of lessons we had with members, taught 11 new investigators, 5
people accepted baptism dates, we found some new menos activos, and we taught a
total of 28 lessons. It was a great week, and we know that we are being richly
blessed by the Lord. I know that there is great power in fasting, I have seen
that many times in my mission, and the Lord confirmed it again by pouring out
the blessings and the people to teach this week.
And then Sunday was a great day as well. As you might remember, I mentioned last week that since Sunday was elections, no one is supposed to leave their house except to vote and then come back. So, we were in the house until 6 pm when we were allowed to leave to proselyte until 9 like normal. And to use the time effectively, President gave us a schedule of things to study, including a talk called "The Fourth Missionary." I love this talk; this is the second time I read it and just like the first time, I felt super inspired. I took some time while reading to really reflect over my own life and my mission, and I am extremely grateful to be able to honestly say that although I haven't been perfect, and I know that there were times when I served a lot more with my might and strength than my mind and heart, I have honestly tried to follow the Lord's will and give up my will. I sincerely feel at peace with myself and with what I have accomplished in my mission up til now. Something I have prayed for almost my whole mission is to become the type of missionary - and person - that the Lord wants me to become, the type of person that my patriarchal blessing describes. And as I read my patriarchal blessing yesterday, I felt the Spirit testify to me that although I still lack a lot, I'm on a good path and I have made huge strides in my time in the mission. I will always be SO grateful to my Heavenly Father for pushing me to go on a mission, even when it wasn't something that was in my plans. He has literally given me everything, and I owe EVERYTHING to Him. The Spirit also testified to me that I need to make sure that I don't get content with what I've done up til now and think that I can just sort of back off, that I've done enough. I need to keep myself 100% focused on the mission til my last day, and I need to continue to work to be more humble. Hermana Paz and I made several goals to develop more charity and humility and to keep our minds even more focused on missionary work. I know that no matter what happens in our area, we will continue striving to be 4th missionaries. :)
And then Sunday was a great day as well. As you might remember, I mentioned last week that since Sunday was elections, no one is supposed to leave their house except to vote and then come back. So, we were in the house until 6 pm when we were allowed to leave to proselyte until 9 like normal. And to use the time effectively, President gave us a schedule of things to study, including a talk called "The Fourth Missionary." I love this talk; this is the second time I read it and just like the first time, I felt super inspired. I took some time while reading to really reflect over my own life and my mission, and I am extremely grateful to be able to honestly say that although I haven't been perfect, and I know that there were times when I served a lot more with my might and strength than my mind and heart, I have honestly tried to follow the Lord's will and give up my will. I sincerely feel at peace with myself and with what I have accomplished in my mission up til now. Something I have prayed for almost my whole mission is to become the type of missionary - and person - that the Lord wants me to become, the type of person that my patriarchal blessing describes. And as I read my patriarchal blessing yesterday, I felt the Spirit testify to me that although I still lack a lot, I'm on a good path and I have made huge strides in my time in the mission. I will always be SO grateful to my Heavenly Father for pushing me to go on a mission, even when it wasn't something that was in my plans. He has literally given me everything, and I owe EVERYTHING to Him. The Spirit also testified to me that I need to make sure that I don't get content with what I've done up til now and think that I can just sort of back off, that I've done enough. I need to keep myself 100% focused on the mission til my last day, and I need to continue to work to be more humble. Hermana Paz and I made several goals to develop more charity and humility and to keep our minds even more focused on missionary work. I know that no matter what happens in our area, we will continue striving to be 4th missionaries. :)
And then when we
left the house, we had a great experience as well... we met a 20-something year
old, Rodrigo, who told us he has investigated lots of churches in the past and
really wants to learn more about our church. Felt very sincere, we're excited to
teach him and see what happens. :) And then la familia Chamon, who are a
fantastic family, the family where we eat lunch every day, took us to meet
close family friends of theirs, a young married couple in desperate need of
more hope in their lives. They agreed to learn more about the gospel and the
Spirit was incredibly strong as we, and Hermano Chamon, testified of the
reality of life after death and the hope we have that families are eternal. It
was fantastic, and I really feel like this family is going to progress
quickly.
I'm grateful to
be a missionary and loving this work! Love you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Chelsie
Faulk
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