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| Sister B and I matched on accident today so we just had to take a picture! |
I am so sad that Kendall and I are not going to see each other for a year and a half. It breaks my heart but I am so happy for her and all of the amazing experiences she is going to have in South Dakota. She is such a beautiful sister missionary. I am so proud of all of my missionary family!
Temple Square has been great. We have been stuck at home for the past couple of days because Sister Tsang caught a cold. She has been miserable so I have been living up to my MTC nick name "Nurse Macy". Anyway, it was fun to take care of her but I was so ready to just get out of the apartment and work! So today we went and covered the Beehive house and it was a lot of fun.
The girls at Temple Square are so funny, especially the foreign girls with the culture barrier and everything. The other day I was on exchanges with another sister and she called one of her investigators to check his progress. She discovered he wasn't keeping his commitments like reading the scriptures and going to church. So this sister said, "Jesus is crying because you didn't read the scriptures. Do you want to make Jesus cry?" I was laughing to myself sooooooo hard!
Sister Tsang is also very funny. This morning we were in the store and two returned missionaries walked up to us and started talking. One of them came across a little flirtatious with me and it made Sister Tsang SO MAD. She called him a pighead. I couldn't believe it. I walked away laughing.
Sister Tsang is also very funny. This morning we were in the store and two returned missionaries walked up to us and started talking. One of them came across a little flirtatious with me and it made Sister Tsang SO MAD. She called him a pighead. I couldn't believe it. I walked away laughing.
This week in district meeting I decided to focus the instruction on goal setting. I have gained a testimony of setting goals on my mission. I feel like goals prepare us for the rest of our lives and we will be so much more successful if we set inspired goals. So we talked all about that and role played and made our own district macro plan of some goals we want to achieve this transfer and how we are going to do it. First we list our goals and desired outcomes. Next we write our present situation on paper. Finally we discuss action steps that we will take in order to reach our goals. We are going to have a great transfer. My district has already surpassed our baptism goal which is 6 baptisms. We have already had 8 and we are only in week three of the transfer.
Lately some our sisters, mostly companionships, have struggled. Either things are not going as planned or they are struggling with understanding each other and getting along. A couple of days ago I was asked to meet with one of those companionships to discuss what was wrong and see if I could help. Well I was able to help a little-- and the spirit was able to help a lot! I sat and talked with them for a long time. I wasn't sure how to handle the situation so I said a little prayer in my heart. Then I had a feeling that I should get up and leave for a few minutes. So I instructed them to talk to each other and I walked into the bathroom. When I got to the bathroom I cried because I didn't know what to do so I prayed and as soon as I finished the prayer I heard the spirit say "Disobedience". Right then I knew what the problem was. So when I walked back in I asked them if they were being obedient to the rules. I asked them if they were doing companionship studies and they said they hadn't. Companionship studies help us to be unified with our companions. If we don't have them, we don't have the spirit. Disobedience destroys companionships. We talked about that for a while and they were so happy because we figured it out. There is a reason we are told to practice obedience with exactness on our missions and throughout life.
After we figured out the problem, I told them they needed to share two things they love about each other and we were all laughing by the end. Now they are doing amazing because they are being obedient. I am so thankful for the spirit! I could not have dealt with that situation on my own! Every transfer Heavenly Father stretches me a little more and I learn something new.
I was having kind of a hard day the other day so I read my scriptures. One of my favorite chapters in D&C is Chapter 58. It has helped me so many times in different parts of my life. It has helped me realize that even when things are tough, God is always there and his hand is in every detail of our lives. I just love that he knows so well what is going on. We all have to go through hard times but there is always light at the end of the tunnel. It is so comforting to know that God has a plan for every single one of us and all we need to do is trust him, be faithful, and enjoy the journey. I think I am bad at enjoying the journey sometimes. But the scriptures tell us that there is always good to come.
3 "Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation."
4 "For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand."
Sister Park
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