Due to the new security measures requested by the Mission leaders, the names of all investigators and people that Sarah comes into contact with will be replaced with the name of a well-known character from a children’s movie. This will keep the identities of people safe as well as make it easier to keep everyone straight. The name given is in NO WAY intended to reflect the personality, looks, or circumstances of the individual(s).
“Missionary Fun!”
October 14, 2013
Well gang, another week
has flown by.
I'd like to say it was a remarkably
eventful week, but my companion was sick all week. So really it wasn't.
BUT I did get to study a lot while she
was passed out dying and I read part of Jesus the Christ which I had not had
any time to read while on my mission. (Side note, I have no idea how people
come home from their missions and say "I read Jesus the Christ 8 times and
the Book of Mormon 6 and all the standard works!" I spend so much time
studying for my investigators that I don't get to study for me, and that's SO
ok with me, but it was nice to just read for awhile and ponder.)
So since there isn't much actual work
to report on this week, I will report on our newest missionary tool from Church
Headquarters. It's a booklet called, "Adjusting to Missionary Life".
It's a resource with answers to every possible personal problem you can ever
have on your mission. The theme of the entire booklet: LEARN TO HAVE FUN AND
YOU'LL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER! I love it so much and can quote it already.
One of my favorite quotes from the
booklet is:
"God has
a perfect plan for His imperfect children."
It's so true! Anytime we get
frustrated or down or feel lost we just have to remember that God is there,
that He is the master planner and that even when we have no idea what is going
on, He does.
We got to teach the gospel doctrine
class yesterday all about....MISSIONARY WORK! It was awesome. And the Stake
Sunday School President just happened to be there. He loved it too and he took
some of our material back to the stake. I love seeing members get excited about
missionary work and being able to help them grow. It helps me grow too. The
things that I used to be afraid of don't scare me anymore, and part of that is
because I know if I'm going to ask others to do it, I better be doing it
myself. If there's one thing I've learned in the past 9 months, it's that God
always keeps His promises. He does open our mouths. He does inspire us. He does
send angels to bear us up. He is Almighty God and He loves us perfectly. And
with a perfect somebody like that on your side, it's impossible to fail.
I love you all and hope you have the
most wonderful week!
Sister Burchett
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