It was a bright sunny friday afternoon when our zone, a group of 20-25 innocent, happy-go-lucky missionaries left the room we were meeting in to view some training segments in a different room. Just 20 minutes later, we returned to the original room only to discover 5 of our bags had been stolen, including mine. (Luckily all I lost, other than the bag itself, was my temple recommend some tic-tacs and well-used chapstick. Thank heavens I took my camera out that morning!) One of the elders remembered that he had seen one person cross the hall while we were watching the videos and so he decided to describe him to me....
And that's when I knew that throughout all of my worries about what I should do in college and life, I had been overlooking my true calling. From now on I will continue to hone my skills as a crime scene investigation sketch artist.
On a more serious note- this week has taught me a lot about repentance and prayer and just being a christian. Being a christian is not about how many times you go to church or what calling you have or how often you read your scriptures and pray with your family. though all of those things are essential to becoming a true disciple of Christ and continuing to be one, being a christian is about doing what Christ would do in the moments when it's inconvenient,
P.S. Pray to be the answer to someone else's prayer this week!
On a more serious note- this week has taught me a lot about repentance and prayer and just being a christian. Being a christian is not about how many times you go to church or what calling you have or how often you read your scriptures and pray with your family. though all of those things are essential to becoming a true disciple of Christ and continuing to be one, being a christian is about doing what Christ would do in the moments when it's inconvenient, undesireable and oftentimes not a situation you will have had any previous counsel for. Joseph Smith said that we need to teach correct principles and people will govern themselves. This is how it must be. We cannot be forced to do good things, in fact that would go against God's entire plan. As we were standing on the side of the road with a woman in a wheelchair who is missing one her legs from the need down and was badly in need of help that we hadn't the means to give her, I witnessed the miracle of christianity. One of the women in our ward stopped her car and despite that fact she was on her way to church, she agreed without hesitation to give the woman the help she needed. Many cars had passed us up to that point. My heart felt full just seeing this kind act and seeing the gratitude of this poor woman who has no family around, no home, and a very sad life story. Remember this week that you will never be perfect, but as long as you are trying to make christlike decisions, you can be His hands.
Sadly, Maombi has decided not to be baptized. Something is wrong and we're still trying to figure it out. Godelive slept at her house to try to help her but she said we just have to work slowly with her. Keep her in your prayers please!
Love,
Sister Pearson
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