So with Sara we had the 7 days to quit smoking program lesson with her and she was super ready to quit. Basically this last week she needed to follow 15 steps each day and that would turn off all bells or triggers that caused her to want to smoke. She was able to do it! So tonight we are going to have a little celebration with her! She said it was pretty hard but she is seeing herself want to smoke less and less!
Another amazing thing that happened was we may have found a potential place for Melissa and her family to live in! It may be a little small but its definitely better than what they have now. She is super excited to talk with us about it this week! Thanks for all of the prayers!
We also had zone conference this week which was super fun and spiritual! One thing that really stuck out to me was when they talked about fearing no man. That's something that's hard to do. As a missionary we sometimes fear people or the world more than we fear God even not as missionaries. It goes along with Elder Rasband's talk last conference called "Be Not Troubled". We all have our own fears but if we put our trust and faith in God then we can overcome those fears and really make a difference in our lives as well as others lives. God will only help us though as long as we put forth the effort by praying to Him to help us and then doing whatever is next. He's not going to just simply do everything for us. He gives us fears and weaknesses to help us learn and if does everything for us then we aren't going to learn. That mainly helped me realize that if I want to have more success as a missionary finding and helping more people then I have to put more of an effort in than just simply praying. I need to take it a step further and push away any fears I may have by being more persistent with people and really finding what the reason is for God putting them in our path.
Another really cool thing that happened at zone conference was we all got new kitchen appliances! They came to everyone's apartment this last week and got rid of all the many random and old kitchen utensils that have piled up in some apartments and threw most of them away or donated them and then gave us some pretty sweet new things! The coolest things we got were a Ninja blender, a waffle iron, and a George Foremen grill which we already had but everything else is pretty sweet! It was like an early Christmas! I'll send a picture of it all! And of course we went to Buffalo Wild Wings after zone conference! I love that place!
It's been another fantastic week as a missionary! I love being out here and seeing God's hand work some mighty miracles for those we see! I love you all so much and always remember that God loves us more than we can even comprehend and He wants to help us. Keep on keepin on!
Love,
Elder Plumb
1-6: district pictures after zone conference!
7: NEW STUFF!
No comments:
Post a Comment