8/26/13: Don't Tell--but it's Coming!

The title is pretty much for nothing. It may also be alluding to a certain Announcement at a certain General Conference about a certain Temple being erected in a certain Bay. a Green one. But don't tell. Stake conference is coming--I might be a little/lot more set on this after that...

It is also implying that most of what happened this week is rather confidential, so...I don't have that much to say. Suffice to say that the exchanges this week were wonderful, and I think we all learned a lot.

I also had a dream that my mission president was doing his own personal Finding by collecting all the generally anti-diety books in the world written by people from Wisconsin and making those authors his potential investigators. Don't ask me where this came from.

It should also be noted that a ukelele is a must-have on a mission. What am I going to do when Sister Erickson leaves? Where am I supposed to get one?

Cotton candy. Long story.

We should have stopped the wedding...but we didn't. What am I supposed to do, object? Maybe. But we got to walk around a rendition of olden-time little-house-on-the-prairie Wisconsin with a less-active. That was fun. Who knew that show came from here?

I LOVE HELPING THE SISTERS. Sometimes I wish exchanges were a week-long process though. And part of me just wants to be all of their companions next transfer so that we can work things out. But that's kinda impossible...

Lesson learned this week: Never lower your expectations of others. If people are acting like ten year olds, expect them to act their age--not like 'c'mon, your older than this', but honestly believing and having the faith that they can be, and assuming with faith that they will act in their proper capacity--and they will! this goes for investigators and companions and other missionaries and everyone you're around. Never think that someone doesn't have the willpower to quit smoking, or that living the law of chastity is going to be too much for them, because FAITH is POWER, literally, and without that power miracles don't happen. Someone has to believe in these people or they aren't going to change. These miracles have to happen 'according to [someones] faith' or they can't! So make it your faith!

end quote of my brain.

Love you all!
Sister Neal