For Sister Baker. She only eats healthy things. She found the idea on the internet; covering a watermelon in whipped cream and grapes, so we tried it. The internet people might have been lying. Whipped cream does not stick to watermelon very well. But it tasted good!
There is such a thing as having too many viewpoints on a situation. Particularly when those views are mistrustful and conspiring. I like to just expect the best of people :) And I'm normally right! So there. Believe in people.
Sam is alive and not Anti'd. Crystal is moving along.
I've never had a person get baptized that I didn't consider golden from the beginning. But Melissa is well on her way. If she does get baptized, she'll be one of those not golden people. We've had to work our tails off to get her to feel the Spirit. But I think it's working >:)
I don't know what happened to this week, but we had no time for anything!! We were busy from the start to the end of the day, but I hardly felt like we got anything accomplished. Maybe transfer stress caused us to work slower? I don't know.
My love for people has increased SO MUCH out here. There are so many people that I just can't do anything less than my all for, because I want them to succeed. It's exhausting, but I can't stop because...because I believe in them! I love the joy that comes to me as I watch out for others and make their concerns my concerns.
Little kids and pinatas. This game is very dangerous.
TRANSFERS! I had this feeling of what was gonna happen, and it was half fulfilled when transfer text told us that Sister Allen was leaving. But then the other half didn't get explained for like 24 hours, which was the longest 24 hours of my LIFE! I felt confident enough in what I expected to happen that I was sure it was the Spirit, but I still wouldn't let myself settle on the matter until I knew for sure. Cause if things didn't happen the way I expected them to...well, then I wouldn't know what to think about the promptings of the Spirit. It would have been like, "I must not know ANYTHING!"
But things worked out like I thought they would after all. I am training!! Yay for the Spirit :)
It's been making me sick thinking about it. I'm super nervous! I feel like I have so much more wisdom than when I trained at the beginning of my mission, but I also feel like I was a better trainer in other aspects back then. But I need this experience; maybe it'll whip me into shape, haha :)
BRANCH DRAMA HOLY COW
You've never been a missionary in a branch with this kind of nonsense. My trainee is gonna be like, "...this was not in my call packet." No, it wasn't. Wahoo!
Easter was fantastic. We ate way too much good food, but other than that it was pretty much a normal day being a missionary. Love it :)
Thinking of this Easter season, of the sacrifice of the Savior, and of my personal sacrifice to serve my mission, I've been making some really cool connections. Even though it was the Infinite and Eternal sacrifice, I suspect that when I get to talk to Him, He'll tell me that it was hardly a sacrifice at all. That seems to be the way sacrifices work. They never really seem like much when you can see the bigger picture. The times when I have sacrificed the most have also been the times I have reflected upon with the most joy and gratitude. Pretty cool, huh?
Sister Neal
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