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| Loves Hna Staker :) |
In all seriousness I think this was the most inspired week of my mission. It was pretty awesome. Before I jump to it, you probably want to know why and where and who and what, with the whole shabang :) well, let us begin.
Why: cause spiritual discussions/tangents all the dang time and it's great (these will come in a separate email :) )
Where: Westbury #thatislandlifetho
Who: Sister Staker (!! My compañera !!)
What: ...everything :)
Tuesday we went to transfers and I got to see all of my favorite people again! It was great. I met Hermana Voss with her trainee, Hermana Chung, and we got a picture. They're absolutely darling. Also, she's a native. P.S. I'm a grandma now ;) I got to see Elder Creager. He is serving with Elder Broadhead in Richmond Hill now. Elder Brown is companions with my old zone leader Elder Thomas in Richmond Hill as well. He will be great. Also saw Elder Stoker. He is the district leader in Dyker. Such studs :) #feelsoproud
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| Hnas Voss & Chung (trainee is training) |
It was kinda funny getting everything figured out cause I've never really done transfers how you're "supposed" to. Someone usually has just told me, "oh you're with so-and-so" and then I go. Well I finished with Hermanas Voss and Chung and wandered over to my zone leaders of a week to see which new zone was mine. Zone eight. I flip around and there stands Elder Weisler and Elder Corbett. I'm in Westbury with Sister Staker, he tells me. Not gonna lie, I was pretty darn excited! It was hilarious our first day together when we almost got in an accident cause we couldn't see around this truck (not funny, we know..."what do I do??" "Uh, pray and go??" *prays and starts to go* *car comes flying around the corner* "AHH! DONT PRAY AND GO! DONT PRAY AND GO!") but right after we both just busted up laughing and we both said how good it felt to laugh. It's been a good week. :) We've had some great lessons and have some awesome people we serve here. I love them so much. We've got high hopes for this transfer and for this area. It needs some work, but we are ready to work it.
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| Hnas Ashford & Spencer |
Our district consists of us and Elder Ramos (the trainee of Elder Marchant and our district leader) & Elder Lammi, and Elder Nielson (round 2 #dyker) & Elder Rhodes (Elder Ramos' trainee). We are a young district. It is kinda crazy when you now become some of the oldest but feel you just got here. Most of the people we visited this week asked how new I was to the mission. They know my companion leaves soon and so when I say I've been out just over a year they look at me and say, "oh that's great, you're not new, you don't have much left either." We don't dwell on it --can't say we don't speak of it, because it is spoken of, but we don't have to dwell on it. Haha.
This week we had a crazy lesson with one of our awesome young investigators. The whole house felt off when we arrived. We listened and talked and began to be able to silence the noises it seemed only our spirits could hear. Finally, the Spirit could be felt in that little room where we were as Christ was testified of. We knew a blessing was needed. The elders came and offered the blessing as well as a blessing on the house with permission of the family. After they left our investigator pulled us back into the room. The difference in her after that was amazing. You could see she was visibly different. Her countenance was changed, her light was shining unrestrained, and she simply radiated. She testified to us, feeling the Spirit we had brought and that she desired, uninhibited by anything else. It was an amazing moment. We had a great lesson with her last night as well and were able to follow up on everything following that powerful experience. She just radiates with light. There've been no more problems as before and she feels incredible peace. She carries her Book of Mormon with her everywhere and reads any time she has a moment. The gospel is true, goodness. I have never had so many witnesses shown to me that this gospel changes lives. It changes souls. It changes everything. I feel this with such energy and earnestness. There are people who need this and are waiting for it, even if they don't realize they do or are. The call to share this gospel is all of ours.
Amongst the revelation bombs of the week has been that idea: that sharing the gospel is so important. This is a gospel of becoming. It isn't about what we do, but what what we do makes of us. The commandments and the ordinances are the means by which we keep the gospel/law of Christ; the application. Isn't it awesome?? Seriously. I've seen God's hand so much this week. So many tender mercies.
One of the coolest experiences I had was I started a new thing. Haha. Now in some of my prayers I will continue the prayer, but after talking I want to wait and listen to what He has to say to me. Now, my problem is I get distracted and I can't focus very well on Him and what He is trying to tell me. So, I decided I would try something. Three times this week I stopped when it came to wanting to listen to Him and I continued the prayer writing. So I would write the prayer as it continued with Him and I would focus on where He took my thoughts to see Him speak to me. AND IT WORKED. It was so cool. I received very direct revelation and it really felt like we were having a conversation. It felt like He was saying something, then I was overly excitedly saying something and basically "the eyes of my understanding" were really opened. So there was that. :)
Anyway, this has been a great week and I have loved every minute of it. We also had stake conference, which meant I got to see some of the members from Patchogue!! It was really good to see them. :) I love those people so much. Missionary work is crazy. That is all for this rant but it has been great. Love you! :)
Muchísimo amor,
Hermana Karra Gourley
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