Hi. (:
So this week has been
super great, but I feel like it has been a little bit of an off week! I guess
you have to have some of those every now and then! We were planning on Thursday
and we felt like we needed to drop most of the investigators that we had. They
just aren't progressing and they have been investigators for quite some time.
So we are going to be doing a whole lot of finding and increasing our teaching
pool right now! We definitely have a lot of work cut out for us! But I am
totally ready for it! (: I FINALLY feel like I am getting my energy back! It
has been a weird few weeks! Ever since I got a cold I just haven't been able to
get back to normal! I have just been so tired all of the time. So the mission
doctor wanted me to go in somewhere to make sure things were okay. The doctor
was really awesome and super thorough! I had an EKG done and it was normal and
then they took some blood to be tested. He had me also go in and get a chest
x-ray and a sinus x-ray. I kinda felt like a lab rat... haha We were at the
doctors quite a bit this week! But the chest x-ray was normal and the blood
work came back normal as well. The sinus x-ray showed that I had a lot of
inflammation so he put me on some antibiotics for the next two weeks! I
seriously am so over sinus infections! I seem to get them allllllll of the
time! It is all good though! I feel like slowly but surely I am getting more
and more energy!
We were able to do
a ton of service this week! That was basically all we did on Wednesday! We went
over to a members in the morning and helped her rake her leaves! She has a HUGE
yard! Also, there are like a bajillion trees here so there were like 50 times a
bajillion leaves! hahaha It was fun though! We then got to go over to a Less
Actives home and help them clean. They are hoarders and have had a lot of
financial troubles and so they have to move out of their home. So we are
helping them throw things away and clean things up. I think there are a lot of
hoarders on the east coast. Or at least I have helped a lot of them so far on
my mission. I'll probably come home and become a hoarder...(; On Wednesday
night we got to help a family move in! They moved here from Arizona and they
are so great! I am excited that they are here. This ward really needs strong
families! They are definitely going to be a blessing for this ward! I think the
wife was a little bit in shock coming from the west coast to the east coast
though! It reminded me of how in shock I was when I first got out here! But I
have come to love the east coast SO much! It will always hold such a special
place in my heart! Serving is probably one of my favorite things! I think that
is one of the biggest reasons I love being a missionary so much! I just love
being able to serve those around me 24/7! There really is no better feeling! (:
So I was supposed
to teach Young Women's yesterday, but it got changed and so I am teaching them
next week. The lesson that I was asked to teach on is "Why is work an
important gospel principle". I think I am really the one that needed to
hear this lesson. IT IS SO GOOD. There is a talk by President Uchtdorf titled
"Two Principles for Any Economy" and he talks about the principle of
work. He says" How I admire men, women, and children who know how to work!
How the Lord loves the laborer! He said, 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread,' and ' The laborer is worthy of his hire.' He also gave a promise:
'Thrust in your sickle with all your soul, and your sins are forgiven you.'
Those who are unafraid to roll up their sleeves and lose themselves in the
pursuit of worthwhile goals are a blessing to their families, communities,
nations, and to the Church." The Lord expects us to work. He wants us to
do our part so that He can do His! He then goes on to say, "When our wagon
gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out
to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer-- no matter how
eloquent the oration. President Thomas S. Monson put it this way: 'It is not
enough to want to make the effort and to say we'll make the effort,... It's in
the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish
our goals. If we constantly put our goals off, we will never see them
fulfilled.'" I definitely know that I need to be better at this! I am so
grateful I was able to prepare for this lesson!
Well Family! I just
stinkin love you all SO much! I will be keeping Mom in my prayers especially on
the 26th! I know that things will be just fine! (: I know that the Lord is
watching over all of you! (: Thanks for everything yous do for me! I hope that
you have a great week this week!
LOVE YOUS
TO THE MOON & BACK! WE GOT THIS!!
Love,
Sister Woodland
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