Hey y'all this week has been one that I hope that I never forget, mainly Saturday.
So this week we had exchanges and so I was down here in Covington with Sis Tiller's companion and Sis Schumutz was with Sis Tiller. Well Saturday the exchange had ended and I had planned for us to go up to Lake Ramsey and see some of the less actives up there. Well the first one we went to Sis Tiller and I had tried many many times, with no response or we could tell that she was home and just wasn't going to answer. Well she answered, and so we talked to her and she just came out and told us her concerns and why she wasn't coming to church anymore. When we got out and were driving off I turned to Sis Schmutz and asked her if that had really just happened because I couldn't believe it. The second one is an assignment that the Relief Society and Young Women presidents had given us, and she let us in, told us her life story and came right out and told us why she wasn't coming to church anymore. It was sad because with her you could see the remnants of her testimony buried deep inside her. With both of these wonderful sisters I just wanted them to see that just because they don't understand something in the gospel or they got offended or whatever happened that shouldn't keep them from going to church. If anything it is at that moment that they need to hold on and turn to the Savior more then ever. There are things that we may not understand but He knows the answers and is just waiting for you to study about it so that He can give you the answer. We can't control people's actions but that is when we have to realize that everyone has to deal with imperfect people and we just need to deal with it and turn to Him that is perfect to have the strength to move forward and remove that burden from off of our shoulders.
Well besides that wonderful adventure things have been going
well. Apparently half the mission is sick, but luckily I'm not (knock on
wood that I won't get sick). Thank goodness for being pretty much in
exile (the nearest mission boundaries are 40 miles southwest, Metarie,
and 30 miles northwest, Hammond/Ponchtula)So this week we had exchanges and so I was down here in Covington with Sis Tiller's companion and Sis Schumutz was with Sis Tiller. Well Saturday the exchange had ended and I had planned for us to go up to Lake Ramsey and see some of the less actives up there. Well the first one we went to Sis Tiller and I had tried many many times, with no response or we could tell that she was home and just wasn't going to answer. Well she answered, and so we talked to her and she just came out and told us her concerns and why she wasn't coming to church anymore. When we got out and were driving off I turned to Sis Schmutz and asked her if that had really just happened because I couldn't believe it. The second one is an assignment that the Relief Society and Young Women presidents had given us, and she let us in, told us her life story and came right out and told us why she wasn't coming to church anymore. It was sad because with her you could see the remnants of her testimony buried deep inside her. With both of these wonderful sisters I just wanted them to see that just because they don't understand something in the gospel or they got offended or whatever happened that shouldn't keep them from going to church. If anything it is at that moment that they need to hold on and turn to the Savior more then ever. There are things that we may not understand but He knows the answers and is just waiting for you to study about it so that He can give you the answer. We can't control people's actions but that is when we have to realize that everyone has to deal with imperfect people and we just need to deal with it and turn to Him that is perfect to have the strength to move forward and remove that burden from off of our shoulders.
Sister Brady
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