Hmmmmm what can I say this week?..... Let's be honest, I do the same thing everyday... haha and just talk to all sorts of interesting people'! BUT! it's all good!!! I had a HUGE perspective change, I feel like that's the craziest part about missions, the perspective changes you get all the time. According to our numbers.. we haven't had much success out here... and it's been very humbling for me. I was feeling kinda down because we dropped nearly all our investigators. And, well I just turned to the scriptures for comfort! AND! GUESS WHAT! I was definitely comforted! I was reading about Helaman and the 2,000 stripling warriors! And not only their courage for battle, but also their trust in God. I have not had much success out here... But Ii know that I must continue to work hard and have the faith that God will bless the people of Santa Maria! :) I know he will! Without a doubt!!
Another thing that really stuck out was our ward mission leader, Brother Terrazes, said something pretty great at church which hit me so hard! We were talking about families and why we had them and so on... and he said something so great! He said, "You know life is work, its hard! having a spouse is work, having children is work too! And if we can't learn to enjoy where we are now we will always just feel like it's work" Wow. I need to love my mission even more... I have noticed that pattern throughout my life....
I'll be happy when...
I'm in high school...
When i GRADUATE...
When I move out of my house...
I'll be happier when I'm just home from my mission...
When I'm just married...
Nope. NOT true! If you can't learn to be happy now, you won't ever learn. You will just keep looking ahead to this imaginary happy limit. But the goal is to try and find it now. No matter what situation we are in, we have to have happiness and give our gratitude to God. If we can realize God's hand in our lives each and every day we WILL be happy! And as I have given more of myself to this work, I have seen that to be true.
There were these two guys working in their yard.... and their muscles were... big! (not as big as conman's... but pretty intimidating... for two tiny sister missionaries) Sister B and I looked at each other... and were trying to decided whether to talk to these huge men... or just go on to the next place. We both decided to just trust in God, AND show him how much we love Him by trying our best to share the gospel! Turns out that experience was powerful, and they are both very interested! We have another appointment with them! BUT, I know that our actions show God how much we love him. Mom, I'm so proud of you for studying Preach my Gospel! It will help you feel the desire to share the gospel and show God how much you love him :) AND strengthen your trust in him. Because I have done that!! AND!!!! We are promised if we do that, we will be super happy :) the HAPPIEST actually... I challenge you to find where it says that in Preach my Gospel... it says it in a few areas :)
OH! Sister B is so great!!! She sacrificed her hair to get in the door to talk to a less active member! We said we needed hair cuts... turns out the lady was super NOT nice... gave her an awful cut, and red hair.... so we had to go get it fixed and now it's way short and red!!! She's such a good sport!! I'm so thankful to have her as a companion!! :) OH!!! and one day i went tracting in high heels.... I think grandma Collings would have been proud of me!! BUT! it was our most successful day! So I think I got a lot of respect... people respect tallness...(I guess) :D
Well I love you ALL!!!!!! And hope this week is great! Lemme know how Conman does in track! He's... kinda turning into the hulk!!! I'm impressed... I showed all the elders a picture of Conman flexing, and it made them all start dieting HAHAHAHAH!!!
LOVE YOU!
-Sister Collings!
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