Hello dear family!
It's hard to believe that another week has gone by. Some of the days
were pretty long, but the week seems to cruise. It sounds like it was
that way for most of you this week as well. I think the pressing of
time is definitely feeling more urgent as my time literally grows
short.
This week we tried to exercise more faith in finding. As I mentioned
last week we had plans to call all of our former investigators. So far
we have a few appointments for Tuesday with a few of them. One of the
appointments was a result of pure faith. On the record it said that
the lady told the missionaries to never call back. That was a few
years ago, but it's a little intimidating to be on the other line
after a statement like that. Sister Baker went for it. We had
determined we were going to give everyone another shot. She called her
and the lady was warm and happy to meet again. So, we will meet her
tomorrow at her store. I hope it will go well.
We have been trying to follow the feelings of the spirit as best we
can and it has informed our goals and happiness a lot. We have been
knocking doors. Some people talk a lot about getting doors slammed in
their face on their missions...if doors get opened we are pretty
elated. Ha. That said, we have been able to exercise faith even in
that approach. I tried to teach a guy as much as I could about the BOM
through his little intercom thing. He ultimately wasn't interested,
but I felt the spirit and that is a big part of success in my book.
If I am completely honest this week has kind of been a panic for me.
It required a lot of thinking about what my mission has and hasn't
been and trying to set goals to make it what Heavenly Father needs it
to be for then next several weeks. The good news: I remembered my
favorite scripture and Heavenly Father has comforted me over and over
again through prayer. 2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind." Of course
there is always room for improvement and we should never stop trying
to improve, but there is also great room for mercy as well. We are
commanded to be comforted and healed. I love D&C 3:10. " But remember,
God is merciful; therefore, repent of that which thou hast done which
is contrary to the commandment which I gave you, and thou art still
chosen, and art aagain called to the work;"
We are going to zone conference on the mainland (육지) tomorrow evening.
We are looking forward to it. We are studying Elder Bednar's talk
about conversion and Elder Holland's talk about the first great
commandment from conference. Both are excellent and have helped
inspire me.
This week we met with a lot of members to talk about the 암탉
(hen)program. Spencer W. Kimball once promised that if for three
consecutive weeks we pray and read scriptures daily both morning and
night in search of missionary opportunities, by the end of 21 days we
will have an opportunity to teach the gospel to someone. This has been
a way for missionaries to get referrals so we have been encouraging
members to start and rewarding them along the way. It is like their
little egg that they have been assigned to take care of. We are
hopeful there will be some beautiful little chicks at the end of this
month. Already it seems there are a few.
One of my favorite families in the ward (양 자매님들) the Yang Sisters, had
been inviting their cousin to activities during school break a few
months ago. He went back to his home in the Daejeon mission area and
started taking lessons from the missionaries and ended up getting
baptized a month or so ago. Now, his mom is starting to get interested
in the gospel and has begun to recognize the spirit more in her life.
It is a really exciting time for this family and we are praying that
the mom will also join the church.
I am excited to see what comes of our appointments this week and the
people Heavenly Father places in our path. Thank you for your prayers
and support. I know this is God's work. It's not easy, but it's
beautiful, and beautifully true.
LOVE!
Sister Julia Mecham
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