This week we had Zone Training and a special Sisters Meeting, where all of the Sisters in the whole mission got together for a training!
Okay, so one wonderful thing about the Christmas Initiative is that it gives us an opportunity to go see people who we have maybe tried in the past, but who weren't super interested. One lady we decided to go see, I actually had met during my second week here, and that last time she flat out told us that she wasn't a member and that she wasn't interested. Well, to my surprise when we tried her again she invited us in and was way super friendly. Apparently, missionaries have been teaching her father who lives sort of near by, so maybe that's why she was a whole new different person and invited us in. We were able to share the Christmas Initiative with her and her two kids, and then we tied that into the Restoration a little bit. She is now really open and we have an appointment with her for tomorrow! We haven't been able to find new investigators recently, because we have been running into a lot of people (sometimes not very polite..) who just tell us they're "good" before we can really get a word out.
We are still working with a lot of in-actives, and it's been amazing to see their progression! We have been meeting with this one lady who recently has been re-activating, and she used to just be super firm on not having any interest in going through the temple. However, we've been working with her, and she's starting to show more and more interest, and she's opening up to us why she's nervous about going through. It's amazing to see the change of people's lives as the spirit will testify of truth and what they need to do to become closer to Christ.
Something that really stood out to me during a message at Zone Training is that you need to personally be converted in order to be able to help others on their journey towards conversion. During the Sisters meeting, we had some training on how to be able to teach about the different roles men and women play (for those who we teach who have concerns about women and the Priesthood). When you think about it, we are born through women, and when you're born, there's blood, water, suffering, and pain involved. The only way to get back to our Heavenly Father is through Christ, who suffered for our sins, and bled and died for us. When we are baptized, water is involved, and when we take the sacrament the bread and water represent the blood and his body. Women have the ability to bring children into the world, and in order to balance things, men hold the priesthood and are able to preform the ordinances that are essential to make it back to Him. Moses 6:54-60 came to my mind, and I think goes a lot with what we were discussing at the Sisters meeting. We also had training on clothing, hair, and things like that really only apply to the Sister missionaries.
Also, I love my companion! We are really growing closer together each day, and I'm learning so much while training.
-Matt. 20:30-34 This story really hit me! Do we sometimes see others who are calling for help, but we then tell them to "hold their peace"? Christ asked what the two blind men needed, and then He healed them. Right away, they followed Him once they could see on their own.
-"Heaven is a continuation of the ideal home" (Preach My Gospel, pg. 85). I just love this quote! I'm so very thankful for being raised in what I think was an ideal home (not perfect, but close!). I'm forever grateful for being placed in my family, and I want to thank my parents and siblings for making our home one that really is a heaven on earth.
One important thing to mention is that next week we are switching our P-day to Tuesday, so that we can go to the Rexberg Temple. :)
I love you all!
-Sister Cottrell
Pictures: Sage went out to teach with us one evening, and is waiting for her mission call! One of the roads just right outside of Newdale :)
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