Dear Family,
It was a rough week as far as finding and teaching goes. Sister Reas and I only taught one lesson and had one new investigator. It was sad reporting our numbers to our leaders this week but they're all so encouraging and reminded us to not be discouraged and to keep building upon our faith. My mind turned to the "No effort is Wasted" section from Preach My Gospel where it talks about how we all have agency and people can except or reject the message we share. It states that as a missionary, we need to teach in such a way that they will be able to make a clear choice.
Sister Reas and I strive to "develop the faith to find [those] that will receive us." We want people to see that the gospel is for them. I've found a lot of comfort from the scriptures; especially when other missionaries experience some of the same things I am at this time. In a district meeting a few weeks ago our district leader Elder Platt, shared a scripture about Nephi and some of his struggles trying to share the gospel. We've all at one time or another felt this as missionaries:
"And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be."
I love that he remained diligent and continued to be a powerful missionary/leader and I love that we have his example in the scriptures. Speaking of Nephi that reminds me of a funny moment this week. Sister Reas and I had lunch with a member who is a convert to the church. She's been divorced longer than I've been alive and the thought of getting married again doesn't excite her much. We asked her how her scripture reading had been going and she told us she has also been reading in Nephi. She shared her testimony of what a good example he is and then we started talking about marriage and she asked: "Do you think Nephi is married?"...She'll find her own Nephi one day.
I've also found strengthened when the members tell us of their "missionary experiences". Yesterday during Sacrament Meeting the bishop invited the members to look at the Mormon.org and lds.org websites. These websites have been updated a lot. So much so that the first presidency has allowed us to go online for at least three hours (on a day other than P-Day) and familiarize ourselves with Mormon.org so we will know how to direct people, when we invite them to use it. We will also be given new pass-a-long cards for the website soon.
A few days ago for a dinner appointment a member showed us another website that I've never heard about before. It's www.mormonsmadesimple.com. They have two minute clips describing different things about our beliefs like missionary work and the Book of Mormon. It was really neat and it explained a lot. Go there when you have time and don't forget about Mormon.org. You can create a profile if you want and it'll be more beneficial than Facebook:)
Love you all,
Sister Green
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