10/11/10

Dear Family,

This week has gone very well. I'm a little overwhelmed by the things we've learned the past few days. Our training with our Mission President was great and I learned a lot. I tried to remember the names of the eight lessons we focused on but I can only remember four of them. Next week I'll have them with me and then I can talk about them, briefly.

The month is going by pretty fast. Sister Mauer and I are in pure finding mode for the most part. We've had to let some of our investigators go but we're still working with a couple if them so that's good.

In our meetings this week our Mission President talked to us about how we can help build trust in the wards where we serve. We have five missionaries here in the San Marcos ward (3 Elders) and we all got together to talk about ways we can best help and serve the members of the ward. It's been challenging to find a balance between finding and reaching out to the members both active and inactive.

I've found strength in a scripture from the Ether 3:2 in the Book of Mormon. The Brother of Jared and his people have just built barges and he's trying to prepare a way for these barges to receive light. He finds 16 small transparent stones and carried them to the top of a mountain where he prayed to God saying:

..."O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires."

I like the humility of the Brother of Jared. He was a leader among his people but he trusted in the Lord. He knew his weaknesses and knew that the Lord would help him. I love weaknesses; they bring us closer to the our Heavenly Father and help us recognize just how much we need Him and our Savior. None of us can do it alone.

This is the Lord's work and we're blessed to be given the opportunity to be a part of it.:)

Love you guys,

Sister Green