Transfer 4, Week 1: Gobble Gobble!
She's AWESOME. It's way fun being with her. We're very
similar too. She also went to BYU and played the viola in Highschool, and most
importantly, she is a missionary as well with the same objectives and desires
that I do! Doing the work the best we can!!! (with the Lord's help of course).
We learned a few line dances, yee-haw all y'all!!! (the Latin sisters
and Polynesian sisters were VERY enthusiastic about dancing too....
what you can do when you're in a mission of all women). We also did some
activities to educate us about the meaning of Thanksgiving. And we got to eat
dinner with the General Primary President and her husband. We have connections -
but she came to dinner with us!! :) It was pretty neat. We watched a movie and
cut out snowflakes and it was just a really nice time to kind of refresh and
renew us, our first real break in a while. But, it was interesting.... After a few
hours, all I really wanted to do was get to work again. That's the thing that
makes me happy. We recreate and relax, so we can get back to work. That is
where happiness lies. I just started feeling bored and just had a big desire to
get back to missionary work again.
It was interesting because before my mission, that time to
veg and relax, the time to get away from my work and stresses, were
the things that I looked forward to the most. Now, I know that that time isn't
what makes happiness. Serving and working with the people around me is what
brings joy - losing ourselves in the concerns and needs of others. Relaxation
and recreation are very important though to enable us to be able to get back to
work. Progression in all aspects of our life is what brings true satisfaction
and joy. Sister C and I were talking about it. Before our missions we
wanted to 'get away' from our troubles and concerns through watching movies, or
hanging out with friends, or sleeping or eating, whatever; but now we realize
that happiness lies in working through our problems and concerns
and stresses.
I love my mission. I love it so much. I am so grateful for
this opportunity and that Heavenly Father let me come and helped me get here. I
am the happiest I have ever been in my life, because I am not thinking of
myself. I know that that is where happiness lies in. Look at those around you,
and think today, "How can I serve them more?" I'm sure you are already
doing so much. Don't do more. Just do it more effectively. How long does one
text message that uplifts someone, or an email with an uplifting video, or just
a note of gratitude or a simple, "I love you", or including someone and
their problems in a prayer take? Not long.
We asked him, "When was the last time that you prayed and read the Book of
Mormon?"
At first he typed out "not for a long time",(yes we can see what
people type before they send it- it's really helpful because then you
can see someone's thought process)- , but a second
later he erased it and said: "I pray everyday and I really prayed about
this choice and I got my answer."
We asked, "Are you keeping the commandments?"
"Yes"
"Do you pay your tithing?"
He responded, "Well I only believe that I should pay it
when I want to, not when someone else is telling me to."
Which then Sister Creal responded, "Well... the person
telling you to is God."
Which he then made some comment about how this church isn't true
and he doesn't believe it anymore.
Which I responded (sometimes the Spirit just speaks before
you recognize what you're saying), "Well it's hard to know if something is
true or not, if you don't 100% do it."
He disconnected after that.
Love,
Sister Fisher
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