Every week in the mission is crazy busy and full of adventures, miracles, and experiences! We did lots of service this week and helped the Carpenter family move out officially! I'm excited for them to move and start a new adventure, but I will really miss them! This week we had dinner with Tina Thai (less active) and her husband Richard (non member). They invited a couple different families from the ward to come and it was great! Richard met a lot of new people and he even made a special homemade cheesecake for Sister Loveridge and I to tell us thanks for all that we do (that made me feel good)!
We had a great District meeting this week and one thing that stood out to me in the meeting was learning to be more humble and aligning our will with God's will. We spent the rest of the day busy running around to teaching appointments! We taught one of our investigators Julie (who is reading in the Book of Mormon right now). She has been taught by missionaries before. That night we went to Sister Brito's house (less active) and shared a message with her and her family! We met her husband who only speaks Spanish! It was great getting to talk with him and get to know him better!
Thursday we had the wonderful opportunity to drive a little bit past Downtown Austin and have interviews with our Mission President! Each missionary got to sit down with him and talk for a few minutes about different things! It was wonderful considering we don't have that opportunity very often to meet with our President one on one!
We had a couple lessons with Brandon this week! He is doing so well and still preparing to be baptized in a few weeks! He came to church again yesterday and after sacrament meeting he told Sister Loveridge and I that he really felt like he needed to go up and bare his testimony but was too nervous. He's AWESOME and loves reading in the Book of Mormon. I love seeing the necessary changes he is making in his life in order to be closer to our Father In Heaven! It's the best thing to see as a missionary!
Before I finish this email I just wanted to tell all my family and friends, NEVER underestimate the impact you can have in the lives of all those around you. Not only in this life, but for all eternity. The good you do will be remembered! Who knows whether the memory of a simple smile or a short declaration of testimony will make all the difference for someone who knew you here in this mortal existence. Maybe that simple act of kindness will be sparked to their remembrance and that will change their forever. Your kind deeds go further then you can imagine. Never forget it! I think each of you are EXTRAORDINARY. Keep being wonderful YOU. I love you!
D&C 127: 4
"And again, verily thus saith the Lord: Let...all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not cease; and let your diligence, and your perseverance, and patience, and your works be redoubled, and you shall in no wise lose your reward, saith the Lord of Hosts. And if they persecute you, so persecuted they the prophets and righteous men that were before you. For all this there is a reward in heaven."
I hope y'all have a great week!
Con Amor,
Hermana Mann
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