Are you alright? That's the English way of saying 'Hello, how are you?'
THE SUN IS SO GOOD. I think Heavenly Father has been making the days longer just for me. SO HAPPY. You wouldn't believe the difference it makes to have the sun out for longer. It's still chilly though.
Things are going pretty good. This last week we did a MOUNTAIN of finding. We found plenty of potentials via street contacting. That is always good! Last week we decided to take an hour out of our P-day for a miracle hour. It was a miracle hour indeed! We found a ton of great potentials to teach. Although none of them have become progressing investigators yet, it is still so good to know Heavenly Father is placing people in our path.
Sister Lacey and I have been doing really well together. I really enjoy being with her. She has been really understanding and we laugh a lot which is good. She has helped me so much! She pushes me, but doesn't over do things. Last week she cut my hair for me. I know what you are thinking, I let an amateur cut my hair?! Well... the mission changes you. And I don't want to spend my time in a hair salon.
As a companionship we set a goal to meet everyone on our ward last, and if they let us in (there are a LOT of less active members here) then we teach them a lesson we planned and knock the area around them. It has been pretty successful. Both of us are still getting to know the ward though so it is always pretty awkward when we knock on a door that we THINK is a less active because neither of us recognized the name, and then it turns out to be an active family. It's okay though because we want to teach EVERYONE. Basically our goal is to teach everyone the Restoration. I love the Restoration because it really does invite the Spirit and when people feel the Spirit they can hopefully remember the reasons they joined the Church in the first place. We are striving to get more members involved and to help them see us in action as missionaries.
One of the less active members we teach struggles with the Word of Wisdom. So in an attempt to help, we said we would eat more vegetables if he would follow the WOW. Then, we set a companionship goal to only eat dessert at dinner appointments.... That lasted about three hours.
One of the sisters that used to serve here came back and stayed with Chelsea (love her!) And she is good friends with Sister Lacey. Funny story- her dad actually baptized the other sister's dad in Norway. They lost contact until both of their daughters showed up on their missions. So, on Friday we went on splits all day and then came back for a wonderful Roast Dinner. English people love their Roast Dinners. They are so good. It's like I get Thanksgiving (but not the same) all the time. Thanksgiving food still tops all Roast Dinners. Yorkshire puddings are the bee's knees though. DELISH.
This week I have been focusing a lot on not comparing myself to others and recognizing my own progress. It has made a HUGE difference. How often do we compare our own weaknesses to other's strengths? Too often. Weaknesses are not a sin, they make us humble and allow Heavenly Father to strengthen us. Yet, sometimes weaknesses can consume us. I am starting to recognize that I have to applaud myself for my strengths and still recognize my weaknesses, but not focus on them. It is tough, but worth it.
Anyways, I love your emails and hearing from everyone. It truly makes a difference!!
Love always,
Sister Hailee
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