Sister Brianne Watson: New Mish Training & Nightgowns

ONE MONTH DOWN AM I RIGHT :D

I actually don't know how to feel about that..VERY bittersweet. Time is flying though and sometimes I just want it to slow down so I can enjoy everything but noooope. Sigh.

This week was the fastest by far! We had a New Missionary Training on Thursday which was SO GOOD. We drove about four hours on Wednesday night to Manchester, New Hampshire to stay the night in the beautiful mission home. It's literally in the woods and it's huge and I wish I took a picture of it DANG..but my comp and I got to sleep in the president's office...woah. We felt unworthy due to so much revelation and stuff that's happened in that room. Speaking of the Mission President, I LOVE THAT MAN. His wife is just as incredible! They're so so kind and it's impossible to not notice the spirit radiating from them. They've truly been called from God and they're just so loving and I could go on for hours about them❤️️ ahh

I learned a lot at the training. The assistants to the President talked about how we have this opportunity one time. We are called of God to serve in this specific area at this specific time at the age we are now ONCE. So basically, don't screw it up. But just thinking about that got me so excited and so much more motivated to get out there and work even harder knowing that there are people out there right now waiting for me. I LOVE IT.

Here are some stories:

The other day my companion and I were walking like 2 miles to someone's house and as we were walking, a car pulled over a little ways ahead of us and we started joking around by saying "what if he got out and put us in his trunk and kidnapped us?!" Because we're literally like four years old and quite immature..but anyway, some guy gets out and starts walking right towards us and we both got a little nervous and slowed down. Sure enough, he walks right up to us and holds up 2 flowers and told us to choose our favorite one, then told us to have a good day, then got back in his car and drove
off.......WHAT. Heavenly Father works in the most interesting ways because I was having a very hard morning and I wasn't in a good mood and idk, it was just rough. But as soon as that happened, everything completely changed around and I was so happy. So grateful for that random hippie man :)

We were at church yesterday and this adorable old lady with a walker comes and talks to us about how she woke up, looked at the clock, thought it said 6:02 but it said 8:02 (church is at 9), so she "panicked and got out of bed, went poopoo, fed her cats, got dressed, and got ready in time for her ride to come" I LOVE MAINERS❤️️ she was so so so funny and I really just love old people.

So yeah. I bore my testimony yesterday!!! Pure panic was taking over my life but I did it. And it was my first one in the new ward and everything..whew. I talked about the power of prayer and how my blessing when I was being set apart talked about how I'd be able to feel the power of the prayers given in my behalf at home when I'm struggling or going through something hard here. ITS HAPPENED SO OFTEN. I'm so thankful for all of my support and prayers given by those at home. As simple as it may be, it plays SUCH a huge part in my ability to move forward and work harder, so thank you :)

There's a new convert we go visit quite often named Gena and she's a hoot. She's VERY knowledgeable in the gospel because she's always reading all sorts of literature that talks about anything and everything when it comes to our church. For some reason, she really enjoys writing down prayers for people and she gave my companion and I our own 'prayers'. At first, I thought it was going to be more generic or poetry or something..but it's a legit prayer that she personalized for us. I'll attach a picture of it, but holy cow..it was everything I needed! Every word pertained to the experiences I was having as a brand new missionary and it caught me so off guard that I cried while reading it.

Next: I GOT A NIGHTGOWN. it's a sister missionary thing I guess, but I'm in love and I'm actually wearing it as I type this, sprawled on the couch, at 2:15 in the afternoon. Regrets? Absolutely not.

I'm struggling to remember what else has happened this week..it was seriously such a blur! OH! We were walking to our investigators house yesterday and an older man stopped us in his driveway and yelled "HEY ARE YOU MORMONS?" And we were like ummm, yes! And I guess he was too but hasn't been active for about 20 years. Eventually we ended up committing him to church this Sunday because he said he was thinking about coming back but wasn't sure how to go about it. I hope he really does come! So many miracles as a missionary :)

Well, I think that's about it for now. My inspiration for the week is to pray like Enos. I have found that Enos is one of my favorites in the scriptures, and his section is maaaaybe a page and a half :) but he prayed with his entire heart asking for repentance and even though it took him a whole day of prayer, God answered him and blessed him and forgave him. Pray just like him-with your WHOLE heart. Try not to use repetition and say the same things every time. You're literally talking to Heavenly Father, so act like it! I'm so guilty of doing that before my mission. Oops.

HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK, I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH❤️️