First of all, the reality of having less than 6 months left of my mission is freaking me out. If there is a definition of 'bittersweet', it would be the day this mission ends...as great as it'll be to reunite with my friends and family and continue with life, I have learned so much from being out here. I've met so many incredible people, I've grown spiritually and emotionally through my many experiences, and I've made the best friends with my companions. New England is my home and will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart.
While listening to a song off of a missionary album by the Nashville Tribute Band, I listened closely to the lyrics which said, "the hardest thing I've ever loved to do, was getting on this plane and
coming home to you. In a million ways completely torn apart, as the land so far away still owns my heart. In the most sincere prayer I've ever prayed, I thanked my God for each and every day-for the blessing of the man (or woman) I've come to be..." I will thank my Heavenly Father every single day for the rest of my life for this mission experience I've had! I still have 6 months to learn and grow and teach and serve and I'm excited to see what adventures are in store for me :)
This past week we taught our investigator Sandra the plan of salvation and it went very well! She said that it all made sense to her and we ended up having two members there to teach with us as well. Sandra has been making such amazing progress...she used to never let the missionaries into her home. Once she eventually started letting them in, her setback was not being willing to read the Book of Mormon. Since I've been here, she's started to read it and she's keeping the commitments we leave her to read it on her own! I love seeing the spirit change people. I absolutely love it.
After church on Sunday, the bishop and his wife fed us lunch at their house which was actually an answer to our prayers since we didn't have food for lunch that day😁 but after we taught them a lesson about the Atonement, Bishop Adams said, "ya know, I meet phenomenal missionaries like the 2 of you and all i want to do is meet your parents. I want to meet them and thank them for raising such amazing daughters." Whaaat!
I immediately wanted to cry as I thought of my wonderful parents who made a Christ-centered home their priority. I felt so much gratitude for their faith and love and support! He then asked us what our parents did throughout our lives to make sure we grew up in the gospel. I told them, without hesitation, that my parents always led by example. If they wanted us to go to church every Sunday, it was because they were going too and they wanted us to experience those same blessings. If they wanted us to say our prayers and read our scriptures, they would do it themselves. There was nothing hypocritical about what they did and taught and that made the biggest difference. I'm so thankful for them!
We had zone conference on Thursday and those are always so good. It's full of rebuking and spiritual upliftment and I always walk out of them wanting to be a better missionary. This was President Stoker's very last conference so that was the last time I will see him until after my mission :( he leaves in two weeks and we will receive our brand new mission president, President Blair! It was so emotional...but at the very end we had the opportunity to go up one by one and hug both President and Sister Stoker one last time. We got to HUG him! Every missionary shed tears that day, especially the sisters. He's made such an amazing impact on each of us and on the mission, he will be deeply missed. BUT they said they'll be holding 'mission reunions' for all of us every 6 months next to general conference and that will be so much fun!
Alright, I'm not sure what else to talk about...the weather has been prime and the area is still as beautiful as ever😍 so yeah, here are some pictures :)
Love, Sister Watson💕
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Sister Adams is FINALLY back from her 10 day trip to Utah. We missed her like craaazzyyyy❤️
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