Hey,
Well
another week has already gone by and it is almost the end of October and it just
started! That is the strangest feeling sometimes of super long days and then all
of a sudden, it has been another month. Sometimes I can't believe how long I
have already been out and yet at the same time, I wonder how I will make it 16
more months! Which is a good thing because I know in a few months I will be
wishing for me to stay here be a missionary longer. The first little while is
hard because you have so much to learn and do and make sure you are
understanding before everything finally starts to click. And this week, well
yesterday, everything that I have been learning but not really understanding how
it all works together finally started to make sense as we had 4 appointments
back to back! And they were all great! The spirit was so strong and the people
were really starting to understand and I am kind of finally starting to
understand my purpose as a missionary when it comes to teaching! This last week
was transfer week and we got 15 new missionaries into the mission! It’s
great!
Well unique experience this week... We were talking to this old man in
his garage and he was working on something, (looked like he was trying to bend a
random piece of metal in half,) and we were talking to him and he turned to get
something and his shorts fell down to his ankles! It was a little awkward
because we weren't sure if we should just walk away or keep talking but he just
acted like it never happened and kept talking to us and just pulled up back up
to his neck this time! It was really hard not to laugh but we did for a while
after! And next random thing, a spider just ran out from my key board at the
library. Anyway, we found a new
investigator this week from going through old former investigator forms and she
is a black lady who loves everyone and is so chipper and just so happy! She is
going to be wonderful! There are so many nice people in Chatsworth, and it is an
older community which plays a little bit into that. We have a couple ladies we
are teaching that live in a residential home because they can no longer take
care of themselves but the one lady is really hard of hearing and so we have to
shout at her to teach her and it's really entertaining because most of the time
she can't hear us anyway! We are
teaching a lot of less actives right now that are just struggling with their
testimonies but it is cool to see as we teach them and the spirit touches their
heart that they start to glow and become more confident in their testimonies and
their understanding increases. We have one lady who was, well still kind of is
pretty negative, because her life hasn't gone as planned but we are having her
write down 5 things she is grateful for and
reading in the Book of Mormon and her entire attitude changed this last
week! It was so cool to see her glowing and see that she is applying the gospel
and the atonement in her life.
This week has been rather difficult and each day is a roller coaster of
emotions. One minute super happy, next, just wanted to sleep forever! Haha.
It is
interesting trying to work through things and it’s just those weaknesses that
you cannot hide from or bury them down because it is something that you have to
overcome. In a sense it's kind of cool but at the same time, it can be very
frustrating. But you just have to keep moving forward. Nothing else you really
can do. So even when life gives you oranges, figure out a way to make lemonade.
:) This week was a little hard again but not a surprise. Just keep
going and that is all I can do sometimes. And I think it is just I am harder on
myself than anyone so I am really learning how to have patience with myself when
I don't get something. We are very well feed here! All the ward members love to
have us so we get feed basically every night during the week which is nice and
helpful saves on money! Plus I feel like I have made more money being a
missionary from people giving us money for food than before! :) It’s
interesting! I love you both lots and miss you both!!! Hope everything is going
well for you! Love you Kaeley
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