Our last week was basically the same as usual, we had a couple of cool miracles that pumped us up but then some wild news. As it is a new transfer with new missionaries coming in fresh from the MTC, Elder Hohmann and I got called to train one of them! For about 3 hours after we got called I was super stressed and freaked out. Training is a huge responsibility and to have two new missionaries at once is a lot. Since then I have been trying my best to keep focused and rely on the Atonement for the strength I need and to help me be less worried and stressed and scared. I'm sure that it will all work out and that Heavenly Father has a plan in all of it, I'm just trying to roll with it and keep on moving, even if that requires a little bit of asking Him why its happening this way. Luckily Elder Hohmann is excited and feels ready for it.
On Tuesday we didn't really have much to do in the evening, not even a dinner, besides our lesson with Raul but even that was being sketchy because we couldn't get anybody to join us for it. While we were tracting we got a phone call from the sisters in our district (they aren't in our ward) telling us that they weren't doing anything. We were confused as to why they called us and then like 5 minutes later a less active lady named Sister Noss called us asking for a blessing. We tried to find other missionaries to join us since she was going to be the only one home. Everybody we called was at dinners or other appointments and couldn't help and then we remembered that the sisters weren't doing anything and that they didn't have a dinner either so we called them and they were able to help out. The blessing went well and then she offered to feed us dinner which worked out perfectly. As soon as we started to cook dinner Raul texted us and ended up cancelling which was good because we ended up being there for a long time. While we were making the dinner one of her nonmember friends came by and ended up eating with us and we were able to tell her more about what we do as missionaries and to answer questions that she had. Hopefully this experience was good for the less active woman and for her friend and we can see something cool come from it.
That's honestly about all it that happened this week. It seems that despite our best efforts it is staying slow here. But I'm going to keep going out and doing what I need to and keep controlling what I can control and have faith that there are miracles in store for us or the ward and the area.
On Tuesday we didn't really have much to do in the evening, not even a dinner, besides our lesson with Raul but even that was being sketchy because we couldn't get anybody to join us for it. While we were tracting we got a phone call from the sisters in our district (they aren't in our ward) telling us that they weren't doing anything. We were confused as to why they called us and then like 5 minutes later a less active lady named Sister Noss called us asking for a blessing. We tried to find other missionaries to join us since she was going to be the only one home. Everybody we called was at dinners or other appointments and couldn't help and then we remembered that the sisters weren't doing anything and that they didn't have a dinner either so we called them and they were able to help out. The blessing went well and then she offered to feed us dinner which worked out perfectly. As soon as we started to cook dinner Raul texted us and ended up cancelling which was good because we ended up being there for a long time. While we were making the dinner one of her nonmember friends came by and ended up eating with us and we were able to tell her more about what we do as missionaries and to answer questions that she had. Hopefully this experience was good for the less active woman and for her friend and we can see something cool come from it.
That's honestly about all it that happened this week. It seems that despite our best efforts it is staying slow here. But I'm going to keep going out and doing what I need to and keep controlling what I can control and have faith that there are miracles in store for us or the ward and the area.
Next week I will send pictures and the name of our new companion seeing as we don't find out who he is until tonight.
These people are good and I need to be with them.
Love
Elder Cheever
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