It's
been a great week! Lotsa stuff going on.... Zone Conference, working as a
trio (but Sister Kaleopa goes on splits a bunch so she can still work
in her area), Tropical storms, other stuff. Pretty great week!
Zone
Conference was on Tuesday. As a Zone, we came up with a cool idea. We
are doing this thing called "Flooding Saipan with the Book of Mormon"
Basically every day, each companionship is going to give out 3 Book of
Mormons: 2 to people who don't have one, and one to a Less active or
recent convert to give away. It's been really cool... I'll tell you some
stories in a second. Also got some really cool counsel from President
Poston. He walked in and shook every ones hand, staring into our souls
as he did. Then he started his training with talking about Priesthood
keys and how he has spiritual gifts as our mission President such as the
gift of discernment (that short summary didn't even begin to do it
justice... it was actually a very spirtual learning experience. Search
out your spiritual gifts!!), then saying, "3 words came into my mind as I
came in here." Then he Proceeded to expound on them, one by one. 1.
Unity. 2. Joy. 3. God loves you. It was such a cool thing, knowing that
he is receiving such specific revelation for us as a zone. The Spirit
was so strong.
I think I've told ya'll about
Ying... but if not, here you go. She's super cool! She is 18 and going
to college to be a nurse, and hopefully one day a doctor. She loves
learning more about the church, and she is excited to keep reading the
Book of Mormon. Now enter those stories about "flooding Saipan with the
Book of Mormon": Yesterday we gave her a Book of Mormon to give out.
She's got a few friends she wants to give them to.
We were at
a less active family's house on Friday, and invited them to give out a
Book of Mormon. Immediately, the two daughters had people they wanted to
give Book of Mormons to. One daughter, Kasey, said she'd been wanting
to give her teacher one for a year, but couldn't find one nice enough.
Her sister Kaylee has a really good friend who is Buddhist who she has
been trying to influence to learn more about Jesus Christ, then she
switched schools. She is going to show us her friend sometime this week
so we can teach her family =) The dad is going to pray about it so he
can know who to give it to. He was really excited about how excited his
daughters were about the challenge.
Overall, since Tuesday,
our Zone has given out 43 Book of Mormons. The ward is really excited to
join us, too. This is just was Saipan needed!! We are so excited!!
A
little before Zone Conference, and especially during I have felt
impressed that I need to change some things (then again, don't we
all.... No one is perfect, after all). I feel like the longer you live
with someone, the more Satan, and probably just the natural man, brings
out weaknesses, both in the person you are living with, and especially
in your self. The challenge is to fight that and learn to love the
person anyway, despite weaknesses. After all, Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ love us and them, despite all our weaknesses.
One
weakness I have realized I have is that I can get frustrated easily with
people. When I get frustrated, I usually just go quiet. But I have been
applying that video we watched at MLC: "Stop it!". Look it up on
Youtube. It's pretty great. It's from Mad TV. Anyway, I have seen a huge
difference in my days. I have seen my companion and I stop arguing
about little things. I have seen myself be happy. I have felt the
influence of the Holy Spirit more, and have been able to focus more on
others and less on myself. I can testify that Ether 12:27 is true: when
we humble ourselves and turn to the Lord, he can make our weaknesses
strengths. Without Him, we cannot overcome any of our weaknesses.
I
love my mission so much. Learning a lot out here. I love you all, and
hope your life is going well! Keep reading the Book of Mormon!! Give it
out to a friend, too. Flood the Earth with the Book of Mormon!! I
testify that it will bring you closer to Jesus Christ, your Savior and
Redeemer, more than any other book that has been or ever will be
written.
Lots of love from this little rock in the middle of the Pacific,
Sister Springer
PS: Sorry forgot to send pics.
PS: Sorry forgot to send pics.
Pic of the zone at zone conference.
We
did a service project at the Conner's as a zone again. Super fun! Got
to use my machete =) Also, check out the papaya tree growing inside the
truck. Fun stuff, welcome to the Jungle. We have fun and games. And also
nature takes back what's her's.
Really pretty ocean pics... doesn't do it justice.
Sunset.
Also!!! WE FINISHED MAKING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE MASTERY!! One step closer to being Chinese language master's =)
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