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Monday, October 26, 2015

Week 38-The Lord qualifies who He calls

So sorry if my titles has been one before..one of my bigger struggles on the mission. Coming up with new email titles *siigh**
So we have certainly been seeing so many miracles here in Mustang 1st East. It's rather sad because our area is simply so, how do I say this, 'Prime' right now. There are SO many great investigators, less-actives, and missionary minded members here now, that it's going to be hard to leave. But I certainly know that the Lord has blessed us in our efforts here to make this area stronger. I'm just so grateful for the growing experiences he's given me here. I only pray every day that I can more better learn things from them every time they come around (*cough cough* every day). And I hope that sentence made sense too. I just want to make sure that I'm getting everything I can out of this mission opportunity for it's such a gold-mine of growing opportunities. I can so easily get stressed out here about SO many things that I know that I could be doing better on and am even more frustrated that I haven't done so already! But BUT.. something that our District Leader, Elder Keller, told Sister Franklin and I the other day is how we need to just be making sure that we're a little better missionary today than we were yesterday. And that is where the true progress is going to be made. Our Father wants us to enjoy the work out here! And He knows that we don't learn best when we're constantly putting ourselves down and focusing on every little thing making it so that we can't really even focus on a single thing! Anyways, I know that's true. I've started another journal that I right in every night of my progression. On just a few simple things that I did that day that I know helped me take a little step forward in being who He needs me to be. Tis a grand idea I must say :)
Well, sorry about that. That was a lot. But here's the good stuff :D
So there's a family in the ward, the Stotts, who have been working with this family in the City for a few weeks now. They're friends and they invited them to a church tour Saturday night. It went SO well. All of the kids (from the two families combined there were about 10 of them. BIG FAMILIES FOR THE WIN) played in the nursery together while we took the adults around. When we got to the Chapel at then end, the Spirit was so powerful. Brother Stott has an amazing voice and he actually sung the first verse to "A poor Wayfaring Man of grief." It was wonderful. Music is so beautiful, and can be so powerful. They are VERY interested in the church and we'll probably have some missionaries in the city teach them but it sure was a privilege being able to work with them for a minute. 
There was this Less Active that we visited the other night and while we were talking to him a woman came walking out and her face completely lit up! Turns out that she'd been baptized a few years ago and became inactive a little after then moved to Mustang. The main reason she doesn't go now is because she doesn't know anyone. Well, guess who's going to change that! She's coming to church next week! And kicker, she wasn't even on our records.
Love you all, 
Sister Call
PS. I'll be going to Lawton to be an STL down there. Going back to the SOUTH. YES! Love you!   

p.p.s - The mother's comment- STL is a Sister Trainer Leader. Lani was one of these...kind of like Zone Leaders for the sisters.....we did not have these in Paraguay ... we only had 15-20 sisters in the mission...back in the good 'ole 80's.

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