Hello Family and Friends!
I hope that your conference
weekend and the rest of your week was spectacular. School is getting closer and
closer to being done. That is exciting!
West Virginia is still great!
The people are even better and the roads are still terrible. Hahaha (: They
really are worth mentioning.
This past little bit we
showed the video on followhim.mormon.org. all the time. When we would
show it to families we would invite them to choose things from conference that
they learned and make a plan for action. To choose a few things they could do
to follow Jesus Christ more. At the beginning of conference the sister mentioned
in her prayer that we had all come to “deepen our discipleship”. That was what
I focused on throughout conference, and I learned that is how we should always
be looking at life. With a question in mind of How we can be better. We
listen to a song in the car almost everywhere we go. There is a certain phrase
that always sticks out to me. The man is talking about what he wants to be and
then says: “THE WORTHY, UNSHAKABLE, WITNESS HE NEEDS”. What better way to state
the goal I need to have in my life. With this goal, actions need to be taken.
In my eyes, this conference
was all about action, and action towards the right things. To act, to act
quickly, and to act with the right goal in mind. In specialized training
President talked about how each of our leaders can see far ahead and even
around the corners. This made me realize how important the words of these
incredible people are and how serious we should take their words.
I picked a few things that I
felt that I really needed to focus on as I reflected back on my notes: I will
share one. The importance of knowing a person’s name was mentioned in a talk.
It hit me harder than a rock. I have never been the best at knowing names, but
now is the time to change that.
We volunteer at a rest home
ALL the time. We have gotten to know many of the residents there, but sometimes
their names just slip my mind. As we were saying hi to some of them on our way
out I saw an older lady that we played bingo with. I walked up and said. “Hi
Evelyn!!” Oh man was she ecstatic! She almost jumped out of her wheelchair to
give me a hug! I had only seen her once, but I had remembered her name and it
had made her day. It helped her to feel loved and to feel special. That small
moment helped me to understand why knowing others names are important. When we
know other people’s names, we help them to feel loved and to feel important, just
like Christ makes us feel loved and important. It is a small part of becoming
like Him, but it made a big difference in her life and mine.
My challenge to you this week
is to Become a reflector. Someone who reflects on the things that they have
heard and the experiences they have had and then makes a plan to change. To
learn from the life we get to live. Doing this helps us to better ourselves and
to prepare for what lies ahead.
--
Sister Justina Campbell
West Virginia Charleston Mission
Softening Hearts one
Enchilada at a time.
Coming on my mission has
taught me this: I really don’t know how to cook hahaha, but I know how to
survive by eating healthy. Then again it gets balanced out with Cadbury eggs so
not really.
We were teaching our friend
Mo one day. We were talking about how much God can work through us
to serve others. Sometimes we think that we have to save the world to be
important but we don’t. We simply do all that we can. We all brainstormed some
service we could do and decided that we were all not very great at making
dinner, but that we would try anyways and then take it to someone. So we
resorted to the one thing I am a master at: mom’s enchiladas. We decided we
would take them to a friend named Shirley who is preparing for baptism. We had
such a fun time making them. My testimony grew even more in how much service
can help us feel closer to Christ. When we got to Shirley’s she had invited her
friends and family to come and hear us teach and to eat. She is THE BEST
MISSIONARY. Her grandson was there. We ended up being able to teach him as
well. We even got her other grandson to come in the door and say hi! I gained
so much love for this family. We were grateful that because of something as
simple as bringing dinner so many hearts were softened and some heard our
message! I remember when Shirley wouldn’t let us come over on weekends because
she had company, but now we are the company (:
Conference is the best.
Here is our friend Jesse at
HER FIRST CONFERENCE (: We went to sister
Lund’s home. She isn’t in the picture ): I learned that Conference on a mission
is like Christmas. It was more rewarding watching our prophet and leaders speak
with her in the corner of my eye! Her face was glowing and her desire to follow
their teachings was evident. As we have met with her, her entire countenance
has changed and I can see the light in her eyes grow the more she chooses to
live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am a first-hand witness that this gospel changes
people’s lives for the absolute best. The more others progress towards sacred
saving ordinances, the happier they become. (:
A Missionary Minded Family
WOW! This is a family in our
ward! They are so great and such a blessing to us and those around them. They
make missionary work, in whatever capacity they can, a priority.
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