So Shirley has the worst problem with her hips. I kid you not,
every time we go to her home she tells us for at least five minutes. Sometimes
I just got so annoyed rather than having compassion and caring for her. I
knew I needed to fix my attitude, but I just never worked hard enough at
it. WELL this week…Out of the blue my hip just started hurting SO
BAD. I kept thinking about how much it affected everything I did and how big of
a deal it was. Questions like "now do you see why she always talks about
her hips?" or "could you imagine feeling like this ALL the
time?" kept running through my head. I just laughed. God has a sense of
humor. If we don't want to have compassion on our own, the next choice is to be compelled
to be humble enough to have it. That is one way to put ourselves in someone
else's shoes! My challenge to you: find something you know you need to change
and make a plan to change it on your own! I can bet it will be a lot more fun
with a lot less consequence. (:
John! So John has been a miracle from day one. Last week at
church he told us he wanted to cancel his date. NO! I was so sad for him. This
week Sister Lee and I just turned up the heat. WE were determined to help John
see that he knows enough to become a member of this church. We called him every
night and guess what! Members didn't stop either! He ended up getting invited
to institute and going. So all week we prepped him to go to church with a
question in mind. Yesterday after church he texts us and tells us he brought
the question of "How can I be more one with God?" (could there be a
better question?) and told us he got an answer from God! Ah! How cool that
we get to help others see the power in personal guidance. So we call him just praying
his answer will be the answer we want. Surprise: Wasn't even close! hahaha, but
guess what! We worked with it! As we read scriptures with him we were able to
help him see that he could accomplish his goal best by baptism! HE PICKED A
DATE.
I couldn't stop smiling! How incredible for him(: But also, how
cool that even though John didn't get the answer we wanted him to get, he got
the answer that would lead him to what we were going to teach!
One more thing! I love you all.
Wish us luck on our new adventure hahaha (: We take our car into
the body shop for at least a week! Say hello to Morgantown-walking area (;
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Sister Justina Campbell
West Virginia Charleston
Mission
We started to teach a 12 year old girl! We brainstormed who to take and
decided it would be fun to take the Davison girl! This is a picture of all of
us and Alyssa (we have adopted her as a ward missionary. She isn’t one
technically, but she comes out with us A LOT). Haleigh knew the restoration so
well and taught it to Teana plainly. It was fun to see how truly simple the
gospel is!
Speaking
of Ward missionaries! Brother Smock is our only one currently! Sister Morgan is
becoming one next week(: He
is the nicest man and took us out to lunch to other day. He has an instant love
for anyone we introduce him to. And when we leave he just starts brainstorming
all of these great fellowshipping ideas.
Shirley is teaching me about progression in the gospel. She
progresses, but it is so unique how small each step is. But progression is
progression!
Outside the Institute building.
A terrible pic of me and this little worm thing we found. It is really
tiny so I don’t know if you will be able to see it. I named him slick. I really
want to find out what he was!
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