This week has been pretty good with plenty of ups and downs. Last Wednesday in the evening my companion told the 3 of us he wanted to go home and be done with the mission and take a little break. We had a really good and long talk with him helping him understand that this is the time and place to get strong and to grow. We explained to him that we get hard times in life to make us stronger. The whole time the 4 of us were talking the Spirit was really strong and it kind of felt like we were teaching a lesson to an investigator. He understood and at the end said he wants to stay. It was a bit frustrating but he was fairly good for the rest of the week.
I had a really good chat with my mission president about it and how I can help him and help myself because I found myself falling into a rut of "I don't really care anymore" when things would get frustrating instead of getting mad I would just kinda shut off and stop caring but then I would get really down because I wasn't being an effective missionary. President Gubler and I chatted about finding the balance and how in the end all we can do is love and remember that everyone struggles with something but their struggles are just different than ours. Charity never fails because as we love and support others we love and support ourselves and become spiritually stronger.
The absolute highlight of the week was conference. It was so uplifting and there really was a massive spiritual recharge. Some of my favourites were President Uchtdorf's in the women's conference and Pres Nelson's Sunday morning. I still haven't been able to watch all of the last session because it started at 9pm our time so we just watch one talk a day or so afterwards. Absolutely love it though. Well that's pretty much my week. Nothing too crazy happened after that it was a good week of growth though and I'm very grateful for growth that I'm having out here!
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| Conference at a member's house |
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| Caramelized Banana French toast. New favourite breakfast |
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| Weird Cats |
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