Mission life is going really well. Just got a call from an Elder crying because him and his companion are really struggling and that is always hard to deal with. Comp issues are so difficult to deal with as a zone leader because there is never a magic solution to people's problems. The only way a companionship can love each other and get along is through hard work and effort put into the relationship. So I've found it most effective to just listen to missionaries who are struggling tell them I love them and they need to keep trying and then tell them I'll call them again to see how they are doing. This seems to help people a lot and listen to other people's problems has taught me a lot about myself and why I have had certain struggles with companions. I find it almost always comes down to pride. Pride of not wanting to be wrong or not wanting to change usually. It's funny too how it's so easy to see pride in other people's companionships but much harder to see it in yourself. Thats the tough thing about pride. That's also another reason I love Elder Aguiar is because he is such a humble person and so whenever there is a problem between us i am able to see my pride so much easier because I know he doesn't have any haha
The work is still going pretty slow. Susannah is so hard to teach. The doctrine just doesn't go in her mind or heart and she really struggles to feel things. I'm not sure if she ever feels guilt or remorse or even fear... it's crazy. This weekend she went to a big London hospital to get her heart checked because she has been having troubles and she got diagnosed with this heart beat disorder that is nicknamed sudden death syndrome. She seemed completely unfazed by this news that she could randomly die at any moment. Maybe she is just optimistic or maybe she feels nothing... IDK and it's so hard because she is so open and so willing to keep all commitments. We taught her the Word of Wisdom and she didn't even bat an eye. She is very logical and everything for her needs to make sense not in a stubborn or prideful way but just because that's how things click for her so we have tried teaching more doctrinally and less feely. It's weird though. Any suggestions?
That's my life. I'm in a very good place with the missionary work and I'm loving it.
Here is some of beautiful England
Almost got into a car crash but that's pretty standard on some of these roads haha
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