Well I'm a mum.. and I couldnt be more proud of my baby!! Her name is Sister Schumann and she is from Germany. She thinks her English isn't very good, but she is fluent and my sentence structure isn't always the best either so we are doing good! :) She is the one right behind me in the new missionary/trainers picture. She is already a champion at teaching and is not scared at all to talk to people! I can already tell we are going to DO WORK here in Norwich!!! P is wanting to go to other churches first before he gets baptised so that he can know this one is true, so he isn't going to be baptised on his date. However, Geraldine is getting baptised on 25 October and we couldn't be more excited! She is the greatest, you have no idea. When I left the MTC I was convinced that a "perfect investigator" didn't exsist, but I found one!! Geraldine is so prepared. The spirit is so strong when we teach her and her answers to the questions we ask are so posh. She is so excited to live the commandments and be baptised. It is truly amazing how the spirit can work on people. I know that it has nothing to do with our teaching but completely on the spirit. I know that if we weren't obedient and diligent that the Lord wouldn't have given us this blessing. Also, don't worry mum, Geraldine is taking good care of me! :) I have had sinusitis pretty bad this week and I lost my voice completely for a couple days, so when we went to teach her she gave me cough drops and was making sure I was ok. She really is the sweetest!! Right now we are trying to renew our teaching pool so we are doing a lot of finding!! We don't have any other promising investigators but that will change by next week. I cannot even describe the honor I feel for the trust that Heavenly Father and President Jordan have shown in making me a trainer. I have really taken this opportunity to evaluate myself as a missionary and figure out what I need to do better. I love this work so much!!!!!
Also, I got the package!! :) Thank you so so so much!! I love every single thing in there!!! Even the American Chocolate ;) The skirt fits perfectly and it is so cute!! The ring is my favorite part :) I never take it off :) Thank you so much! It was so nice so have a little box of home and it was so fun to go through and read all of the letters from everyone and also go through everything that was in there! So thank you a million times!! I also loved the pictures!!! :) I can't think of anything that I need for the Christmas one right now but I will let you know.
So for your lesson. I have a real testimony that we are ALL children of our Heavenly Father and that he loves ALL of us. And if our Heavenly Father loves all of us why do we not love each other? As a representative of Jesus Christ I have gained a different view as I look around a busy street. I used to see the cute shoes the lady was wearing and the funny hat the old man at the bus stop had or the african family walking on the other side. I used to look at what people were wearing or what brand their shoes were, but now its different. As we start walking as Christ did, like we were taught in conference we also start seeing like he did, which in some ways is the harder part. Now as I look around I see people who are children of God. I see people who need the gospel in their lives whether they know it or not. I see ways I can help these people, even if it is just a smile and a hello. If we would all start not only walking as the Saviour walked, but first seeing as the Saviour saw, it would change us, our families, our communities, and the world.
I know that wasn't much but I hoped that helped a little bit... :)
So to explain training meeting we go to Hyde Park and then we have a little meeting with President and Sister Jordan and the Assistants, then we have lunch and get baby sat for a while by some Zone Leaders then we go down in the back room and wait to hear them sing 'Called to Serve' and when they start the second verse we all walk into the room singing. It is one of the coolest moments I have had on my mission. Also the most nerve raking. I didn't stop shaking all night. I am still nervous and new at this whole training thing but with the Lord as my strength I know that I can do anything.
Well, that is about all for our week I think. Everything is going good and we have a zone conference tomorrow with a visiting Area Authority so that should be fun! :) I will tell you all about it next week!
I love you so much mum-- to the moon and back infinity times!!
Your favourite missionary,
Sister Wright
ps I was talking to myself in my head the other day and I called myself Sister Wright. I think hearing Abby is gonna freak me out.
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| the picture Sister Jordan posted on Insta-gram with the new missionaries and their trainers. So grateful that she posts it helps when Abby can't upload any pictures. Now... which one is her new companion? |
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| Abby and her new missionary she is training Sister Schumann from Germany. They are TWINS!! |
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| Abby's infinity ring she got in her package from home |
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| her caption "POSH WATCH" |
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| An amazing collage a fellow missionary mom from California made for me with Abby's pictures. LOVE IT! |
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