Basically my week has been upside down and all around and topsy turvy (I'm
dying cuz that autocorrected to "tipsy turkey" hahahaha) and completely psycho!
It's been just fantastic...and yes, thats being sarcastic- but also slightly
serious lol!
My new comp is S.Charles. She hails from Chino,CA and loves all things
horses and dragons. So we're getting along great lol! She's a huge bookworm like
moi, and we adore the same movies/tv shows/basically everything in
life....except for the fact that she's a major health nut. I've never seen so
many organic things in one place before- I can hear my fat cells screaming for
mercy... *cough* but it's ok this won't stop me, I like giving them more friends
to hang out with and stay warm together ;) She reminds me of an elf, but I
haven't decided which kind yet- I'm currently bouncing between a Santas Elf, or
a Keebler Elf, but either way she's a tiny little thing. Maybe Gods trying to
tell me something from the size of my past 2 comps... Nah. Can't
be.
Anyways, I digress. Onto my week! Lol
Tuesday I said goodbye to the Land That Stole My Heart, and my Sister From
Another Mister (but it's ok, cuz she's coming back next month! YAAAY!!!!) and
moved my little self into my even tinier new apartment. We live in the garage of
a members home. Yes, you read that right: the garage. So ya, haha, it's tiny and
cramped and super fun. It makes cleaning quick tho, so that's a plus.
We also switched out the areas car for a new one that day- and the car they
gave us is not only missing hubcaps and has a dent, but it's headlights weren't
working either...thanks Elders... So we spent most of Thursday day out of our
area in the nearest Pep Boys. On the plus side, it gave S. Charles and I a LOT
of time to get to know one another!
Wednesday we had District Meeting at the Princeton Chapel, and I'm
suuuuuuuper excited for this zone! There's 6 elders here I already know, and a
bunch of cool ones I'm excited to work with, and it's a BroZone!!!!!! Ah. God
just continues to bless me with greatness. I could never do a SisTrict
*shudders*
Friday I actually got to meet members from the ward! The first week is
always the worst week because you literally know no one, so it was great meeting
our 2 Recent Converts and a Less Active. We had some great lessons with them,
and I've already grown to love them all.
Saturday we went knocking all day and found some pretty awesome people,
none of them were really interested or willing to listen to us about the Gospel,
but some we were able to just talk to and get to know besides that. They were
kind and I learned a lot about India! (Our area is full of Indians) Did you know
India has 28 states? And that each state has its own gods it worships? It's
pretty amazing stuff. I love learning about the world :)
Sunday was church!!!! I actually got to meet some members! Yaaaaaay! But
also, not really haha. The ward here is kinda full of antisocial/socially
awkward people...so none of them really talk to us. Haha, were kinda the
outcasts here- they aren't too missionary minded. So it'll be an interesting
process trying to get them to like us! I'm calling it "Project: Missionaries Are
People Too". I'm going to kill them with kindness, and they will suffocate in my
love. Muhahahahaha! >;)
But here are some highlights from studies/the woman's broadcast/randomness
of this week!
I found this super awesome talk/quote from President Benson from the Oct
1985 conference called "Born of God": "The Lord works from the inside out. The
world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums.
Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the
slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes
men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior,
but Christ can change human nature." I never thought of it this way before. But
it's so true! In the MTC I learned that "the what informs, but the why
transforms". God doesn't just give us a fish so we can eat for that day,
He gives us knowledge on how to fish so we can eat for a lifetime. He
doesn't inform, He transforms- and we then become new creatures, willing to do
His will. Mosiah 27:25-26
I loved loved loved loved LOVED the Woman's Broadcast on Saturday! Sister
Esplin's analogy of looking into a mirror while trying to help others vs.
looking through a window while trying to help others really illustrated the
point that we all need to be engaged in selfless service. Selfish service
gets us no where, and it really isn't worthy of being called service sometimes.
When we focus on others, we know we are the Lord's hands. I loved when Sister
Marriott said "BUILD BEDROCK FAITH" the definition of bedrock, is a solid rock
underlying loose deposits. It involves digging deep. We cannot build a
shallow foundation on Christ, we can always dig deeper. But the whole night
brought to mind the song that Sister Teeples composed the summer before my
senior year "Go and Bring Them In". This song is still sunk deep into my heart
because of the overwhelming Spirit I felt while singing that at the trek
firesides and on trek itself. It really is our call to go and bring the
struggling, the downtrodden, the weak and helpless, the failing hearts, the
hopeless- our brothers and sisters- into our hearts and into our service and
into our love. How great is our calling! We can give selfless service to
everyone around us! And we can know we are the Lord's hands while doing so. God
has given us so many blessings, but the greatest of all: is the ability to
serve.
It's been a difficult, sad, wonderful, fun, and awesome week. I hope your
weeks are awesomesauce this week!!!!
I love you all!
Stay Jersey Strong.
Love, Sister McAllister
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