Friends!
I hope you are all doing well :) this week was a little rough in the area. But that also led me to really see the importance of continuing in faith and patience. This is a principle that I learned at the very beginning. Trust me, ask my trainer, I was an impatient greenie.
It was pretty rough this week teaching and finding and by Friday I was so done with the week. I was so low on faith and wanted to kind of give up but I knew I couldn't. I knew and still know we are so close to seeing miracles and I didn't want to be that person who gave up right before things start happening. So after 9pm I opened my Book of Mormon and read and read and read. Guess what I read about. Faith, repentance and patience. I actually read my hope scripture I picked out at the beginning of my mission. Alma 34 : 40-41 and God gave me the understanding of not quieting and that this is what life and missionary work is. I got up and said a prayer of gratitude. Life will give you experiences to strengthen your faith or test it. But like it says in D&C 122 it's all for our good. Now it wasn't like I woke up the next morning and everything fell in my lap but I felt peace that it would fall into place eventually. I felt more motivation to keep going and that was a definite answer to prayers.
So though this week was tough but there were miracles!
First, Sister Porter and I became closer. This experience is crazy weird but so awesome. We were supposed to have exchanges on Wednesday and that morning we prayed to see if the plan we set was still good. We prayed and we both said ok and went on with the morning. Well throughout that whole morning I had a weird unsettling feeling about it that kept coming up. I knew it was the Spirit. I told Sister Porter about it and asked her to think about making the change I was suggesting. We got ready for the day and had personal study. We were supposed to leave for exchanges at 11 and by 10:15 and we still couldn't make up a firm answer to where they should go. We talked about it and other things came up that needed to be talked about, about our companionship. This truly helped me to see what the Character of Christ is. Turning out when I want to turn inward. God showed me it mega clear in this conversation. We became so close. Well the feeling in the apartment still felt weird and Sister Porter said she didn't even want to do the exchange that day. Truly, it wouldn't be fair to be on exchanges and not give it our all. So we reschedule the exchange. Literally 45 minutes later we receive a call from our wonderful sisters we serve with and they asked if we could talk. For the next few hours we helped them with some troubles they were having. If it wasn't for the spirit pressing on my mind and heart this morning we would be on exchanges and not have been able to help these sweet sisters. We won't always know why the spirit is making us do something but brothers and sisters we NEED TO follow through with those prompting. They are for a reason!!
Second, We were able to talk with people....it was so nice! Nothing really happened but we had solid street contacts
Third, I GOT TO SING! Watch out for a video sooooon!! So much healing while singing with Hermana Seegmiller ♡
Fourth,I was calling formers and I called this number and it wasn't a person number...it was the school district office, haha. It was a Saturday but this lady picked up and so I kept talking to her. I told her we were missionaries and asked if she had a belief and she said yes. I asked her how it has helped her through this year and she explained. After she said thank you and that she really needed that. I said of course and asked if we could share a scripture so we did and shared Ether 12 : 4...she loved it so much and thought it was from the Bible. We told her it was from the Book of Mormon and asked if we could get her one. She said YES!! So we are having one of our members who work with her give her one! So cool!!
I am grateful for this mission. Its shaping me, its allowing me to touch people's lives in ways I don't always understand .... but I know it is pure love and goodness of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Please be kind. Do service and ask God to change your nature. It's amazing!
Have a wonderful week! Look out for miracles because they are everywhere.
Love,
Sister Fillmore
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