This week we had a lot going on. we had exchanges and then we had Mission Leadership Council. This one was a special Mission Leadership Council we got to have it with Elder Wilfred Anderson of the 70 and he taught us. Then in the last hour we got to ask him any questions. Here are some of the quotes from it.
"There are many things to pray for. Our concerns will be met when we turn to the Lord in prayer" - Sister Pamela Anderson (mission president's wife)
Quotes from Elder Wilfred Anderson (70)
" If you don't have hope you should work on your faith. Hope that is built by focusing on hope does not last"
" Faith cultivates real hope which creates energy"
" If our motives are not congruent with his will then there is no faith"
"Everything that is worth while is hard. Work until your legs ache, work until your lungs burn"
" Your love doesn't flow from you. it flows from around you. that is one of the most important roles with leadership"
" The key to worthiness is to never take you eyes off of the light of Christ. You may take a couple steps back but as long as your eye is on the light you will walk to him"
" This life is an opportunity to mold our desires"
Smyrna ward is a really different ward than what I have served in before but if there is one thing that I have learned to do here is love no matter what your mood is. To love those around you no matter what the circumstance may be. Every single person around you has their own agency and their own will to do what they want but, we have our own agency as well, to love, hating is not going to get you anywhere.
The rest of the week we spent quite a bit of time in Newark helping some Sisters we have drove a lot this week.
On Thursday was our actual mission tour with Elder Anderson in the Dover Zone.
Here are some quotes from him.
" When Elder Nelson is assigning missionaries he does not necessarily assign by the mission. But he follows the spirit and assigns by Mission President"
"Agitation does not bring revelation, but when calm that is when you will feel it and see it. "
"Gratitude is an important role in gaining a testimony of the truthfulness of the book of Mormon."
"If everyone is praying for others to "work" then no one in the world would be applying faith.
"We become our own best convert when we go home changed.
Other than that things are going smoothly here. We have another busy week. Thus far I have driven all the way to the bottom of Delaware and to the top within one week and I am going to do that again this week. :) other than that things are going well and we are going to find some sweet new investigators this week!! 2 weeks til conference. ... who is counting? I am.
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| This week we went to see the horses by our church and they wouldn't come to us. So I played the harmonica and they came. |
Love
Sister Steadman
