Week 2 Arlington
Hello Family & Friends!
Every week just seems to be getting better and
better.
This week we had a Zone meeting. There were 22 missionaries gathered
together--we are called the Jax East Zone. My companion Sister Murray, two Elders, and I
are assigned to give training's to these 22 missionaries once a month because of
the leadership positions we are in. So
this one was my first training ever in front of this many missionaries. And President Craig attended! I chose to give training on "Opening your
mouth and talking with everyone: about the gospel." I was so excited to give this training! President Craig has counseled us that our
mission must become a finding mission. It
is true because how are we going to invite people to baptism when we have no
one to teach? I was so excited to give
this training to share how we can be better at talking with everyone. That in it of itself was a nature that was
hard for me to develop, but as I was able to set goals and have many trial and
error situations, as well as diligent study and love of the gospel. My confidence grew. That process will help anyone. My first training was great! There was so much
participation and we feel like the missionaries were inspired and enabled...the
only thing was that because I took the lead in the role-plays, my training
ended up being 45 minutes long!!! We as leaders laughed about it in the end as
we discussed it…There is always something to learn.
In addition to this wonderful zone meeting,
Sister Murray and I received a text from Church Head Quarters saying that we
needed to go visit this man named Antonio because he requested a Bible and we
were suppose to deliver it to him. With
the Bible and the Book of Mormon hand in hand, we knocked on his door. He lives with his sister, Nygia and she has
five kids-Christopher, DaShanna, David, Kenyotta, and little Zion. They invited us in and accepted to listen to
our message, the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We invited them to be baptized and they have
accepted this invitation. Antonio,
Nygia, and the three kids who are baptism age-Christopher, DaShanna, and David,
will be baptized on February 14. What a
privilege and a blessing to see a family be baptized. All it took was an invitation and the Spirit
did the rest. It's amazing to me how
simple it is to invite and then share, because once the invitation is extended,
that's half of the duty of missionary work. So excited to be working with yet another
family!
Tuesday was wonderful because this is how our
service project went. The Elders went to
a members home, Justine & Sherrie and asked if they could borrow some
rakes. We then began raking and sweeping
their front yard. Six of us plus Grandma
Williams because she wanted to serve :) it wasn't until about half way through
that Justin and Sherrie realized what we had done. It's called a secret act of
service. Keep your eyes out this week
for an opportunity to serve someone. Whether
it's a large project or something as simple as asking a stranger how their day
is going. I promise you will be filled
with happiness and joy as did the Savior when he went about doing His Father's
will.
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Grandma Williams had fun serving with us on Tuesday! 31
extra large
bags of leaves. She served in the FJM back in 1995 as a Senior couple. A third of her family makes up the Arlington Ward. |
My mind is caught up on a certain scripture that
applies to what my companion, Sister Murray is like. 2 Nephi 4:16 "Behold, my soul delighteth
in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things
which I have seen and heard." She
is just an absolutely amazing advocate of the truth. Her testimony of the Book of Mormon is so
powerful and pure. I love to serve with
her.
This is my greatest joy.
To have this black name tag with the
Lord Jesus Christ's name on it, pinned on my shoulder every day.
Love, Sister McCook
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