This Wednesday we had a
mission tour with Elder Wakolo! He's my favorite. I learned so much from
him this week that will change our mission going forward. I'm excited
to see what we can do as we apply everything. He put a lot of focus on
being missionaries that are on fire by doing the basics every single
day. Especially by putting more focus on studying Preach My Gospel
everyday. Also evaluating our teaching every time by asking
1. Did my teaching build faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement
2. Did my teaching encourage repentance and change
3. Did my teaching help them feel the Savior's love
Also
he told a story about his first day in the mission field when he was a
mission president. He went out with the assistants to teach a family and
when the got there the father was waiting in the bedroom for the lesson
to be done. Elder Wakolo asked where he was and all family said he's
waiting in the room he'll never come. Elder Wakolo asked for his name
and then called out to him and invited him to come join his family and
listen to the message of Jesus Christ. He tried that twice and it didn't
work the father said he would just wait in the bedroom and the family
said again he'll never come. Elder Wakolo called a 3rd time and said
I've come here all the way from Fiji to share with your family the
message of Jesus Christ have some manners and come join us. He said it
worked that time and the father joined the lesson and didn't chase them
from the home. We talked about how you can never be too bold if you have
love.
I was pretty inspired by that story and
the next day I was on exchanges in Victorias with Sister Tabelisma.
She's great. Anyways we got to our first appointment of the day and it
was two sisters and they both had their children with them. When we sat
down to start the lesson only one sister joined us. She said her sister
would just wait in the bedroom. I remembered Elder Wakolo's story and I
asked what the other sisters name was. I called her name and invited her
to join us and listen to the message of Jesus Christ. And she came! And
it was wonderful and we got to give her her own copy of the Book of
Mormon and she committed to continue to listen to the missionaries. That
was a great day we started teaching 23 new people.
We
did meet one sister that day who was about 63 but she only looked about
40. We asked what her secret was and she said she didn't have a husband
anymore that he had passed away. We asked if she wanted to be with him
again and she said well no not really. We didn't really know where to go
from there haha.
Friday we had MLC with Elder
Wakolo and I learned LOTS of ways that I can repent. That was a good
time. He wrote down 6 struggles in our mission and then we split into 6
groups and found a solution for every single one. I'm pretty excited to
see what we can do going forward.
Saturday
Kimberly was baptized!! She's actually the purest human I know. She's in
2 Nephi now in the Book of Mormon and she's now helping us teach Rex.
She cried when she bore her testimony at her baptism and had the best
smile when she stood in front of the ward after her confirmation. In the
priesthood blessing after her confirmation they blessed her with a
desire to serve a full time mission and that made me really happy. She's
my hero. She's really become our little sister in the past few months
and talks to us about EVERYTHING haha I love her.
This
week was incredibly rewarding and also incredibly spiritually
stretching. Before I let California I prayed for the gift of being able
to weep. I don't really know why I did that. haha.
I love you all !!!! Be good and remember that you're loved by at least 3 people!! (Me, Heavenly Father, and Jesus :))
Sister Zollinger
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