Monday, October 27, 2014

Week 36

hey! So our P Day got switched...we found out Sunday evening that we were going to have a vehicle training all day on Monday!
 
This past week went pretty well!! At the vehicle training we had some really fun stuff that we were doing...I think the one that was the most fun was when we tested out the anti lock braking System (ABS). We were all in the church parking lot, but we had a bunch of cones set up and we had a long stretch where we were supposed to drive. The mission vehicle coordinator wanted each of us to discover what it felt like when the ABS was working. SO they took us to the "long" stretch of road and they told us that we needed to put the gas peddle all the way to the floor (mind you...the only thing on the other side was a bunch of trees) and about 30 feet in front of the trees was an orange cone that we were supposed to slam on in order to get the feel of the brakes.
 
So here I was sitting in the car I'm driving, the instructor was in the back and he says, "ok well...whenever youre ready is fine!" So I sat there for a second thinking, "Well...I'm probably going to die...I'm headed straight towards a forest and I'm supposed to slam on the brakes right before...great." So I figured that I might as well just do it. So I floor it and the trees keep getting closer and closer and in my mind I'm thinking that it would probably be a good time to just stop so that I don't actually go through the trees, but I hadn't quite reached the cone yet. The instructor had warned me beforehand that I would have to overcome the strong urge to stop and keep my foot all the way down on the gas.
 
So the trees were pretty close, but of course I had to keep going until I got to the cone. Finally, I got to the cone and I slammed my foot on the brake, and thank goodness we stopped before we reached the trees.
 
Even though this was only a random drive test, I realized applied a lot to missionary work. It's not always easy to walk up to that random intimidating looking white person and tell them that they need Jesus. Just like its not always easy to drive down a small stretch of road when it appears that the tree line is going to come into contact with the hood of the car. However, because we know it's what we need to do and we know that it'll test our self control and sometimes we'll feel like we want to stop, but we cant stop (insert miley cyrus song;) baha jk). But we know the results of people coming to the gospel and we know how much itll bless them, so we just cannot stop and we cant forget to share the gospel.
 
I've come to realize how critical a members role is in the gospel. A member has the opportunity to be FRIENDS with people. When I want to go make "friends" with someone out here, I get the brush off because all they see is the nametag I wear. But as members, the role is so important because once you've established a relationship of trust with someone, you then have the ability to share the gospel with them because they are already comfortable with you and they wont get offended when you bring up something that already means so much to you! :) It's so awesome how much a member truly matters to the missionaries because we literally cannot do it without them!
 
Anywho, I've been thinking about that a lot since coming out on my mission and just how it is a 2 person job (member and missionary). Apparently the prophets knew what they were talking about;) ha ha
 
buuuuuut the rest of the week has been going pretty well!! I don't know if you all of heard of the "meet the Mormons" movie, but our whole mission gets to watch it this Thursday!
 
Love you all! Have an awesome week!!

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