Life continues to be miraculous out here. We started teaching two new investigators (one is a man in his 70's and the other a young 16 year old boy) this week and they both just seem so prepared, like they've been looking for this forever! We have also continued to work with Mikalai as she prepares for her baptism THIS weekend :D It's incredible as a month ago, I honestly felt like I'd never be a part of a baptism the rest of my mission and since then I've had one with one on the way and two more potentials! Continually learning the principle of PATIENCE haha. It has been almost unbelievable of how busy Sister Worden, Sister Hancock and I have been. It used to be that each night we had to plan out a whole day for the next day, and now we look at our planners and we just have a few hours still to plan each day. We are just getting booked with teaching opportunities. I love it! This is exactly how I want to be spending my time.
We had a training this week on "recognizing the spirit" and I think it was definitely inspired. With all these teaching opportunities, it can sometimes be easy to get stuck in a rut, and so making sure we're relying on the Spirit really helps to make sure we are keeping these INDIVIDUALS in mind and helping them with their needs and concerns, not just teaching them. One thing we have changed as we've been teaching a lot more Restoration lessons is singing "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" instead of reciting his experience in his words. Although that can be powerful, there is something about music (and you all know how much I love music) that really sets in a special spirit. I'm grateful because to me, this part of our lesson is one of the most important parts that we are teaching because everything else really stems off of if this is true or not. I feel like with singing this hymn, it helps others to feel the Spirit even stronger and take TIME to soak in what happened as this young boy asked a genuine prayer in faith. My testimony has definitely grown stronger. We have also strived to help others learn to recognize the Holy Ghost more and that's been wonderful because sometimes we rush through that and then it's hard for them to know when they are receiving an answer to their questions. I'm so grateful for the Holy Ghost who is a companion and a guide if we allow it to be. It's pretty hard to do it alone and I'm grateful Heavenly Father has blessed us with His spirit to learn and to grow and to know more. I am so so grateful for this gospel and that I have this wonderful time to share it with my brothers and sisters. It is such a blessing in my life and I would never want to withhold others from this wonderful blessing as well. It's there for ALL!
Love you all so much!!!!
Love,
Sister Wightman
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