Well HELLO!!
BIGGEST
THING: I LEAVE TOMORROW FOR SEATTLE!!! Oh man, I REALLY can't believe it! Haha
just when I was getting used to MTC...time to leave! Just when it starts to
feel like my safe little home - NOPE, thrown back into uncertainty! Luckily,
somehow, I'm not really nervous though! At least the excitement overrides the
anxiety...it's just more of the unknown, a new adventure! Scary but exciting.
It's INSANE to think I'LL BE IN SEATTLE (or on my way) THIS TIME TOMORROW!
Like pretty
much my whole mission experience so far, it feels unreal. But I feel okay and
excited about it because I feel that I really have learned so so much from
being here, even in 12 days! Once again, the biggest things I've learned: the
investigator is the focus. This is about THEM changing THEIR life, not me. Me
being changed will just come as a bi-product, and it won't come at all if
that's what I'm working towards. One thing that was driven home to me this
week: focus outward. That is what Jesus Christ did, every second of His life!
Even when He had just fasted for 40 days - He sent angels to minister to John.
When He had just experienced Gethsemane, He healed the guard's ear. So I want
to work on that and think of my investigator(s) CONSTANTLY. The Spirit is the
real teacher, so my job is just to create an environment He can be in, help
others feel His influence, and help them recognize it. On my own, I can't
really do anything! Lessons won't be what that person needs, we won't be able to
find people...I HAVE to rely on Him.
I absolutely
LOVE how often I pray now. I pray when I wake up, before every meal, before
every lesson, before every meeting/devotional, before every study session...SO
GREAT. Challenge for everyone: pray in the middle of your day, for no
particular occasion, every day this week. See what changes.
BLESSING:
I've transitioned (not cold turkey, but it's progress) from movie quotes and
songs to having scripture one-liners and hymns stuck in my head! Such a
blessing! I'm on the main campus, by the
way. It's crazy at combined devotionals etc that the people there are only half
the missionaries right now! It's already so crowded!
LOVE
YOU ALL!!!
Sister Hehl
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