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Another weeks past and here I am again reminiscing about the good ole times. It'll be a good weekly this week so make sure you tune into the end!
So to start off the week I attended my final Zone Conference last week, which was such a bitter sweet moment. I don't think that it has quite set in that I am never going to attend another Zone Conference as a missionary. During my departing testimony I stood up and said, "Well I guess this is it, its finally here" I went on to talk about how my very first transfer I remember a sister who was going home stand up to give her departing testimony and I was SO upset. I remember thinking, this has got to be some sort of punishment because here I am... just starting... and I get to see someone who is DONE. I then said, "Now I understand why they have the departing missionaries give their testimonies" I finished my testimony and I looked at my Mission President, who I have looked up to spiritually for the past 18 months. In that moment, he looked at me like any proud father should. That is when I finally realized how much I had changed and accomplished on my mission. He looked at me just smiling, and it helped me to know that he was so proud of who I had grown up to be during these 18 months. That was the best feeling in the entire world.
After Zone Conference finished one of my good mission friends came up to me to talk about this being my last Zone Conference. I then said, "Honestly I remember looking at departing missionaries and hating that they got to leave!" (half joking) and she said, "That's how I feel about you!" then I said when I finally learned, "They don't have us stand up to show off that we are done, its because we are who you can be at the end of your mission. You can be me, so do it"
SO that's what I learned, that we need to look at those who are "better" or "farther in life" or are "more spiritual" and see them as a goal for ourselves, because there is absolutely nothing that is holding us back besides our own self doubt. So do it, be the "better" be the "farther in life" be the "most spiritual" I dare you.
This week I also had the chance to join another lesson with Lilly, who we found a few weeks ago and passed her to the missionaries in her area. She is someone that I specifically felt connected to and I was so blessed to be part of her continuing conversion story. So we joined the lesson and it went pretty normal, (The Elders were leading the lesson and tbh... even I was bored but the information got across) and at the end they asked, "So Lilly do you have any questions?" and she goes, "Not about what you talked about today but I do have a question about the date we set because....." At this point in the story I couldn't listen because I realized she had a date set for her to be baptized and I started screaming. So finally when I stopped screaming and clapping really loudly she said she wanted to be baptized on December 5th and I LITERALLY AM SO EXCITED. She has honestly changed her life. She knows now what brings her eternal joy and you can see it in her face. She will be one of the best stories of my entire mission. So everyone please pray for her!
So that's it! Another weekly in the books! There is only 2 more of these things left so stay tuned! These next two will be huge!
I love you all lots and loads!
Remember God is in the Details!
Sister Carter
