So this big monster of a typhoon that was supposed to hit
only ended up being like 20 minutes of rain for us. I think everywhere else in the Philippines got hit with
it and had massive floods and really bad windstorms.
President and the Zone leaders wanted us home for one of the days, but the weather wasn't even bad at all.
On Wednesday
we had President Peterson come and do companionship study with all of
us in the apartment. He helped us do practice teaching, explaining the
book of Mormon and why it is important for our investigators to read it.
He really helped us understand that it is important for us to focus on
the person we are teaching and "go to Heaven" to ask inspired questions
that will help them understand the importance of their reading. It was
really good and it was good to just hear about his advice for us and how
he wants us to be teaching.
The next couple days were really kinda rough for me and I had a couple break downs. I have a really hard time planning our lessons and then
being able to teach just the basic doctrines. I am also stressed about having to train someone. I was just frustrated that I couldn't even teach a basic lesson.
Sister Begontes told me I should call president and I didn't really want
to because I really didn't want to add to his burden, but she had me do
it anyways and I am so glad I did.
He told me that I can't expect to be perfect right now and that it
just takes time to learn everything and just helped me calm down. So, after I hung up,
we finished our studies and then went out to work.
Our work was good and we were able to teach some good lessons
and just help our investigators understand what we had taught them last
time and we were even able to find 3 new investigators! President came
to our house around 5 and I just told him my frustrations again and He
said that they were all very normal for new missionaries. He said that a
lot of foreign missionaries (Americans) come here and have a hard time
teaching because they all know the doctrines, but have never had to
teach them before.
He gave me a lot of other really good advice and just
helped me realize that my problems weren't as big or as stressful as
they seemed. After we talked, he gave me a
blessing. In the blessing he told me to remember and feel the support I
have from all my family and friends and home and to remember that there
are millions of members of the church praying for the missionaries
everyday.
He also said that because I am serving, there are angels
assigned to assist me in this work. It was such a beautiful blessing and
made me just feel totally at peace and helped calm down my mind and
help me just have the reassurance that I can do this work.
It made me SO
grateful for the priesthood and even more for the love of our president and
for him taking the time to drive clear out to us to give me a blessing. There was such a sweet spirit in our house after his blessing.
These last few days have been much better and I am really
doing my best to have the confidence I need to be prepared to train
someone. Whenever I feel discouraged, which is pretty much every morning
before our study time, I just really remember the blessing president
gave me and I feel so much better!
I
love you all so much and I am so grateful for your support and for your
love. I can feel it everyday and it helps me so much! I love this
church and I know that it is the only true church and we are SO lucky to
be a part of it!!
Love,
Sister Mecham
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