Hey everyone!!!!!!
How is everything going at home?
This week was pretty eventful. On tuesday we ended up going to philly for a zone conference and some training. While there we were able to have a guy Via Sechehema. He is like the first counselor in our stake presidency here in Jersey, but works up in Philly for the news. Really he was AMAZING! I say that because of him- he is the reason that they are building a temple in Philly. Through his example and him becoming friends with the mayor there he was able to share his experience. It was amazing to listen to him speak and I know that God really has specific people here for a reason.
In other news, I had my second exchange of my mission. I was able to stay here in Cape May and lead out the area while my companion went up to Woodstown and another golden/greenie came down here. Needless to say there were two goldens rocking south Jersey. We were able to prepare what we thought were amazing lesson plans for some investigators and less actives and were so pumped to go teaching. Through the experience of working together we did a review of experience here so far and there are things we want to do better and change. We feel like a lot of missionaries get in routines of how to teach lessons or where to go or activities they do each day. Example we saw of this were simple, (e.g, teaching the plan of salv. lesson to two different people with completely different problems the exact same way). We no longer want to be caught up in this. We really were able to grow from the experience- even though we didn't really get to go out to our appointments because the bridge to the island was flooded and there was a crazy storm going on.
Anyways, I'm kind of getting nervous. Everyone is talking about the number of missionaries coming in this next transfer and how all of us will be training eeek. That will crazy. Especially just to think how so many of these people didn't start training until 6 or 7 months into their mission. But if God really have that much trust in me then all I can do is get ready and prepare myself to the best possible.
Finally at the end of this week I had to give a 20 min talk in church on Sunday. We found out about this on Saturday. Crazy right. Something I was not expecting at all. What is even more crazy is how I seriously am more afraid to give a talk in church, than I am to go talk to a random stranger, ask someone to be baptized, or to tell someone to repent and come unto Christ. Why the heck do I have a fear of hearing my voice projected at a pulpit over missionary work I have no idea. Though, the talk went ok. I know that Heavenly Father really was helping me too seeing how I planned it the night before during my prayer as I was getting ready for bed.
I love you all!! Hope you know that.
Love,
Sister Beames
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