Serving God With Our Mind

This week I have been trying to control my thoughts.  THAT IS SO HARD! We are asked to serve God with all our might, mind, and strength... turns out the mind part is the hardest for me. 

We got to see quite a few people, we met some new people, and we are continuing to teach older people.  I guess I'll tell you about two families. The first is the M's . . . they are an older couple that we see every week.  They are inactive due to health problems so we decided we are going to teach them all the lessons because we rarely get to do that.  It has been so fun to teach some of the lessons we never get to teach.  The other family is the

K's. We started teaching the wife at the beginning of the transfer. Her sister's husband died of a crazy accident a few weeks ago and we have been able to teach powerful lessons to her and her sister because they are so willing to listen and learn.  

I've learned though, as a missionary, that you can't control everything- the only thing you can control is losing yourself in the work and truly becoming a missionary.  Too many people think that serving a mission is about baptizing and saving souls but because of agency- the only soul we have 100% responsibility of saving is our own.  As we recognize and develop out potential we become more like Christ, and our light is unconsciously spread. This light isn't only emanated in our example but also in our countenance.  We literally shine.  Next time you walk through a crowded place take a look around and see how many people look at you.  We are different as members but more different as missionaries.  Everyone knows it and they all can see it. 

We are still finding and teaching. We almost set a baptismal date with two more investigators but one of them said she wants to go to church a few more times and the other one said that she is going to talk to her mom. My companion, Sister Watson is pretty cool- I like her.  She is pretty funny and a good teacher. 

I hope you all have a good week!

Love, Jess

Jessica's Zone

Lunch with the Grandma and Grandpa and the sisters in our apartment complex

M &L (Jessica's first contacts off the plane in Long Beach and her only baptisms so far) were in Utah again visiting family.  We went to dinner together and L told us about her amazing experience of being baptized for her daughter who passed away two years ago.  She told me she has never felt what she felt that day in the temple and can't wait to go back!  Incredible to watch the process of conversion with these two amazing people!!