World Wide Missionary Broadcast

This week was transfers. On Wednesday we went to the transfer spot in Crestview where the outgoing missionaries meet to get on the transfer van and the missionaries coming to the zone get off. There are two new sisters in our zone fresh from the MTC, so we got to meet them. 

On Thursday we drove to Tallahassee for a missionary leadership counsel, which was awesome!! That evening we had dinner and played some team-building games. We finished the night with s'mores, and all the sisters stayed at the mission home while the elders who were there stayed at the apartments of the Tallahasse elders. On Friday, we all met together at the church where we watched the new world wide missionary broadcast, where the purpose of "teach repentance, baptize converts" was reemphasized. It was awesome!! Elder Oaks, Elder Bednar, Sister Oscarson, and Elder Anderson with some others spoke. I especially love Elder Bednar's powerful boldness! He spoke of how the doctrine of Christ all connects to Him; having faith in Him, depending upon Him (repentance), following Him (baptism), and pressing forward with Him as we endure to the end with the gift of the Holy Ghost. He also taught that we will never be or do enough- by ourselves. So we should "quit worryin about it!" :) We do our best, be the best we can, and leave the rest to God as we rely on Him. 

And then, history was made in missionary work as schedule changes were announced: we now have two more hours on P-day, an extra half hour in our morning schedule to prepare for the day, flexibility in when we study as a companionship, and we plan for the day in the morning instead of the night before! As a result, there will be less stress, more productivity, more time to take care of ourselves! Now, when we come home at night, we can wind down and take more time to either write in our journals, do what we need, and go to bed earlier if desired. These changes are seriously such an answer to prayers!! I feel like as missionaries there are so many good and necessary things we want to accomplish, but some times it was hard to find time to do those things. These changes will help us be more productive, as long as missionaries choose to be wise and remember that we are accountable to the Lord in how we use our agency. These changes show that God gives things "line upon line, precept upon precept," and that He trusts His missionaries to be agents to act for themselves and to do much good according to our own wills. :) Also, instead of keeping track of and reporting on 10 things each week, we only keep track of and report on four things, keeping us focused on our purpose of inviting others to come unto Christ and helping them receive the restored gospel, by teaching repentance and baptizing converts. 

That's all for now! Love y'all!