Hello Everyone!
The Big News this week is that my new companion is Sister Brooks from Oceanside, California. She served on Temple Square for 6 months at the Beehive House. Basically she knows the gospel, but she teaches much differently than we do out here. So, I am trying to teach her how to work with members, the leadership, and find new investigators as we go through the next 6 weeks. Thankfully she is super sweet and she has a powerful testimony! With her silent example and her ability to love the people, things will move forward here in Corning.
The Bad News... I am SICK! Ugh. It stinks! I feel like I have been run over by a freight train and my throat/nose is killing me. :( As a missionary, I am used to always running around. Now that I have to be inside and force myself to sit/lie on my bed, it just makes me wanna go crazy. Ha Ha. But, today I will rest some more and tomorrow we have Zone Conference. I get to be part of the training again and help the missionaries in my zone. I get to pretend to be a teacher in the MTC and then President Wirthlin will give an hour training on family history and the assistants will teach on consecration. I am excited about going because a) I will get to see all of the new Sisters in my zone, b) I need a good spiritual uplift and c) Zone conferences are the best. :)
The Good News... the two people that we have on track to be baptized on General Conference weekend, came to Church for the first time in months! They are this really cute senior couple in their 70's. Sometimes they understand what is going on, other times not so much... Oh well. I've learned that usually everyone has a hard time grasping all of the gospel principles at first, both young and old. They are trying and that's all that matters. They were able to stay all 3 hours for Church so they are progressing towards their date for baptism. They even had a friend over last night that we were able to teach the Restoration Lesson to. His name is Ernie. He enjoyed it, but his "deceased wife is Catholic" so he is undecided about learning more about the Church. But, it was still cool.
But, the other cool thing from last week, we went to the Rockwell Museum on Saturday to attend a lecture on Mormon theology by Terryl B Givins, and how it related to some of the art pieces in the museum. One of the artists who helped make the Angel Moroni Statue for Temple Square made a Native American piece that was on display at the Museum. That was pretty cool :)
So, that was my week... Sister Yancey saying goodbye to the Branch, drive a lot, get a new companion, Leadership Conference, teach a few lessons, get sick, go to Church and now start a new week. You could say that I am a little stressed... probably because I put a lot of stress on myself to not only be a perfectly obedient missionary, but train effectively and make sure the area is doing well and making sure investigators are progressing and that the Branch is moving forward, and take care of my Sisters and fulfill leadership stuff. Ha ha, I am just gonna go take a nap!!
Thankfully I am quickly learning that I need to prioritize, delegate, and trust in God that He will take care of the rest. :)
Love you all!
Sister Kylie Williams
