So, this last week started with our Mormons, Movie, and Munchies Oh My! Movie Night. All I know is that by the time the four of us got to OWU Campus we were clearly all stressed out messes masquerading as composed disciples of Jesus Christ. We had all been working so hard to get word out about our event and things had been so busy and we all knew that despite all of that, that things really could just go wholly and entirely wrong. We were worried that we weren't going to have enough treats, the Elders were worried about making sure that Meet the Mormons was going to work, and we were all concerned that we weren't even going to have people show up. Add that on top of a day where we had all been scrambling about trying to get all of our normal p-day things done and it makes sense that we were all kind of over it. Of course the movie night ended up going well. We didn't have as much student attendance as we might have hoped for, but we did have a great turn out from ward members, less actives, and investigators. And beyond that, I'm pretty sure that a large part of the reason that we needed to have the movie night was so the four of us could be reminded of those things that the spirit would teach us during Meet the Mormons. I have to admit that I teared up during the Candy Bomber as I thought of Dad and the Missionary Mom hit me much harder this time than it did at the MTC. But I was also reminded by Vishnu that we just need to be perfect in trying and was grateful to be reminded that even though this mission separation thing is very real, it is not final.
In spite of the stress from the day before, after pulling together some thank you notes for everyone who had helped with the event, we went out to work on Tuesday. I know that when we go and do the things that we have planned as missionaries, even when it's hard, and maybe especially when it's hard, we are blessed. We met a man named John who had the coolest cross necklace that I have ever seen. It's a silhouette of the cross, so it looks like what one of the other men who was crucified at Calvary would have seen looking over at the Savior. We gave him a "Because He Lives" card and were grateful to have met him. We had dinner with the adorable George Family that night and Sister George sent us home with cheesecake.
We had an awesome Zone Training Meeting Wednesday morning where the Elders told us that it was good that we had done our movie night when we did, because Meet the Mormons isn't going to be able to be used for proselyting because of copyright. I'm so grateful that we had our movie night when we did. Wednesday was incredible because the weather was finally warm enough for us to teach outside. We had both of our lessons outside in the sun and it became very clear that getting people into physical light increased their ability to recognized the spiritual light that we were sharing. Sister Hibbert's primary had sent her the Easter Egg activity with all the different symbols surrounding Christ's birth and death, so we used that for multiple lessons and were grateful to see that we seemed to have better responses when we had visual aids for many of the people that we're working with. I'm not sure how that's going to play out entirely, but I'm excited to have the chance to be creative and get to work. At coordination meeting that night I asked Brother Mills, our ward mission leader, for a blessing. I was still seeing some of the residual effects of the stress that I had been under nearly constantly and knew that it was time for additional Heavenly input and help. I am so grateful for the priesthood power and the way it illuminates my life. I was promised in the blessing that there would be specific counsel and talks given for me during General Conference if I would listen.
Easily the highlight for me this week was General Conference. I was given the counsel I had been promised and more. I so grateful for Modern Day prophets who receive revelation for the church. I am also very grateful for the families in the ward who let us come and watch conference with them. Being around the families in the ward is one of the biggest blessings, probably because they're the closest I can get to being at home. I can't believe how much I have been blessed with good people to surround me and love me while I'm here in Ohio. Though none of them could ever replace any of you, I'm glad to have found more people to love.
I'm both excited and nervous for this upcoming week as we have transfers. Please send mail, but if you send it before Wednesday, send it to 19 Clairedan Drive Powell OH 43065. I won't know until sometime Wednesday if I'm getting transferred or not. I'll try to send out a quick e-mail Wednesday afternoon just to let you all know what the status of things are.
I love you all so much!
The Church is True, Life is Good, God's in Charge, and Satan Hates You!
Love,
Jessica
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