The Sunny Side of Life: Humbled (more or less)

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"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." - Ether 12:27

If I could sum up this week it would be through this scripture. I have been reflecting a lot about these next upcoming months. Sometimes I get upset because I feel like I should be so much better than I am or stressed because I feel like there is so much more that I could be doing and it is definitely a humbling experience.

We had the privilege of listening to Elder Weatherford T. Clayton of the 70 and he just blew me away. He focused a lot on working with members and how we need to work WITH them more. Our mission has so much potential that when Elder Anderson came last August he promised us the we could see 1200 baptisms a year here. The key being members.

I have struggled with member work my whole mission. It is not my strong suit haha. I love going out and talking to people and seeing those fruits much more than seeing the slower fruits of member work. The crazy thing being that almost all of my baptisms have come because of members. It just really hit me that I need to be doing this work the Lords way and not my way and He knows how best to bring my beloved brothers and sisters into the fold. I can tell you all I have been humbled (still a work in progress though lol) and that I am determined to push past my introverted weaknesses to see miracles (prayers appreciated as always).

But other than realizing I need to step it up and crescendo my missionaryness it has been a pretty solid week here in Gilbert!

Awesome Things that Happened:

1. Interviews with President Wheeler - I have the best mission president. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble. We had interviews and they were just awesome as always. I always cherish my time with him and we spent most of this one wrestling over the Spanish situation here (we are getting wrecked). I also really treasure my time with Sister Wheeler. We had the best heart to heart and I have so much respect for her and all that she does for us missionaries.

2. Exchanges with Sister Hanson - so fun!! We relived the awkward MTC days and just reflected on how much has changed since then. We got in with this potential and taught a bomb lesson about the restoration and I was amazed by a)how much we have grown and b)our comp unity. #OldCompUnity It is cool to see the people we have become these past 16 months.

3. Zone Conference with Elder Clayton - I already talked a lot about that but it was honestly so amazing. The spirit was super strong and I'm excited to put into practice what he has taught us. He focused a lot on the prophets last talk about receiving revelation and how we need to learn how to do it and how we receive it in our lives.

4) Mission Leadership Conference with Elder Clayton - I was pretty blessed to get to hear from him two days in a row and he just hit even more about working with members. It will definitely push me out of my comfort zone but that is how we grow and Heavenly Father definitely still wants me to grow haha.

AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OF MY WEEK.....AUNT DEBBIE!

I got to have dinner with Aunt Debbie this week and I was blessed that she was awesome enough to take Sister Neahusan and I out to sushi. I now know as well that she reads my blogs so Aunt Debbie I love you and I am totally down to go to Disney with you...just saying ;) But honestly it was fun to see her because she is such a great example to me of being anchored in the gospel and the blessings that come from it. She also fed us so much sushi I almost exploded.

I love this gospel. I know that we have our weaknesses to become more like our Savior and more like our Heavenly Father. They are there to humble us and bring us closer to Him. I love being a missionary! The time is short so lets run to the end!

To the Moon and Back!

Hermana Showalter