This week has been an adventure, that's for sure!
So to start, I had to say goodbye to all my Nibley people, and man am I going to miss them. I loved serving in Nibley and it will always have a piece of my heart:)
On Thursday I met my new trainee! Her name is Sister Coakley and she is from Southern Illinois and lives only 5 minutes outside of Kentucky! Pretty cool! She's a U.K. Fan so we get along great, haha! Cool fact about her is she is 6 feet tall!!! So now I just look really short:)
So since both of us don't know anything about the area, we have been meeting with a ton of bishops and relief society presidents. We watched conferences at different bishops homes so that was fun! When we got to the area, the Area Book was like...blank. The Elders had no investigators and had not recorded anything. They had a few names written down but no addresses or phone numbers so we were so lost. But we've gotten a lot of referrals from the bishops and so we are just gonna start fresh.
We had a miracle this week already! We got a referral from the bishop about this guy named Tyler. He has come to church twice with his girlfriend and so we stopped by and had a lesson with him and the girl friend and... he is so GOLDEN! Like we had just started the lesson and he said "I can already feel it here, I feel this weird warm feeling in my heart. It's the same feeling I get at church" yeah pretty cool! He already recognizes the spirit. Sister Coakley invited him to be baptized and he said yes and is on date for October 14th now! He even asked about a time for his baptism! He is so prepared! So that was Sister Coakley's first lesson, haha, pretty good way to start your mission right?
It's been a great week. Lots of change. Lots of stress. I don't think I've ever been so stressed on my mission until this week. The first two days here in pleasant view were so stressful because I literally had no idea what to do. We had no maps, no addresses, no nothing. I wanted Sister Coakley to have a good first week, but I just didn’t even know where to go. I've prayed so much this week. I don't think I've ever prayed this hard on my mission. I'm just trying to rely on the Lord. Let him guide me and direct me here. And he truly has in just the four days I've been here. President Uchdorf said in conference: "God will use you. He will walk beside you. Even carry you along the way. He uses us in our weakness. He uses us in our inadequacies. He will use you for his purposes, if you are willing."
He then shared Proverbs 3:5-6 which talks about trusting in the Lord with all your heart. This was exactly what I needed to hear. It was like God was answering my prayers right in the first talk of conference. Although I feel inadequate and weak in whitewashing this area with a brand new missionary, President Uchdorf said if I am willing, God will use me. And I just have to trust in that. I just need to become one with the Savior and come and join with him. To top it off we had general conference which was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. It was just what I needed to here. Our apostles truly spoke the word of God this weekend.
"Remember to put your savior Jesus Christ at the center of your life today" - Elder Zwick
Love you all!
Sister Lowe
1-2. Temple on Wednesday with my old zone
3. SISTER CINAVI CAME BACK!!!
4. Sister Coakley (the sun was super bright)
5-6. Transfers
7. Conference
8. Views of my area
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