Guess what is coming this week? If you guessed my one year anniversary in Finland you'd be absolutely correct! Isn't that the weirdest? One year. Wow. And still going strong. One year... and still not fluent in Finnish. But, it'd boring if I was fluent. One year, and still loving it.
This past week, I'm pretty sure was one of the slowest weeks on my mission so far. It seems like all of our appointments fell through, and we weren't able to meet with any investigators. Terrible. It's a good thing therefore that failure is not in the going down but, in the staying down. So, I'm getting back up and forging my way ahead.
Some highlights of this week included: Zone Conference, exchanges with Sister Fronk and Sister West, and getting a working DVD player... so now I can listen to music!
So here's how the mission goes. Sometimes you're at the top of your game, and you're trying your hardest, talking to people, going, going, going. And then you have moments where you sit back, a bit burnt out and wonder if you're really the missionary you need to be, and what you need to do to improve. I've been having one of those moments for a couple weeks now.
And then I went to Zone Conference. I'm pretty sure it was meant just for me. We talked about desires, and how what you really desire is shown through your actions. If you desire to be someone who talks with everyone... you need to talk with everyone. Sometimes fears, and things try to take over and we follow our fears... which replace our desires. Yup. Poorly explained. But, it really hit me hard. We also talked about family history and how important it is, how we can implement it into missionary work. Really cool. I recommend that we all jump on the family history band wagon.
Exchanges were really fun. I got to spend a day with Sister Fronk, from my MTC group, and with Sister West. It was really cool to see how much we have all grown. Sister Fronk has always been the kindest, most patient, loving person ever... and it's cool to see it in action. She also just happens to have the magic ability of knowing exactly what I need to hear, right when I need to hear it.
Anyhow, I got to go. I love you all!
Sister Kastendieck
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