I'm not really sure what to think of this week... It was very tough..
Missionary time is weird. The days seem long but the weeks are short.
It was a little challenging this week, just because I'm in a new area
and I'm trying to get to know everyone and remember where people live
and the street names. My companion is going home after this transfer
:( so I'll be staying here.... And I need to know my stuff!! With that
being said... Ive had a lot on my mind lately! We were able to do
service a lot this week! We have a lady that we go do service for, and
we pick tangerines in her back yard. It's actually a lot of fun and
we've been going and picking around 15 bags each time we go! So, this
week we went and picked her fruit but we realized that we had picked
all the lower fruit. The fruit that was left was super duper high and
the only way to get them was to climb her tree. So what did we do? We
climbed her tree ;) with her permission of course! But sister Dudley
and I were able to get so high up her tree and pick all of the fruit
at the top! We then went to her neighbors house and picked her
grapefruit! When we go and pick fruit we give it to families in the
ward or just offer it to people so that we can talk to them. It's
actually a really fun way to strike up a conversation... Sometimes
it's hard to just go up to someone and be like "hey you... Wanna learn
about Jesus right here, right now??" But this way we say "hey want
some grapefruit?" And people usually are like "oh sweet, you're a
stranger but you're offering me food so you must be awesome" and then
we talk with them and get to know them and start talking about the
gospel :) ITS SO FUN!!
We were able to give out around 20 bags of citrus from Tuesday to
Friday and then we went and picked the rest of her fruit on Saturday.
We will be giving them out over the next couple of days!
I love learning and hearing about the atonement of Jesus Christ. It
always makes me happy and thankful, and it's something that I can
actually teach..... Lessons are harddddd!! But the atonement is
something that I have a strong testimony about, I think that's why
it's easier for me to teach it. We had a lesson about the atonement
yesterday in church. I had a weird day yesterday... But once I saw
what our lesson was on it made me 10X happier. The lady who was
teaching relief society asked us "why do you think that Jesus Christ
would suffer for our sins? We make horrible choices.... So why would
he do that for us?" And it was probably dead silent for a good 2
minutes as everyone was thinking. I'm not sure if she meant for the
question to be answered but I blurted out " because he loves us!!"
Haha I think I startled some older women because I said it so loud!
But it's true. Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us so much
that they would do anything for us. Sometimes it's hard for us to wrap
that around our heads. Some one actually loves you enough to do that.
I just think that's so cool, and I didn't really realize the depth of
it until I came on my mission. My eyes have been opened to so many
things!! I love it :)
On gospel library you can download some videos called "his grace" and
it has a lot of little videos about people and their trials. I love
them because they're so real! Sometimes you don't think anyone else is
going through a hard time except you... So I challenge all of you to
look those videos up. They're great:)
Have a great week, I love you all!!
Love, Sister Malloree Arnold
Gosh okay I look so weird in this picture... Don't look at me just look at my cute little companion hahahahahahaha... At least my brows look good though, right? 😂 sorry for the lack of pics... I'll take more next week.
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