Words cannot express
the love that I have this for Elder. He
has grown in so many ways since starting his mission and getting to see that
growth firsthand is awesome. We love him
so much and are very proud of him ~ Enjoy!!
Gosh, it's hard to think of everything to say in an email to
everyone of what happens in a month. There was at least a district devotional,
a possible transfer, a new Elder, just a lot of stuff going on but it feels
like it's just breezing on by!
Elder Jackson Sanders not only joined my district now, but
he also now works at the save the Family Foundation as well! He goes in three
days a week for about 4 hours each day and helps over across the street at our
homes in the Escobedo properties. We did a district devotional and got everyone
to come and just Facetimed Elder Ferrell into the meeting and the Mortenson's
came as well and overall, I think it went very smoothly. We all got to meet
each other, talk about what we do at each place and receive a bit of training
from the Mortenson's as well.
Because of the major safety concern that happened at Save
the Family just a few months ago, I was thinking of transferring to the
Scottsdale Mission Office. My heart was set on it and I felt like that was the
best thing for me to do especially with my anxiety being crazy there. Then just
two days before, while I was working at save the Family, everyone talked about
how much they enjoy having me at Save the Family and all of the amazing work
and progress that I have done for them and how much they appreciate me and I
feel like that just outweighed it. My anxiety seemed to have gone down after
that. I met with president Robinson on Wednesday and it just seemed like after
prayer on that day, that I am supposed to continue at save the Family instead
so when i got there, after talking with my companion Elder Ferrell, he and I
decided and i turned down president Robinson's offer and i am going to continue
to hasten the work at Save the Family. I think this was an answer to prayers
for the last few weeks and I feel like they still need me here and I can
continue doing amazing work here to get other Elders and Sisters down in this
area like Elder Sanders and Sister Bennett so that more work can be done here
as well.
Can I just take a moment to brag about my new companion?
Elder Ferrell is absolutely amazing. He is easily my favorite companion so far.
We think a lot alike, he is hilarious and I just love to be around him. The
more that I have learned about him, the more honored I feel to even get to meet
him, let alone be able to have him as such a wonderful friend to me! As I help
him with anything he might need physically, he is there for me as a complete
help to me mentally, as either a help to calm me down and feel important again
or just another person to laugh at all my jokes and such, to even just being a
second opinion. We talk with each other a lot and I am so grateful that I get
to be his companion.
Conference was amazing too! I was able to watch all 5
sessions and there was actually a few that really helped me out. Elder
Holland's was absolutely my favorite. Just him saying the words "You are
unique." really hit me. I loved hearing that everyone has their own voice
in the choir as we are all a different variety of voices and if you miss
something or don't feel important, just know that every voice is unique to the
choir and that everyone is affected by your absence in the choir. That made me
feel important and useful in my work. Elder Bednar's was helpful because it
doesn't matter where I serve but what matters is that i am serving and helping
to push the Lord's work.
This feels like a short month as I continue to work. It
seems like the same old work every week but when I look through my reports, I
can see my own change occurring and that I feel like I am just being so useful
here. The longer I am home helping people, the more I feel like this literally
is why I came home. Even though I wasn't invited to the outline of my life, I
am being given more and more pieces of it for me to know that this is the right
call for me and this is Heavenly Father's will for me. It's weird how we never
have any answers but the more we blindly follow with faith, the more it is
shown to us that it's what Heavenly Father wants us to do. I am so grateful to
serve. I love my district, I love Save the Family and Dayton and Elder Haws,
and I love my companion, Elder Ferrell. I love my family and I love my Heavenly
Father.
Love,
Elder May
