Hey Y’all,
This week has been a week of getting back up after being sick. Sis. Jenkins and I had a cold and kinda lost our voices but we’re a little bit better now. We’re able to get out now and teach and find people. All the members here and most of our investigators are finally getting better too. The flu hit Oklahoma like the plague and knocked everyone out for a week. People are still We’re excited this week that we are getting to teach lessons. We’re so grateful that we didn’t get the flu and it has definitely been a better week.
We have been doing a lot more tracting since we haven’t been
able to teach a whole lot due to our investigators being sick. So we’ve been
knocking doors and I’ll be 100 % honest, that’s not my favorite thing to do,
but I’m pushing myself and if I do I end up loving it in the end. We see
miracles when we sacrifice something we don’t like to do. One of my biggest
fears in tracting is coming across a door and finding someone with a
personality that we call “driver” where they just open the door and say, “Can I
help you?” Then you have to quickly
answer them since you think they want an answer super fast. I just have to go
back to what my MTC teacher taught us, and that’s to have more faith than fear.
Faith over Fear! Is your faith higher or is your fear higher. I definitely want
to work on getting my faith up because, yes, they might seem scary, but you have
to just say it and if they accept it they accept it, if they don’t they don’t. And
you have to go away thinking, it’s OK, next one. Gotta get the next one. So
that’s something I’ve been working on and Sis. Jenkins is amazing at being so
patient with that. She’s so good at it and I’ve been learning so much from her.
She’s awesome!
I want to tell you how awesome and amazing our District, the
Norman District, is. All the missionaries are dedicated to the work and work
really hard to teach and every District Council is so productive and it goes
real well. We all learn from each other and push each other. It’s just been so
awesome to have supportive missionaries around you. One thing they had us do in
District Council is role play knocking on a “drivers” door. We were a little
hesitant at first but it actually helped us because the next day we ran into a
few “drivers” and we were able to face it.
It still was hard but we faced it. I just want to say how much I love my
district. They are amazing missionaries! I just love this mission so much and
I’m so blessed to be in a mission like this. I think it’s so cool that you’re
called to a place for a reason. Every mission out there is amazing but it’s
amazing to the missionary because they connect with it so well and it’s
honestly a calling from the Lord because He knows who you are and He knows what
you need. So I’m grateful to be in Oklahoma.
Even though we didn’t meet any potential investigators while
tracting, I have a strong testimony that tracting is like sacrifice. (Something
that you don’t necessarily want to do, but for me miracles come out of that
sacrifice even if they don’t come directly from tracting or knocking doors.) We
got a referral the day we went tracting and it was from the Temple Square
Sisters. (They are the sweetest!) They gave us a referral for Steven Graham. I
guess he’s meet with missionaries before and we are going to go over there this
week. He says he wants to get back into religion and get closer to God and
Jesus Christ. We are so excited to go teach him! Another miracle we saw, she’s not going to be
our investigator because she doesn’t live in our boundaries, but she came to
church today and it was super unexpected. Her name is Laquita. When we talked to her during Sunday School
she said her brother is investigating the Church and he and her dad encouraged
her to go to church, so she decided to go this week. We called the Elders and
told them about their new investigator. So miracles have definitely been seen
this week. It’s been a good week.
So we are writing another song, it’s not done yet but it’s
coming. It’s all about new beginnings and taking that heart of stone or maybe a
not completely formed heart, that Christ has molded and shaped and made whole,
making it a heart of gold. This is what Jesus Christ has been able to do for an
investigator that the Sisters in OU have. We are writing the song for her as
she is getting baptized this week. We are so excited for her! We’re excited to send it to you guys when
it’s done.
Music definitely touches hearts. The challenge this week
relates to a brother in our ward. We didn’t know him well when we first got to
Noble but through events that have happened in his life and us going over a few
times to help him out, we’ve been able to get to know his strength and
testimony, which is incredible. I can’t begin to tell you all that he’s gone
through. He recently lost his wife and then this past Monday his trailer burned
to the ground. He’s trying to overcome smoking and he’s still holding strong to
the gospel and his story is pretty incredible. He had a rough life before he
moved to Oklahoma and it was here that he got his life together and got
baptized. His wife was a lifelong member and then he ended up joining later.
But through losing his wife suddenly and unexpectedly, and having his trailer
burn down, he’s still coming to church every Sunday without fail. He has such
strength and faith and it’s such a testimony builder to know that you can go
through the worst things in your life and still have no excuse but to come to
church. He comes to church to partake of the sacrament, to come closer to Jesus
Christ, who understands exactly what he’s going through. He has taught me a
valuable lesson and I’m so grateful to be in a ward that is so supportive of
his situation. There are a lot of people like him out there where I’m serving.
It makes me humble, I am truly humbled.
Weekly CHALLENGE: I guess your challenge for this week is kind
of wide and broad but I’d like you to ponder and pray how you want to
accomplish this challenge. It’s to not let your challenges and trials
get in the way of the gospel of Jesus Christ, because in all reality it is the
gospel of Jesus Christ that is going to get you back up on your feet. Jesus Christ is going to get you back up on
your feet. So don’t put Him second in overcoming something. Always put Him
first. Whatever it is that you’re
struggling with and even if you aren’t, put the Savior first by praying and
reading the scriptures, going to church and partaking of the sacrament, and
doing those things to draw closer to Him. I want to hear how it goes. I want
you to know that I love you and I hope you are having a wonderful week and see
wonderful miracles. Write them down! They are so fun to remember.
Love, Sister Walker
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