Today my companion and I had the chance to go do a session
at the Salt Lake Temple. It is absolutely beautiful! And I just
love the fact that I was able to go and feel of the Spirit that is present in
the temple and the chance to receive revelation. I am so grateful I have
the chance to attend the temple once a month. I am so excited when I get
to go, and I know it is because I don't have the opportunity to just go
whenever. It makes me wonder if I will be as excited once I am off the
mission and can go whenever I "feel like it." (Mind you, that
is assuming I live in relatively close proximity to a temple.) As a fun
happenstance, I also got to see my old roommate Jessica Ranquist. She is
getting married on Wednesday, and it was exciting to see her. It was
definitely a surprise and made the day even better.
This week Sister Martin and I were lucky enough to have Sister
Harris with us for a few days. Sister Harris was going home mid-transfer
(she finished her mission), so she went around to the different sister
companionships and gave us advice and guidance and additional training.
It was great to be able to have that extra insight and evaluation of our
lessons. It was hard at times, but it was definitely a very helpful
event.
On Sunday we ran from meeting to meeting, including three
ward councils and two sacrament meetings. It was definitely an adventure
to try to keep up with all of the places we were going. That is what
happens when you cover 16 wards. It is quite tough. Sister Martin and I
gave talks in one of the wards, and I feel like I am becoming an old pro at
giving talks. I think back to those days when I dreaded speaking for 5
minutes when I went to the different wards with Dad, and now I just shake my
head and smile. I now have a hard time keeping my remarks to just five minutes.
I much prefer when I have 10-15 minutes to share scriptures, insights,
and missionary stories. And no matter what, people always tell me I did a
good job. So hopefully I really do do okay giving talks and it is not
just people being nice to me. :)
As a side-note, I can't remember if I mentioned this before
when I went to the doctor, but the GI specialist is named Dr. Canale, and he is
from Memphis. His uncles own that shop on Raleigh-Legrange and
Houston-Levee that even says has the best ham sandwiches. It just goes to
show that even in the non-Mormon world, the world really is quite small.
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