I dont even know where to start! A longggg beautiful week! so wonderful!! So my mom sent me an old email from tressa as a missionary and it was so great! She was reflecting on her mission so maybe I'll do the same! haha but first I'll talk about my week.
Richard. A miracle handed to us from God. haha I LOVE RICHARD!! this guy just showed up the first sunday after his trip to Suriname! the sisters had found him before me and i taught him like once then he left to suriname; well he came back and came to church! so we thought, LETS GET HIM BAPTIZED!! He came a couple times and this week he was dodging us and was like 'im sick' so on the phone I said 'RICHARD WE'll BRING YOU SOUP!!' (throwback to those goyave patrick days abby eyre :) anyways so that night we made him chicken noodle soup cuz its fun and we love serving people and these people are PEOPLE and need a little love and nurturing. so THEN! we also like to call it baptismal soup! because after he accepted a baptismal date! and its for this saturday! but because we were gone were gonna have to change him to help him get there.... but ANYWAYS he WANTS to be baptized! miracle( fun soup :) haha
So the week before, Suriname was great, but then saturday we get in the car with the elders and hop the border to SURINAME!! long trip on the BOAT to suriname :) we got plenty snacks and stamps at borders and lots of weird new languages. a straight ROAD TRIP on the mission so fun!! haha then we get to the sisters apartment and they were so excited! their place was so cute!! we went to church in dutch and i learned many things! 1; i do NOT like feeling useless! PUT ME TO WORK! and 2: i have become an extremely effective tool in the Lord's hands preaching His gospel in the language I have been called! haha SO GREAT! great lessons! i did a lot of life reflecting this trip because our phones didnt work so its not like i even could call my investigators if i wanted to. a FORCED vacation for me and soeur winter but i guess it was nice :) i'll take it. SURINAME WAS BEAUTIFUL! the sisters got us bikes so we went out with them and rode all around and it was amazing!! we ended up teaching a guy in french for them that was so sweet!!
So then was zone conference/ man that was rough! last zone conference of the west indies mission! wow. soeur Mehr and President Mehr are just 2 people I really really look up to. I have learned so much from both of them. I really really enjoyed watching them teach. oh ya that was another thing i learned this week. I LOVE TEACHING!! anyways so i watched them teach. they both have very different ways of teaching and I want to master them both!! haha and when president mehr is teaching he just puts you in the nemo stream, he says: when dory and marlin cross the sea on that current. The Lord's truth is like that. Jospeh Smith, with the education of a 3rd grader, was able to tap into the nemo stream. and then when we were doing a role play in front of EVERYONE (scary.. haha jk not really) and when president mehr totally corrected me and taught me how i should have taught him, he looked me with his eyes in the nemo stream of truth and knowledge. ok i may not be explaining this right, you might not get it but President mehr is just an amazing teacher. so when he was bearing his testimony about how he wasted and wore out his life here on his mission, it was super hard to hear and i was just really sad! but happy! i just love them so much! and we had a comp study with soeur mehr after. and she is amazing. so i was sad but also excited to meet the new presdeint! WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!! wooowwww zone conference was so good. so worth it.
so yes i was in suriname and another country and it was crazy and a cool experience but feeling that nemo stream and feeling lost in time when president mehr taught eternal truths made it all worth it.
So i learned this week that i LOVE teaching. which is why ive decided im gonna be a teacher. I LOVE TEACHING!! it is so fun! im so grateful for all the people i do get to teach! Soeur Winter and I have such a desire to teach people these true saving doctrines! man i am so blessed!
I learn something new everyday! now and for the rest of my mission i am going to write down how i followed the spirit everyday and how i feel as i teach. these are feelings to never forget!!
Love,
Soeur Tenney
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