Hey y'all!
This week was pretty good. Like real good. We went to the temple on
Wednesday, had district meeting on Wednesday with our new district, Leadership
Training on Friday, General Women's Broadcast on Saturday evening, and church
on Sunday!! It was a super uplifting week that's for sure. :)
The temple was, of course, WONDERFUL!! I LOVE the temple so, so, so much.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again - I'm literally gonna hang out at
the temple ALL the time when I get home. And it's gonna be fantastic. I just
love how peaceful it is. The second I step into the temple, all my worries,
concerns, daily stresses are taken off my back for a time. That never ceases to
amaze me. We went to the temple as a zone. So that was neat! It was kinda weird
going with the elders since the previous mission president would NEVER allow
that. He was very strict on elder/sister relationships to the point where we
couldn't really even talk to the elders. But at the MLC meeting I talked about a
couple weeks ago, our Mission President said that he didn't like the fact that
we didn't know how to work with each other. So we are now allowed to do things
together on Preparation Days and talk to each other and actually communicate
like normal human beings. So that's fun. Haha it creates a new dynamic. We
actually feel unified now as missionaries. Instead of the "elder vs sisters"
competition thing that was going on. It's good. But anyway! We went to the
temple as the Wilmington Zone and it was so great. It was great to go to the
temple with all of the people that we work with :) And! The Mission President
and his wife surprised us - at least Sister Park and I - by being there with us.
It was a special experience going to the temple with my Mission President and
his wife. :) I seriously love them so much.
Our district is awesome. All of the companionship's got changed except for
ours. So we have 2 new elders and a new sister. One of the elders - Elder Eyere
- came out with me! So it's fun having him in the district! :) He's serving in
the Jacksonville 2nd ward. And the other one is Elder Davis and he's serving in
our ward and he's the district leader. We're like the same...sass level anyway
so we'll see how this works. We've had a couple "dominance/power" things
already....our pride levels are pretty equal...ha we're both too stubborn to
accept defeat...that's all. Hahaha. It'll be a fun time though! :) And the new
sisters name is Sister Alldredge and she is wonderful!! I love her already. This
district might end up being one of my favourites on the mission so far!
:)
Leadership Training was good. Like really good. All the trainings taught
were all about becoming a better leader. So it was wonderful. We constantly need
help in that department haha! And then a bunch of other little rules changed.
Like the passenger in the car can use the phone now (before that wasn't
allowed), we don't have suit/cardigan season anymore. Suit season used to go
from Oct 1 to April 1 and we all had to wear suit jackets/cardigans everyday. So
that's out. THANK GOODNESS. Cause it's still super hot here in October...ha. And
then I can't remember what the other ones were...but it was great. We're pretty
much just going by what the White Handbook says. So that's nice. I didn't
realize how many rules the previous mission president put in place until
now..ha. But it's okay! :) We're still striving to be exactly obedient and
listening to the Mission President to a tee!
After the meeting we stayed back and chatted with the James. President
James wanted to talk to Sister Park so I stayed and talked with Sister James. Oh
man she's just the cutest, sweetest lady ever. I love her so much. She knows how
to make you feel important and loved and it's wonderful. It was fun getting to
know her better! And then when President came out, we talked with him for a
little bit too. So it was great!
The Women's Broadcast was AMAZING! Definitely needed to hear all that was
said. I loved every second of it. Especially President Uchtdorf's message. It
was EXACTLY what I needed. Love.
Sunday was great. We had a good lesson with one of our members. We had an
appointment and she had her friends over. Apparently she tried cancelling, but
our phone never got the message. So we went and afterwards she said that we
needed to be there for her friends. Her friends asked a lot of really good
questions and they're really curious about the church! We witnessed our member
giving her friend, Rhonda, a Book of Mormon and it was amazing!! They don't live
in our ward boundaries, but I really hope the missionaries will find them.
They're golden :)
And then afterwards we had a lesson with our member and it was such a
spiritual experience. It was pretty much us all expressing our love to one
another. And she stated the fact that she is amazed by us because we always come
with something she needs to hear. And then she told us that she would LOVE to be
our investigator because we're so understanding and she doesn't feel judged
around us and we are so full of the spirit. She said we would be able to convert
her ;) hahaha. She's such a sweetheart. I love when people tell us that...it
makes me feel like I'm doing SOMETHING right ha. It's a good refresher.
So that was great.
The title of the email is All You Need Is Love. And I just want to say
that the last few weeks a huge emphasis has been put on LOVE. It is such a
simple concept, but a hard one to master. But I would just like to invite all of
you to love a little more and be a little kinder and understand that everyone is
fighting their own battles and it isn't our place to judge them. But it is a
commandment to love them. So just spread the love and do something each day this
next week that shows your love for someone. It's those little acts of kindness
that mean the most :)
Thank you for all the love and support that y'all constantly show me. I
can't express my gratitude enough. It means everything to me. I love you all so
much.
I hope you have a great week! And I can't wait to hear from y'all next
week! Take care! And Be safe. Always remember to smile :)
ALSO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SARA!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICKA! YOU'RE THE
BEST AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE YOUR DAY IS AMAZING JUST LIKE
YOU!!!!
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo <3
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