So this past week I passed my 11 month mark of being on the mission. I think that this transfer has been one of my fastest transfers. It has been a pretty good one though. Hermana Sheffer and I already know we won't be companions this next transfer due to all of the new sisters coming in so we are going to work hard and enjoy this last week together.
This week has been pretty good. We have been focusing on working with our recent converts to find new people to teach and it has been a wonderful experience. One of the converts, Eliceo (he was baptized before I got to the area) is one of the people we have been focusing on. He has so much family here in Manteca. We had lessons with 8 different family members and we just were barely touching the surface. We are really excited to follow up on those lessons and work with those of his family members that have been prepared.
The reason for the title though goes back to a less active family that we met this week. We met them later on in the week and were able to talk to them and learn about why it was their entire family was less active. It broke my heart when I learned that at the root of it was pride. Ever since then I have been pondering about this and about how choosing to be humble or allowing pride to overtake us can be the difference between enjoying or missing out on the eternal blessings that the gospel and the Church of Jesus Christ offer to us. I know that each one of us have been and will yet encounter those moments where something is done or said, true or untrue, that could cause the seed of pride and offence to become planted in our hearts. It is then that we will have to make the decision of whether we are going to let it remain and grown into a great plant that will overtake and maim every good thing in our life, or if we will make the decision to dig into our hearts, however painful it may be, and pluck it out before it has a chance to grow. This experience led me to ponder on what seeds of pride may be in my own heart and what it is I need to do to pluck them out. I want to be a humble servant of the Lord and I know that can only be possible if I am consistently seeking to be humble and to change my heart and any habits that are not in harmony with the teachings of the Savior.
As conference once again draws near it can be a good time for us to reflect and prepare our hearts for the words that will be spoken. During this time we will be instructed and edified, but also I know that in some form or another we will all be called to repent and I guarantee that some of it may even be slightly uncomfortable. During this time we will have to decide if we will humbly submit to the will of the Lord and change our hearts or let that voice inside our head that tells us that we really know best do the talking. I know that without a doubt submitting our will to the Lord's is what will bring us peace and joy and a continued and deepened conversion to the Lord's gospel.
Well transfers are coming up soon and I am excited and nervous about the changes I know that will be coming. I will keep you all posted! Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Hermana Carpenter
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