9.11.17: Adventures
This week has been quite an adventure. Since I got a new companion last week, I am apparently supposed to be the one that knows where and when everything is.... Let's just say I have taken my new comp on some interesting new adventures, haha. Yesterday we had to run to catch our train to come home--literally by the grace of God we made it just before the doors closed! If we had missed it we would have been an hour late getting home...which as missionaries is very frowned upon. Hee hee, good thing God is looking out for us!
Overall, my new companion is great. She is from Missouri, but has lived all over the US because her dad is in the military. She converted to the church when she lived in Utah for a few years and has a truly inspirational story of how she came to be on a mission. She is so sweet and has already taught me so much! And she is very patient with my general lack of knowledge (...lo siento!). We do not have very many investigators right now, but we are working hard to find new people to teach and serve.
Something that our mission president emphasizes on the mission is focusing on having meaningful prayers. He encourages us to take just 10 seconds before and after we pray to just have silence and really try to tune into the Holy Ghost. It is just an extra 20 seconds, but I have really noticed a difference in the quality of my prayers, not just personal but also group prayers. I challenge you all to try to be more thoughtful about your personal and family prayers; just try to have a few moments of silence before and after. I promise it will do wonders to bring the Spirit into your life!
I hope everyone is living it up out there for me! I adore you all<3
- maddy barton
Overall, my new companion is great. She is from Missouri, but has lived all over the US because her dad is in the military. She converted to the church when she lived in Utah for a few years and has a truly inspirational story of how she came to be on a mission. She is so sweet and has already taught me so much! And she is very patient with my general lack of knowledge (...lo siento!). We do not have very many investigators right now, but we are working hard to find new people to teach and serve.
Something that our mission president emphasizes on the mission is focusing on having meaningful prayers. He encourages us to take just 10 seconds before and after we pray to just have silence and really try to tune into the Holy Ghost. It is just an extra 20 seconds, but I have really noticed a difference in the quality of my prayers, not just personal but also group prayers. I challenge you all to try to be more thoughtful about your personal and family prayers; just try to have a few moments of silence before and after. I promise it will do wonders to bring the Spirit into your life!
I hope everyone is living it up out there for me! I adore you all<3
- maddy barton
Pics- we hiked up to Monserrat again bc my comp had never been... don't mind my squinty eyes... I was trying not to look too pained while staring directly into the sun... you all know the struggle.
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| With my new comp, Hermana Marten! :) |
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| Soloman, a recent convert from Ghana. He is the best. |
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| Paco! |
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