So here is some news: President Porter texted us yesterday and asked that I call him when I got in for the night. So he and I had a conversation last night. The Mission Department in Salt Lake City called President Porter. They said that because I have been out for more than half my mission they want to know how I'm feeling. They asked that I make a decision of whether I want to continue waiting or if I want to decide to just permanently stay in this mission. So President told me last night to start thinking and praying about it, and that he's coming up here on Thursday and he'll take us out to lunch and then we'll visit and talk about it. He said he has some questions to ask me. He also said that he will be sending my answer of staying or waiting and also my thoughts and feelings about it all, along with his thoughts back to Salt Lake so that one of the 12 can look it over and figure out from there how to handle this situation. They will also be doing the same with the elders, only between the months of 12-13. So halfway.
Mom and Dad. President gave me permission to call you and talk to you about all of this. To get your opinion and just to be able to talk it out. I know it's last minute, but I'm meeting with President on Thursday and I can't talk tomorrow night because I'll be going on exchanges. SO. Be prepared. I will be calling you around 9:00 my time. I'm sorry it's so last minute, but I'm hoping I'll be able to talk to you both. I suppose we'll find out! (: So be thinking about it! I prayed long and hard about it So I'm eager to talk to you and be able to hear what you have to say. (And hey! This kind of worked out. I got to call on Mother's Day, and now almost on Father's Day (: Haha).
So that's that. Phew. It was a lot to take in.
Other than that!
This week was GREAT! My gosh. So every week we make goals, for how many investigators we're gonna try to get to church, how many member present lessons, new investigators, member lessons, etc. And this week we set some pretty high goals. We were wanting to reach Standards of Excellence, which you have to get so many of each category. So we were gonna try it! And we started the week off amazing! We were finding and getting members out with us, it was incredible! Well, we did it. We hit Standards of Excellence! First time on my mission! I can't believe it's taken me this long. But I now realize that when you make the goals, and work with Heavenly Father, when you do all that you can, He will help in any way possible. Grace. We receive grace after all we can do. And I witnessed that this week. It was a miracle. We had hit all our goals, and then church came. We had 3 committed to coming, our family we're working with, and then, they didn't show up... NO! We worked so hard to get them there. But don't you worry, MIRACLE! 2 of our other investigators showed up! Hooray! Heavenly Father wants to help us. We just have to reach out to Him and do all that we can.
Yesterday we stopped by a members home, it's a family of 7, 5 kids all under the age of 11. And we went and jumped on the trampoline, and played a like dodgeball game, and then we played Shark Tag! Oh my gosh, it was SO much fun! I was having a blast! I love members (: They make the work fun, it's always a nice break.
This week we have Mini Missionaries. The stake is doing a thing for youth between 16 and 19, they get to be set apart as missionaries and they come out and work with us for a week! Unfortunately, not enough girls signed up, so we didn't get one.. But it's fun to see them around. They have to live all the rules and do everything, just like a real mission! It's exciting! I think it's a great idea! A great way to see what missionary work is like. Because I definitely did not know! It's fun (:
That's pretty much my week! It was a good one! I'm excited for this next one!
Here's something that I learned this week! It was a talk given to new mission presidents, and he's talking about how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. It was a miracle. Power of God. It took him about 3 months to translate it, that's an average of 7 pages a day. People today who are trying to translate it to different languages luck out if they do a single page a day. Wow. So here's something that David Whitmer wrote about how Joseph translated:
"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine. A piece of something resembling parchment would appear, and on that appeared the writing. One character at a time would appear, and under it was the interpretation in English. Brother Joseph would read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principle scribe, and when it was written down and repeated to Brother Joseph to see if it was correct, then it would disappear, and another character with the interpretation would appear. Thus the Book fo Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, and not by any power of man."
WOW! How cool is that?! I'd never heard that before. It was definitely a cool image.
Well I've got other emails to read and pictures to send, and we've got a lot to do today. We have a Zone Fun Day that we've gotta get to! Yay! (: It'll be fun with all our mini missionaries!
Family, I love you dearly. You are my life and everything.
Daddy, have a happy Father's Day on Sunday! I love you so very much! I'll be thinking of you and sending you all my love! I'm grateful to be your daughter, to call you dad (:
LOVE YOU!
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.
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So that's that. Phew. It was a lot to take in.
Other than that!
This week was GREAT! My gosh. So every week we make goals, for how many investigators we're gonna try to get to church, how many member present lessons, new investigators, member lessons, etc. And this week we set some pretty high goals. We were wanting to reach Standards of Excellence, which you have to get so many of each category. So we were gonna try it! And we started the week off amazing! We were finding and getting members out with us, it was incredible! Well, we did it. We hit Standards of Excellence! First time on my mission! I can't believe it's taken me this long. But I now realize that when you make the goals, and work with Heavenly Father, when you do all that you can, He will help in any way possible. Grace. We receive grace after all we can do. And I witnessed that this week. It was a miracle. We had hit all our goals, and then church came. We had 3 committed to coming, our family we're working with, and then, they didn't show up... NO! We worked so hard to get them there. But don't you worry, MIRACLE! 2 of our other investigators showed up! Hooray! Heavenly Father wants to help us. We just have to reach out to Him and do all that we can.
Yesterday we stopped by a members home, it's a family of 7, 5 kids all under the age of 11. And we went and jumped on the trampoline, and played a like dodgeball game, and then we played Shark Tag! Oh my gosh, it was SO much fun! I was having a blast! I love members (: They make the work fun, it's always a nice break.
This week we have Mini Missionaries. The stake is doing a thing for youth between 16 and 19, they get to be set apart as missionaries and they come out and work with us for a week! Unfortunately, not enough girls signed up, so we didn't get one.. But it's fun to see them around. They have to live all the rules and do everything, just like a real mission! It's exciting! I think it's a great idea! A great way to see what missionary work is like. Because I definitely did not know! It's fun (:
That's pretty much my week! It was a good one! I'm excited for this next one!
Here's something that I learned this week! It was a talk given to new mission presidents, and he's talking about how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. It was a miracle. Power of God. It took him about 3 months to translate it, that's an average of 7 pages a day. People today who are trying to translate it to different languages luck out if they do a single page a day. Wow. So here's something that David Whitmer wrote about how Joseph translated:
"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine. A piece of something resembling parchment would appear, and on that appeared the writing. One character at a time would appear, and under it was the interpretation in English. Brother Joseph would read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principle scribe, and when it was written down and repeated to Brother Joseph to see if it was correct, then it would disappear, and another character with the interpretation would appear. Thus the Book fo Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, and not by any power of man."
WOW! How cool is that?! I'd never heard that before. It was definitely a cool image.
Well I've got other emails to read and pictures to send, and we've got a lot to do today. We have a Zone Fun Day that we've gotta get to! Yay! (: It'll be fun with all our mini missionaries!
Family, I love you dearly. You are my life and everything.
Daddy, have a happy Father's Day on Sunday! I love you so very much! I'll be thinking of you and sending you all my love! I'm grateful to be your daughter, to call you dad (:
LOVE YOU!
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!
I have dubbed this my street name pose. Hah!
This is basically the best picture. It doesn't get much better than this. 5 Guys AND Sister Sofele. Happy (: And also, if you will notice the skirt that I am wearing, courtesy of my lovely mother! Sending it to me from Hawaii! I LOVE it! Super cute. I got lots of compliments (:
The group! We have a Senior Couple in our Zone! The McClellans! I love them. Senior missionaries are the best! Seriously. Elder McClellan served in Brasil! And even better, served in Curitiba! We had lots to talk about.
It had just rained!
What happens when you hand your glasses and camera over to elders. Ha! Elder Smith and Elder Pape were having too much fun. Unfortunately, Elder Pape was hidden behind Elder Smith. Silly Zone Leaders.
Hope you have a great and happy week! I love you!
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