Winchester 12/12/16

We did sidewalk chalk with a member who does photography. It was so fun!

Hey hey!

This week consisted of 12 hours of meetings. Whew! We had MLC on Tuesday which was AMAZING. I was expecting it to be a big training by President and the Assistants, but it was very much a council. Sister Iz and I were saying a council is the best teaching/learning environment because you get to participate instead of just being talked at. 

Had my first exchange on Thursday! I went to Lexington with Sister Lee. It was so much fun and I learned a lot. 

An Elder at MLC is in the same ward as Elder Bednar's son, and Elder Bednar himself came for Thanksgiving. He met with the missionaries and one of them asked him how to have motivation with missionary work. Elder Bednar told him that motivation is selfish, worldly, and short-lived. DESIRE is what we should be seeking. He then advised to study the BOM and look for agency. So this week I've been studying agency and it's fascinating. Our goal is to become like God, who is in complete control of himself and everything around Him. So we need to strive to be a creator of circumstances instead of a creature of circumstances. And remember, agency wouldn't be possible without the atonement.

So for a long time I've been trying to figure out how to become a master teacher. And I realized this week that in order to become a good teacher, I need to help others become agents instead of objects. Instead of trying to force people into my own mind process that I feel they need to know, I need to create an environment where I can tap into everyone's mind processes. So they can come to their OWN conclusion, and not just be told something is important. It's much much more powerful that way. 

A sister in our zone shared an experience she had pondering about worship in the temple. She always thought of worship as prayer and was confused since prayer seems to be a fairly small part of what happens in the temple. Moses 1:39 popped into her mind, "This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." Then she received this revelation: "The highest form of WORSHIP is EMULATION." So when we go to the temple or to church or when someone tells us to worship God....we aren't simply praying to God or praising Him. We're becoming like Him. And we do that through ordinances. 

Haha sorry it's a bit preachy this week! I tell more about adventures next week.

Love ya!

Sister Johns

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Watching the light the world video at a recent converts house in 3D!!

Exchanges! Sister Lee is the closest to the camera.