So we were driving out of a
lesson and we almost ran over a chicken, it was literally crossing the
road to get to the other side :) Everyone here has dogs, cats, birds, or
chickens, it's so crazy!
I might not email next week because we're going to Yosemite and we might not have time, but hopefully we will!
This
week I learned that exact obedience really does bring blessings.
There's a lot of rules as a missionary, and sometimes it's hard to keep
track of all of them, but they are there to help guide and bring
miracles. One is that we can't have a lesson be over 45 minutes, which
is really hard when a lot of people really like to talk, but Sister
Maxwell and I had been getting out late a few times. We recommitted
ourselves to leaving early and being on time and it's been great! We've
met a lot more people who want to learn about Jesus Christ, we've been
more unified in teaching, and have had more guidance in our teaching as
well.
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| Sister Feldman and I |
This week on Thursday we went on
exchanges. Sister Maxwell is a Sister Training Leader, so she's supposed
to switch companions a few times every month just to see how other
sisters in our mission are doing and to help them out. On Thursday I was
in Kerman (Which I nicknamed Kerman the Frog :) with Sister Feldman who
was my first companion when we did "Open Your Mouth" my first day.
She's awesome and we ran into the sweetest old lady who just opened up
to us about her life and wanting to be closer to God. Kerman is half
English half Spanish so I actually taught people in English (really
weird!) most of the time but it was a really great day, and I learned a
lot from her!
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| When Sister Maxwell and I had to throw out the rest of the cookie dough we made....it was such a tragic day :( |
Yesterday at church we were
standing in the hallway talking to someone and were asked to teach the
youth sunday school. So we asked them what questions they had and had a
really good discussion on praying to find answers, like it says in James
1:5. We also talked about the importance of knowing the doctrine, or
the why of what we do. Going to church is an application, but the "why"
is that God loves us and wants us to learn to be more like Him. There
are lots of commandments given to us by God, and it's a lot easier to
follow them if we understand the "why" behind them. I would encourage
you all this week to look at commandments, standards, or rules you have
in your life and think about why they're important and how we can
blessed by following them. Then we got asked to share a message in Young
Women's as well! (The group for 12-18 girls). Lots to do at church, but
it was a really great day.
Also it is SO HOT
here! It was over 100 almost every day this week and I have never been
so grateful for a car with AC in my life. But people are always really
nice and offer us water!
We also got to go
to the Fresno Temple!! It was so beautiful and I felt so peaceful
there! Temples are the House of God here on the earth and you can feel
so close to Him while you're there. It was such a great experience!
Hope you all have an incredible week! Love ya!
-- 
Hermana Marin Fisher
California Fresno Mission
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