This week has been pretty awesome to say the least!! We had
zone meeting on Friday with my favorite zone I've had! Hah! I got a
call on Thursday from a number I didn't know and it was Elder Jorquera, my last
comp, in his new area and asked if I could pick him and his trainee up for zone
meeting! I totally forgot he was even in my zone still! So we got to their
apartments (which by the way are ridiculously nice… like wow!) and picked them
up and bobbed over to the meeting. On our way there we talked all about how our
areas are and how we’re each doing personally and as a companionship. When we
got to zone meeting we were greeted by our awesome zone leaders and the other
elders in our district. We all waited for the other elders and for the first time
in the area we have sisters! Well first to get there was one of my favorite
elders, Elder Parkinson, the guy is so funny it's crazy and his faith is so
strong. In the zone meeting we learned a lot about goal setting and how it's so
amazing to set goals but we also should set them as things we can actually
reach. There's a constant trend in the mission field to set a goal that has
some big number that will wow the crowds. And although it might do that at
first, the person soon comes to realize where they’re at and that their goal is
almost unreachable. They struggle and stress out to meet the goal all to come
up short in the end. The point of a goal is not to make us feel inadequate,
down or even disappointed but to make us feel joyful, pleased and grateful for
the opportunity. We set goals that are something that we know we can do but
that is still challenging. It’s also something that we learned at the final
sessions of General Conference the past weekend.
I'm so thankful for the O’hara family and the opportunity to
spend time with them and their family for General Conference. We had these
killer blueberry pancakes with bacon and eggs for breakfast and oh my gosh… so
good! This conference session made me really grateful for the mothers and leaders
in my life. The talk by, Elder Jeffery R. Holland, that was given about mothers
had a profound effect on me. It was said that once a mother has her first child,
she then realizes her life truly isn’t just her own anymore. I'm so thankful
for my mom and the wonderful and beautiful spirit she has. How at any moment
that I need or needed her she was right there to comfort me and help me through
it. I love her with all my heart and wouldn't want anyone else to be my mom.
Along with that I've learned a lot of things that I needed from this conference
if you haven't watched it yet I suggest you do.
Thank you so much for checking in guys! Have a great week!!
