I've been thinking a lot this week about being fully "consecrated". HOWWW. I don't know if I'll EVER feel like I've done enough, given up enough, sacrificed enough, until I realized.
We never can.
The Lord has provided us with SO much, nothing will ever be enough. That is what is so ironic about a mission I think, we do this "sacrifice" for the Lord, bur really, the blessings we receive, the change we find in ourselves, FAR outweighs any sort of idea of "sacrificing" anything for the Lord. We will always be in debt. So we just keep on being grateful, and remember who's in charge.
#preach
This week has been full of bash-a-thons. The thing that Kansas is known for? Ba-sh-ecreting. aka Secret Bash's.
You can talk to anyone, they are super nice. but then you walk away and realize they were totally bashing you, but kept a smile on their face so you're like "yeah 70 year-old Pearson who is "working his mini field" as a hobby and has the sweetest southern accent and is basically the twin of the guy who is like blowing the horn on those rice commercials? like "zat-a-ran" or something? (does ANYONE have any idea what i'm talking about? has like that raspy blues voice? ok yes him.) Yes, we LOVE the KJV....and yeah I love that verse in Corinthians, and no we sure don't believe in Holy Rollin'...and yes we'd LOVE to hear your questions on Joseph Smith and...and see, yes, God IS the same yesterday today and forever so there MUST be modern day prophets....and no sir, I do not have 7 mothers....and no we don't believe that angels created Adam and Eve or that Lucifer is the one that put the sign of Christs birth, the star, in the sky, but we sure will help you out on your farm any day of the week! just give us a call......." wait WHAT.
If anything I learned to rely on my testimony of feeling the Spirit. We can talk ALL DAY LONG about verses, he said, she said, I learned, you learned, this is right, but it all comes down to if they are WILLING to open their hear to the Spirit. That is what truly teaches us.
Had an awesome lesson with a new YSA investigator we found. I knew a country song she was singing and she freaked out "you can LISTEN to that stuff?" not on the mission but at home....
"oh, I thought it was only Christian music, ever. But I still LOVE Christian music, so uplifting, brings the spirit"
No way! really? that's awesome, we LOVE Christian music.
"yeah yeah, like Backstreet Boys, Maroon 5, and ZZ Top! ZZ Top's my favorite."
Oh........................so like not Hilary Weeks? or.....?
Lastly ended with an awesome lesson with Cathy. New investigator, referral from the Elders, brain surgery lady? did I tell you about her?
Well go over with the RS President.
Teach Plan of Salvation because all of her questions were about that and trying to encorporate the Resotration was just not.working. so we flipped.
AMAZING. she knew like EVERY.THING. cause she LOVES "spiritual" books and has basically read everything there is to know about Heaven. down to 'I know there is a spiritual and a physical death, I just can't quite figure out how they are connected....." #winning #resurrection #atonement
So its going like so well, we're like cool, baptism invite.
Oh no. I can't get in water. No, no no can't.get.in.water.
Ok *blah blah details*
And then she presents us with this dialogue. Straight faced. that is highly unexpected and borderline, this is either like SUPER dry humor and you're hilarious.....or................its not.
"Well, I know I've needed to get baptized I've been feeling that for some time. I was thinking I'm just going to get my bottle out of my garage...oh what is I called. Sprite? no...GINGERALE. yes my ginger ale bottle...fill it up with some water...I'll have to go to the park really early in the morning like 6 or 7 or some people might think i'm strange....and you know. just dump it on myself...baptize myself...I mean i'd say in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost....I mean I know I won't feel anything, it won't really do anything....but I need to be baptized."
........................
oh.
Ok.....well SO many things we need to address in that monologue but we actually have to go so we are going to leave all of these crazy ideas unaddressed............and briefly emphasize authority....but we'll cross that bridge when it comes.
PRAYERS.
LOVE YOU ALL!
Missions are the greatest.
Amen.
LOVE
SISTER MURRAY
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