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Hey
hey hey! How was your Thanksgiving? I thought my thanksgiving wouldn't
be a real thanksgiving but it actually was. I'll tell you about it
later.
Last week we got to go to the temple! Enjoy the
picture of just me... Sister de Leon and I have no friends to take a
picture of the both of us! But that's okay, we've accepted that...
parang wa pakels sila sa amin. Anyway, the temple is the best. I'm so
happy we got to go.
Then, we had mission tour! Elder Echo Hawk from the
70 and his wife came and spoke with us for almost the whole day and it
was an awesome experience. Those two have such strong faith. Sister Echo
Hawk also told us a lot of stories of what happened to the missionaries
in Tacloban. It's so crazy. But all 204 of them were safe, even though
no one knew where they were for a time. Elder Echo Hawk also told us a
really inspiring story about how he was blessed to observe Elder
Christofferson in the process of receiving revelation for where
missionaries are to serve. He said there were two television screens,
one with a profile of the future missionary and one with a map of the
word. Then Elder Christofferson would ponder and choose, completely by
revelation. He said there was one time that a future elder popped up on
the screen that had it all. Leadership experience, excellent grades,
everything. Elder Echo Hawk was sure that he would be called to the
hardest mission in the world, wherever that is, because he was obviously
so talented. He was called to Iowa. Elder Echo Hawk thought, "I'm sure
that's not the hardest mission in the world..." Then Elder
Christofferson paused, as if to question the assignment, then said,
"When this future elder receives his call, he will be disappointed. But
he will accept the call and serve a very successful mission. He will be
an instrument in the hands of the Lord in converting someone that will
be a great asset to the Church in these latter days." BAM! It was an
awesome testimony builder to me that we are called to serve in specific
areas, not because we're super talented or because we aren't, but
because the Lord has prepared specific people that He knows we, with our
specific talents and personalities, can help. Awesome.
Anyway, that was thanksgiving day. We had a huge
lunch with TONS of food. Then, surprise, the mission leadership (The
sister trainer leaders and zone leaders) are invited to a secret meeting
with Elder Echo Hawk at the mission home afterward. It was a mind
blowingly spiritual experience. He told us tons of secrets about things
that are going to happen and specifically said, "This doesn't leave this
room." Hah. It was awesome. Then, we ate thanksgiving dinner with Echo
Hawks and the Stuckis. And it was real thanksgiving dinner. I ate mashed
potatoes and stuffing and turkey and ham and green bean casserole and
olives and it was crazy. It was also hilarious to see my philipinos
tasting American food and being freaked out by it. Because usually it's
the other way around. But I didn't get any pictures because it was a
secret meeting and even I didn't see it coming.
I wanted to share another blessing. Sometimes, as a
leader in the mission, most missionaries are afraid of you because they
know the Stuckis are just a text away and they think if they mess up in
front of us they will get in trouble. So, sometimes they aren't too
excited when we tell them we will be doing exchanges with them. But, the
other day we saw two sisters that are both really new in the mission,
one just finished her training and is now training the other. We had a
really awesome exchange with them and they are great missionaries. But
when we saw them, they said, "We have something we need to tell you."
And they were so serious and we were nervous. But then the trainer went
on a huge tangent about how they applied all the things they learned
from us in their work over the last week and had the best week on their
missions and experienced so many miracles and then, with tear filled
eyes, sincerely thanked us for our time and willingness to go on
exchanges with them. It was so great because we had the opportunity to
see the fruits of our efforts and to learn from their amazing example of
gratitude. That's all.
This week was also a great week of work! One day we
were walking down a street that we used to go to all the time but since
we moved houses, we don't. They we saw a man with an adorable baby so of
course we talked to him. Instantly he said, "Are you Mormons?" YES WE
ARE! Then he said, "Follow me." We were super confused but we followed
him. He led us to a small home and he beckoned the inhabitant. A young
woman, probably in her 30s, answered the door. Her face lit up with joy
when she saw us. She said, "Pasok kayo!!!" emphatically. we had no idea
what was going on but we entered her home. She then explained to us that
missionaries had taught her mother 3 years ago and she kept thinking
about that for some reason so has been praying that the missionaries
would come back. Then she asked her friend, the man I mentioned earlier,
to bring the mormon missionaries to her if he ever found them. BOOM.
She came to church the next sunday and will be baptized in January. The
Lord totally prepared her for us, we barely did any work to find her.
Then, another day, we were beckoned by a man that looked a little
drunken, so we didn't stop to talk to him. (I hate to say, but we have
to be a little picky with who we talk to because there are a lot of
drunken men that beckon us daily...) But then we walked a little way,
then we both stopped. We had to talk to him. So we went back. Turns out
he's a member that hasn't gone to church in ten years but has wanted to
return lately but didn't know where the church was here. So we told him.
He came to church the next day. It was awesome. That's all, I know if
we are obedient and work hard, the Lord will literally place people in
our paths who are ready for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I hope you are all well. This was a super long email. Enjoy.
Sister Mecham
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