Hello everyone! Hope you all had an awesome week! I don't have a ton to update on, but I'm jumping into the work here in Silver Valley B. Sister Bowman and I are trying to work super hard to prove that greenie missionaries are 100% capable without trainers! We've been constantly tracting, contacting, and doing other finding methods to try and find others to teach. Its been awesome so far because we both have the same excitement and drive for missionary work. Also on July 12th I hit my two months! So crazy how time flies. I love being a missionary!
Things to know:
Silver Valley B is so beautiful, and just as awesome as Silver Valley A. My last area was the west side of the valley, and my new one is on the east side. The only hard thing is that the apartment is at the front end of the valley, and so we have to drive 15 minutes just to get into our area. There's not as many friends being taught, but Sister Bowman and Sister Bachman put a friend named Sharee on date! She is a single mom of 3, and one is a brand new baby! And we are also hoping to put one of our friends named John on date soon. The new sister that came into our apartment to be with Sister Wilson is named Sister Sprehn and she is from Denmark! She is so cute and so awesome. We all have so much fun together. And I love being companions with Sister Bowman, we have the same humor so it's a blast. We definitely have to rely on the spirit tho since we are both still super new!
Stories of the week:
While out in one of the cities in my area called Wallace, Sister Bowman and I were getting dinner at a restaurant and ran into some members from Utah! They asked to pay for our dinner and they sat with us to eat and it was so fun. I guess you can still get spoiled as an Idaho missionary! Haha!
Also its super smoky here from all the fires here and in the West coast. A bunch of accidents on the freeway have happened these last 3 weeks, and like 3 semi trucks have overheated and exploded. Its so crazy!
Spiritual thought:
This week my spiritual thought is on being responsible. Sometimes its really easy to make excuses, especially in missionary work. But I have learned this last week that you can either make excuses, or you can be responsible for your mistakes and do better next time. Satan is the one who wants you to make excuses, point fingers at others, and deflect responsibility. A BYU speech called be 100% responsible talks about this:
"When Satan tempts a person to avoid responsibility, that person subtly surrenders their agency because the person is no longer in control or “acting.” Instead they become an object who is being acted upon, and Satan cleverly begins to control their life".
Don't let Satan gain control of you! Take responsibility for your actions, repent, and change! Making excuses will only make you more miserable. I have seen the Lord hand work miracles as we turn to Him with full responsibility. So I challenge you to be responsible this week and see what great changes and blessings it will bring!
I love you all so much!! I pray for you all and hope you have a great week and a great 24th of July this weekend!
Lots of love,
Sister Dickson
My cute new comp Sis Bowman!
Last day with Sis Wis as my comp:(
Saw a sign with my sisters name!
"Goodbye" to Amy (I will see her at church still haha)
Dinner!
Hehe don't worry we didn't knock
Pickleball
