Sister McKay Dickson: Week 26: Silver Valley part 2?!

Hellooooo! Wow. This was probably one of the best weeks of my mission so far. It was so awesome & miracle filled!!!! Lemme tell you about it:

Things to know:

-Zone Conference was this week in Hayden and it was amazinggg! It was with half the mission so I got to see all my old friends that I served in Idaho with.

-My companion sang at ZC and we got to go up and do exchanges in Timberlake (an area in Hayden, my old zone!) the night before so she could practice with a missionary who plays the piano! It was so fun to be w/ Sister Lind, & we found some new friends!

-We got permission from the AP's to get to go through the temple with two preparing Sister missionaries in our ward!!! I wish I could write my whole experience, but just know that God's love is so real, and I have never felt it more than I did yesterday.

-Lost my wallet...oops. But God is good and answered my prayers: someone nice found it outside and didn't even steal it! #blessed

Story of the week:

-Since we were in ZC in Hayden, we contacted some old friends in the Silver Valley and got to GO BACK to where I was born (missionary slang for your first area) to film some conversion stories for tech!! It was seriously the best day ever to go back and see my old friends, and cool to go back with Sister Archibald since her and I taught some of the same people! One of the people I got to see again was Kendra! Not sure if any of you remember her, but she was someone that started meeting with the sisters after I came to the dentist, and she got baptized a couple weeks ago!!! We filmed her story, and she told me that she was so grateful I met her that day, and she said that my light led her to join the church. I am SO thankful the Lord places us in people's paths, and that even our example can influence them. I am so so grateful I got to meet Kendra and that I've been able to truly see lives like hers change from coming to know Jesus Christ. I wish I got to be at her baptism, but getting to see her again and hearing her share her story was the best experience.

Spiritual Thought:

My thought this week comes from Zone Conference. I honestly had still been struggling with some things these last few weeks, and our mission president shared that "If a missionary is struggling, its because they are focused too much on themselves". The Spirit smacked me right in the face, but it was awesome because I had been needing to hear that!!! I was able to have a huge change of heart and recognize that I needed to be more focused on making my weaknesses strong through Christ, than letting them discourage me. I am so grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ to help me change and learn how to truly forget myself and go to work. I am forever grateful for the growth I've already seen on my mission, it was the best decision I could have made to serve! I wasn't going to share this because I was worried about others opinions, but I'm learning to care more about what God thinks of me than what others do. Plus (spoiler alert!) its a good reminder that no one is perfect, even missionaries ;)

Anywayyy sorry I haven't responded to any messages yet, my p-day didn't start until 1 today! I hope you all have a good week, don't forget to say your prayers and tell your parents you love them!!

Love ya heaps!

Sister Diggy :)