Sister McKay Dickson: Week 43: Get screamed at

Heyoo this was a good week! Hope everyone can say the same. I know I say this all the time, but man time is flying by. I've been a missionary for exactly 300 days now. But who's counting?! Anyway:

Things to know:

- Our friend Terry is getting baptized this Saturday!! She is on track for it and so excited, and so are we

- Maggie quit smoking!!! She gave up her cigarettes which is a huge step, so please pray she will be able to stay clean for March 19th (Ken will not be getting baptized with her sadly, he is not on track)

- Had exchanges with Sister Evans and it was legit. She is so awesome! Ngl I came out with a group of the most baller sisters

- We had 6 friends come to church! I was so happy because we have been struggling to get people to come to church lol

- If anyone remembers my dear friend Michelle (she is an inactive member I met the last time I was in North), we started teaching her 19 year old son this week! She has been progressing super well and when her son (Skyler) showed interest she said how excited she was to share the gospel with him! So happy :))

Stories of the week:

- One of our new friends Suzy came to church this week. We knocked her door this last week and at first she wasn't interested, but then she opened up about how she has no joy in her life. We testified of the joy Jesus Christ and His gospel have brought us, and told her that this is what she has been missing. After our first lesson with her she said "Where was this 10 years ago?!". She is so amazing!

- Oh yeah so yesterday was the first time I've ever gotten screamed at haha. I didn't realize other missionaries get cussed out on the regular?! Because I was honestly just so caught off guard that I started crying lol. She was mad we knocked on her door 3 times at that time of day (it was only 5 pm on a Sunday ha) and told us some very not nice things. We told her to have a nice day in reply, and she slammed the door and told us to get some *beep* manners. Kinda ironic if you ask me... Some guy was doordashing a couple doors down and said "Dang some people are awful to ya'll. Hope ya'll have a good day". I hope it was inspired for the lady to yell at us so that mans will be curious about the gospel now haha. Anyway I probably sound like a baby haha but I was just not prepared for that. I think I was also tired lol. Mad respect to all the Elders because I'm pretty sure they get yelled at a lot more often than sisters do.

Spiritual thought:

This week I learned a lot of lessons on God's timing and His will. If it is according to His will, it will happen! We just have to be willing to trust Him. Here are some good quotes about trusting that stuck with me:

"God won't lead you, to leave you"

"Trust in Him, even if His answer is to wait"

"What if = fear/

Even if = faith"

God knows all, and He knows exactly what you need.

That's all. Life is good

Luv ya

- Me