Sister McKay Dickson: Week 53: Un Año!

Hello all! This was a fun miracle-filled week, and I just had to say I absolutely love this work :)) Hope you're all doing well too!!

Things to know:

- Our friend William wants to get baptized on the 28th and we saw a huge miracle with him! We had a phone call lesson on Friday to tell him he had to give up chewing tobacco and drinking coffee and we showed up for a lesson Saturday and He had all of his stuff ready in a bag to give to us. He even gave us his whole coffee pot! He said he was scared but he knew he could do it, because He has Jesus Christ!

William is making so much effort and it is so amazing! May 28th here we come!!

- Hit one year! Yes I know I'm not an hermana and my title was in Spanish, but a Sister can dream alright? Nah I'm kidding everything just sounds cooler in Spanish haha. I thought it would feel different hitting a year, but its like a birthday for me: it feels the same. I will say tho it is very bittersweet thinking about being at a year! It feels like just yesterday that I started, and I don't want it to keep going by so fast. But I also absolutely love being a missionary! And I think that was the best part about being at a year; just seeing the growth I've made this past year and how I've learned to rely on Jesus Christ and know who I am because of Him!

- Had interviews with President this week and it went really well. He gave me some great counsel and told me some very kind things about how much he trusts me. He always tells me I'm like a daughter he never had and I just: I love my President!

- We had 5 friends come to church and it was awesome! Saw a huge miracle with being persistent in inviting a friend Jon and getting him a ride. He told us that this was the first time he has felt the spirit at church!!! We were so happy. Saw another miracle with one of our members inviting his nonmember friend Ralph. He came up and asked us a bunch of questions about our church, and we ended up teaching him for all of second hour! We made him a new and have another lesson this week now!

- Had an amazing MLC and it was fun to be back since my 3rd transfer. We talked about some amazing new things we want to implement in the mission, and I got to see some old friends! Always a good time.

- Saw some gorgeous sunsets and a double rainbow that just reminded me how much God is aware of me, because I was praying for lots of miracles this week and it was almost like they were some mini ones just for me.

Stories of the week:

- Watched President Nelson's awesome youth devotional last night and he said some pretty legendary quotes I thought I would share: "I stopped buying green bananas" and "The ultimate FOMO would be missing out on the celestial kingdom". I love our prophet so much. If you want to know the context of the quotes, you'll have to watch to find out! You won't regret it!

- We were teaching someone we made new last week and she was telling us about how she believes in "icons" in her church. She then pointed to a shrine of Jesus and crosses in the corner of her house and proceeded to recite a prayer from her prayer book. All of a sudden she lunged towards the table in the middle of the prayer, totally catching Sister Hart and I off guard. I will be honest, I had to hold back some major laughs after the lunge because it reminded me of Nacho Libre. I told her "yeah we don't worship idols in our church" lol, and she wasn't very happy. Apparently there's a big difference between icons and idols? But ig I have yet to learn or understand how haha. Oh well. All I can say is I'm grateful our church believes in honoring Christ's name by our actions!

Spiritual thought:

- This week as I was reflecting on all I have learned in the past year, I was thinking about one major thing I have learned and that is to trust the Lord wholeheartedly. I used to have a lot of doubts, but now I am grateful for the faith that I have grown in my Savior Jesus Christ. I know that whatever He needs me to do will be better than what I want to do, and that His plan is perfect. I know that whatever I go through will only be for my benefit, which helps me see light at the end of the tunnel when it seems all hope is lost. I couldn't have learned to trust Him if it weren't for the hard times, and I am truly grateful for the struggles I have endured to help me better rely on my Savior. It has truly been a year of ups and downs, but I am glad to know now that I haven't been alone any step of the way. I am beyond grateful to know Jesus is my Savior, and I hope you can come to know this too. It has brought me more confidence, peace, happiness, purpose, and love. And who couldn't use more of those?! Praying for you always, and please ever let me know if I can help with any doubts or questions, because I will never EVER judge you! I simply want to help because I love you, and answering concerns is like my number one job rn ;)

I love ya'll!

Go expect miracles this week

Big or small,

Because He is waiting to give them to you!

- Sis Diggy

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