Sister McKay Dickson: Week 59: Go, Go, Go!

This week my mission changed. It finally hit me what it means to give my whole self to God. After that it was the best, most tiring week ever. AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND! I have seriously never felt more purposeful, and I am thriving with Sister Lundell! It is so awesome to have a companion with the same drive and desire to do missionary work! We have seen so many miracles together already, and found a lot of new friends this week as we were on the grind!

Things to know:

- This week we had MLC! It was seriously one of the most spiritual meetings I have been to, and honestly because of it that was the day mission changed. I received answers to ALL of the things I had been struggling with lately, because I was truly seeking and open to what the spirit had to tell me during the meeting. It was so good.

- We had Interviews on Friday and they went super great, President talked with Sister Lundell and I and how its been being over 5 companionships of sisters. He said we are kind of the trial run for some changes that were made in the new handbook where STL'S are supposed to be over 3-5 companionships (as opposed to just 2)!

- We also gave trainings to all of our sisters and planned a doctrine/training for our zone council this week and lemme tell ya it was a lot of planning and stress but it went so good!

- After interviews we had exchanges with the grangeville sisters! I got to go with my old comp Sister Bowman and it was SO FUN :)) I honestly was so happy to be back with her, and it was so cool to see the growth the both of us have made in the last year. Love you Sis Bowie!!!

- We went out with Caroline Gibbs and it was so fun because she got set apart yesterday and starts MTC this week!

- We made 12 new this week and it was so awesome! A lot of them were people who were previously taught my missionaries so that was cool. It was fun to just talk to everyone and have no fear of any of them!

- A quick humble brag: We also had a meeting with President Perez (2nd counselor in the mission presidency) and he told us that he talked with President about how impressed he was with our zone and President said because of how well the work is going here in Lewiston that he has only been sending the best here!

Stories of the week:

- So one of the people we made new was super cool. We saw he was previously taught and so we decided to call him! Sister Lundell turns to me in the middle of the call and goes "I'm going to put him on date"! And what did she do?! Put him on date for August 20th! It was so awesome.

- Another friend we made new named Justin King we met last night while doing comp study at a park. He was walking by with his headphones in so I was just going to let him walk by but the spirit told me to say hello. So I waved at him and he literally stopped walking and took his headphones out! So cool because usually people just keep walking! Anyway, we talked with him and he said he was searching for truth and was down to meet with us again this week!

Spiritual Thought:

- So what I have been struggling with lately is feeling like God has been asking me to give up parts of my personality that I didn't want to, and I was trying to hold on for dear life to them hahaha. I realized that that is exactly what God is asking me to do! He wants me to give my whole self to Him and He will help me become even better than I am right now. I am excited to just change even more and become who God wants me to be! Quote that I've heard sooo many times but it hit different this week:

"I don’t want … your time … [or] your money … [or] your work [as much as] I [just] want You. [That tree you are pruning.] I don’t want to cut off a branch here and a branch there, I want … the whole [thing] down. [And that tooth.] I don’t want to drill [it], or crown it, or [fill] it. [I want] to have it out. [In fact, I want you to] hand over [to me your] whole natural self. … [And] I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my … will shall become [your will].” - Elder Holland

Moral of the story don't be afraid of change. Change is good.

God is good.

& Life is so good

Love,

Sis Diggy

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