I have learned a lot about the atonement in the last few
days. Yes, I am called and set apart to represent Jesus Christ. I am here to
act in Gods name and tell people about the restoration of the gospel and help
others come unto Christ with baptism by immersion and receiving the gift of the
holy ghost. My calling is powerful and great. I am called to preach repentance
and to call those who need it to repentance.
I am also a 19 year old young adult who has had little to
no life experience and still makes dumb decisions. I am a missionary for the
church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I am not perfect.
People hold missionaries to a higher standard. We are expected
to be better and be held on a "higher plane" and I completely
understand that. I know that happens whether I like it or not. I wear Jesus'
name on my chest every day, and I need to act in accordance with that. But
something people sometimes don't understand is that I am still human.
I will still mess up. Don't judge missionaries too
harshly when they mess up. They're still people, just people with a different
lifestyle and calling in life than you. I still do stupid, immature things as a
missionary. I shouldn't, but I do.
I have learned and am still learning to repent quickly
and easily. I use the atonement so much in my daily life. The biggest thing I
have learned on my mission is exactly how powerful the atonement of Jesus
Christ is and what is covers. It covers EVERYTHING. If you're sad, depressed,
lonely, upset, angry, hurt, judged, anything, the atonement takes care of it.
You just have to be the one to give it to Him. You have to be the one to get on
your knees and ask him for help. You also have to be the one to forgive
yourself. That's what I struggle with the most. I am still working on it.
I will always make mistakes. But with the atonement, I
can erase those mistakes and be better all the time. When I was baptized I made
that covenant that I would take on Christ's name always. I also promised to
keep a remission of my sins, which means to stay as clean as I can.
Repentance, the Holy Ghost, and taking the sacrament
makes that remission possible. That is why baptism is so important. I love this
gospel.
This week went by pretty quickly, we had a lot of lessons
with some less actives. We did have a lesson with a recent convert named Lela,
she was baptized in April of this year. It is so interesting to see someone who
hasn't been a member their whole life grow so much in just a few short weeks.
We are teaching her the new member lessons, and she agrees with everything. She
loves it. She loves the church and is so excited for callings. She is 69 and is
so glad she found the church in her lifetime. I love her already.
Our mission is making a big push towards family history.
We are trying new door approaches and introducing how we can help people do
their own family history. The church came out with new pamphlets for the
missionaries to teach from involving family history and temple work.
People may not always be interested in the church, but
they are interested in their own family and ancestors. I'll let you know how it
goes. I'm excited, I've never really gotten involved in family history before. The
hype is real right now though, I wanna get home and do the temple work for my
own ancestors. Missions only make you want to be better.
Sister Wall and I have a lot in common. We could talk for
hours about anime and music and movies. Our current topic is Korean soap
operas. A few days ago we talked about Nacho libre. I don't think I'll ever get
bored of Sister Wall. She has so many facial expressions for everything and she
is hilarious.
Also I got a haircut this week.
We had a great lesson on Saturday with one our
investigators, her name is Danielle. She's been taught by the missionaries for
a very long time. She is on date for baptism, and we wants to be baptized in
July.
Hopefully that happens. We went over the requirements for
being baptized and she straight up said she will do all we ask her and more.
Ok yes. That was amazing. Her husband Chad is a less
active and is coming back to activity. Danielle desperately wants to be married
and sealed in the temple to him. Definitely a worthy goal.
That's about it for this week. Prayers are appreciated
always. I love you all so very much.
Talk to you l8r!
Love,
Sister Ginn
1. Me and sister Watson, I started my mission with her in
citrus heights and it was good to see her again 2. Elder Forson and Elder
Hébert, both from the south 3. The old Lincoln crew #lincolnswag 4. Elder
Willis and I, he was my first district leader ever and he goes home in three
weeks 5. our companionship in a picture
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