Choosing to be Happy and Enthusiastic! Week 31

Alrighty, 

This week was crazy. I've been working specifically on being happier. I realized that I've got everything I need to be happy - so why not be happy? :) It's been pretty sweet. The MoBat has been swamped this past little bit, too. We had almost 900 people come thru on Saturday. That's insane! 

Well, I've had a great week but I never know what to write about. We had interviews with President yesterday. That was pretty sweet. I need to start having questions so I can talk to him about them, though. I never know what to ask so it's always a super short interview. Like. 4 minutes. The rest are like 12-20 minutes. XD Oh well.

We had a short lesson with this lady that wasn't all the way there. She was so sweet though and after we finished our short lesson she thanked us so much and gave us hugs and  just looked so happy. I love being able to bring that happiness to people. I mean, everyone can do that, but I just get to do so with random strangers. :)

I feel like I always need to re-learn to not judge people by their appearance. It's always the big tough guys with the tattoos that look angry or busy that actually take time to listen to us and let us come back and visit with their family. Little miracles. :)

Sweetwater Zone

So I had a sweet experience, and it's going to be my story for the week. So on Thursday I was working specifically in the Battalion on being more enthusiastic in my tours/fluctuating my voice. I kinda tend to be monotone whenever I speak, as you all probably already know! So I tried something different. It was painful. It felt weird for me. It was uncomfortable too. But I tried putting more intonation into my voice and changing it up and stuff. And guess what? Someone on my tour filled out a card at the end, requested to hear more, and in her comments on the card said something like "'the hostess was very enthusiastic." So basically when we try to do better, we get better results. Crazy how that works, huh? XD It seems like common sense. But it's a hard principle to learn! Anyway. It was sweet. :)

In my scripture study I read a sweet verse in Deuteronomy that talked about how the children of Israel, in their journey in the wilderness for 40 years, were being tried by God, to see if they'd be faithful. Sometimes I feel like I'm wandering in the desert. I don't always feel the Spirit. I don't always feel that burning in my heart. Most of the time I just have to hold on to what I know I've felt in the past. If we felt it all the time it wouldn't require faith! Anyway. I love when the Scriptures come to life for me. :) I love you all!! :D

Oh hey I have a question. How has the gospel blessed your life? :)

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Oh yeah, and Ammon is pretty awesome. I read a sweet talk that talked about him. If he had let the memory of his past sins stop him from moving on, he never would have been able to bring thousands of the Lamanites to the knowledge of their Savior and Redeemer. If he had said, "Oh, I'm too old to go on a mission, I should've gone back when I was younger," those thousands of Lamanites would've remained en oscuridad. :( It's never too late. :)

--Hermana Harris