Sister Rebecca Hodgson: Week 46- just listen! its so not about us :)

Holy cow, another week gone by. How does that keep happening?! And

this week was truly a week of miracles. Haha we're exhausted but it's

the best kind of exhausted you can be!! ( Note- She found her initials in the cement she did not make them :) )

So to start off, were gona take it back a few weeks to zone

conference. One of the big themes of zone conference was listening. So

many times, our instinct is to just jump in and start teaching people

and inviting them to do things and such. Which is cool and all but the

assistants gave a huge discussion on why we listen and how important

it is. ..so much of what they say is golden!.... but how

often do we miss that because we hear something they say and just jump

over things and start talking….out of love and excitement…..anyway

So this week was transfers so we were a little busy for the first part

of the week with everything for that. Always fun, sad busy and different!

So Sister Freeman and I have been studying diligence a lot lately and holy cow things happen. So Thursday was weekly planning....normally the toughest day of the week for me because we sit and plan and schedule everything for the next 10 days. And you know how much I've always loved planning. Haha but hen you add on top of that, not going out to work for those hours that we plan and it's torture. But we know it's important, so

we've been praying that we can be more diligent and effective in these

planing sessions. And wow oh wow it was probably the best weekly

planning session we've ever had! Ever. We focused 100% on the people.

What they need and how we can help them. We thought about them, prayed for them, and truly loved them. We saw where they are now, where they came from and where we hope they will come to be. We talked about how to do our part to help get them there. Then the

rest of the week, we put the plans in play and went to work. We saw

miracle after miracle and everything we had prayed about and planned

for seemed to be coming to pass. It just shows that it's the Lord's

work and when we do it His way, it's a whole lot easier for things to

happen.

So just a few of these miracles...first was the F family. They have been struggling and we have tried our ideas and our plans but this week we've

been focusing on listening, we truly have just been sitting and asking

questions, trying to figure out what they need .

We felt super prompted to show them a video that seemed to

fit right with their needs. Holy cow, the Spirit was super strong and

I just felt so much overwhelming love for them. The

Spirit was able to touch them and I literally saw a change in them.

And guess what. THEY CAME TO CHURCH!!!! WHATTT

They had the chance to partake of the sacrament for

the first time in 4 years. Gosh this work is amazing.

Also, Randy. Ohh R. He's just the best. He has been becoming much

for comfortable with us and really opening up…we have tried to listen better and we have been better directed to know what he needs and how to serve him….he is doing the goals he is helping set.

Last one I promise...soooo J. She had visited with Missionaries before and was working to be baptized. Then she put on the brakes and had not been back. We tracted into her last month and have never been able to meet with her……..we finally got an aptt with her !!

Our original plan was to go in and teach the restoration. But guess what we did...yep, we listened. Haha we asked questions, hi-lighted principles of the gospel, and through that, the restoration was taught once again and

she bore her testimony on the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

She's read it and knows it has changed her life. She talked about her

concerns, why she didn't go through with baptism last time. She said

she felt like she was doing it for other people and she wanted to make

sure she's is ready and that she's doing it for herself. And now, 12

years later, she seems to be ready.

The miracles this week just kept coming. We worked hard, it was sunny

this week so we were out walking everywhere and talking to people. We

walked over 6 miles a day for a few days this week, got super

sunburned and now have holes in our shoes, but no one cares 'cause

this gospel is true! My testimony of this work was strengthened

tremendously this week. This work is truly not about us. The minute we