Sunday was a lot of fun. We got to teach the beehive class the plan of salvation. It was so fun. I may have traumatized one of the poor girls but I think she'll recover... I'll come back to that in a second. So first off we decided to go about it a little differently than what we normally teach for plan of Salvation. Instead of talking about the what (pre-earth life, the creation, earth life, etc.) We dove deep into the why. It was really cool as we saw each of the girls have something click. My favorite was when we explained how God wanted us all to be comfortable so we were to be judged based off our heart and intents and how nobody would be "burning in hell" we gave the analogy of standing on a stage in dirty clothes in front of thousands of people and we asked if they would feel comfortable. Of course they said no so then we asked "would you be comfortable standing in front of God if you hadn't tried your hardest?" One of the girls gasped and went Ohhh! It was so great. I hope that sticks with her. Now back to the poor traumatized girl. I really wanted to emphasize agency and how we had the ability to choose our end result for ourselves. I had a girl come up to the board and told her to write the word Atonement. I told her no matter what write the word Atonement. She writes the A and then I grab her hand and make her write the word agency. The whole class was giggling as they didn't know what to think and then we talked about what happened. I loved seeing the little lights turn on as the each grasped at different concepts. It was so fun! I love working with teens.
So this past week doesn't really have anything else to share as it was a total fall through week. Literally all but one of our numerous set lessons cancelled or no showed. The one lesson we had that didn't cancel was mayhem. I've never struggled so hard to keep kids focused. It was a humbling and big learning experience. We've been trying to teach some young children who haven't been baptized even though their mum is a member. After trying our hardest the only success we saw was the 5 year old let me help her pray. It was crazy but I'm stubborn and I don't give up. :)
Only other update I can think to share is Sister Combs and I are both staying in Kitsap Lake. So address is the same for at least another 6 weeks :)
One last thing. I was reading in preach my gospel and studying the "Effective Studies" chapter and had some really cool thoughts that apply to missionaries and everyone alike. As I was reading about how we need to study it out before we ask God sometimes I thought of the story of the Brother of Jared starting in Ether 2:18 (I think) and going all the way through Ether 3:19. I don't have the time to go to deep but I'd encourage you to read it and think about what it means to our personal scripture studies. Then email me your thoughts and I'll share more of mine.
I hope you all have a great week. I've got to get back to work! Love you all! (Monday holidays are the worst because then we have to take time out of Tuesdays)
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