It's amazing how fast things change on a mission. One week you have an active teaching pool with lots of investigators. The next week, you have none. It's been one of those weeks. It was a week full of investigators dropping us, flaming us, or us having to drop them because they keep flaming us. We suddenly find ourselves with 3 investigators, but after interviews with our district leader, we'll probably have to drop one of them. Another of the few remaining sent us a text message on Sunday that said his wife is threatening their marriage in response to meeting with us (we're definitely praying for them). Yup. one of those weeks. It's a bit frustrating--okay, maybe a little more than a bit--but we're keeping our chins up. I'm definitely learning that everyone has their agency to choose and that really is a gift. SO, in response to my lack of control, I decided to completely erase our area white board and re-do the entire thing. It looks fantastic, thank you for asking. Goodness, I never felt so OCD before my mission! haha. Anyway, the point is, things will pick up. The disappointing weeks are just so we can appreciate better the times when things are good. And now we have cleared the board to make room for those awesome people in Chardon who are searching and ready! :) Unfortunately that means we are in finding mode here. Gotta love tracting in the cold rain... haha.
In other news, we had stake conference this week and it was fantastic! Completely awesome and inspiring. All the missionaries sang at the beginning. We sang the Ohio Cleveland Mission song (which is army of helaman with the words changed) and it was powerful. There may have been a dry eye in the audience, but I didn't see it. Then the youth 16+ came and sang the first verse of Called to Serve and then we joined in on the second verse. It was powerful times two. When I was singing the OCM song to the hundreds of people there, it hit me yet again that I am actually a missionary. It's still pretty mind-blowing. 4 months out and it still doesn't completely feel real. Maybe someday before next Christmas it will feel like it, haha. I make no promises though.
Oh, I had an epiphany yesterday! I was driving through Windsor Ohio last night (FYI, there is NOTHING in Windsor, Ohio. It's one of those towns that is only a town because it has an intersection and a bar on the corner haha. No wait, I shouldn't be laughing about that) and I suddenly realized, I'm related to Dad! I have an internal sense of direction! I can drive places and know what direction I am going and figure out how to get back. Last night I turned down a street and Sister Debenham asked if I wanted her to get out the map and I just said I'd figure out how to get back: now is that something a Maughan would say or what?! Yes yes, I was proud. Even more proud when I actually did get us back without the map haha. Also, after district meeting we went to Chipotle and the song Godzilla was on. I then spent the next few minutes discussing with Elder Judd what it meant that "history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man..." Oh man, I'm a Maughan.
Thanks so much for the package! I absolutely LOVE the pictures of the boys! I really do show the pictures off to everyone, haha. C'mon now, you can't blame me! Besides, now I have 3-5 girls who are interested in dating each of my brothers hahaha.
Well, love you all!
Til next week,
Sister Maughan
In other news, we had stake conference this week and it was fantastic! Completely awesome and inspiring. All the missionaries sang at the beginning. We sang the Ohio Cleveland Mission song (which is army of helaman with the words changed) and it was powerful. There may have been a dry eye in the audience, but I didn't see it. Then the youth 16+ came and sang the first verse of Called to Serve and then we joined in on the second verse. It was powerful times two. When I was singing the OCM song to the hundreds of people there, it hit me yet again that I am actually a missionary. It's still pretty mind-blowing. 4 months out and it still doesn't completely feel real. Maybe someday before next Christmas it will feel like it, haha. I make no promises though.
Oh, I had an epiphany yesterday! I was driving through Windsor Ohio last night (FYI, there is NOTHING in Windsor, Ohio. It's one of those towns that is only a town because it has an intersection and a bar on the corner haha. No wait, I shouldn't be laughing about that) and I suddenly realized, I'm related to Dad! I have an internal sense of direction! I can drive places and know what direction I am going and figure out how to get back. Last night I turned down a street and Sister Debenham asked if I wanted her to get out the map and I just said I'd figure out how to get back: now is that something a Maughan would say or what?! Yes yes, I was proud. Even more proud when I actually did get us back without the map haha. Also, after district meeting we went to Chipotle and the song Godzilla was on. I then spent the next few minutes discussing with Elder Judd what it meant that "history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man..." Oh man, I'm a Maughan.
Thanks so much for the package! I absolutely LOVE the pictures of the boys! I really do show the pictures off to everyone, haha. C'mon now, you can't blame me! Besides, now I have 3-5 girls who are interested in dating each of my brothers hahaha.
Well, love you all!
Til next week,
Sister Maughan
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