So another week has come and gone! where does the time go!? Weeks feel like days for sure and some days DEFINITELY feel like weeks! The whole mission time warp is pretty crazy i wont lie, but this is something i'll never get to experience again so i might as well enjoy it right? :)
This week i thought id tell you about what my average day is like as a missionary :) Just cause... i wanna talk about that :) haha So first of all being a Mormon Battalion Sister is very unique i'd say. All the teaching we have to do, has got to be done in 1/2 the time cause we are at the MoBat pratically everyday. So how it works is we have either a 9-3 shift or a 3-9 shift at the MoBat, and then the other 1/2 of the time is spent out teaching people. When we are at the MoBat we are talking to HUNDREDS of people every day!! i LOVE it!! Taking people on tours is so awesome and every tour is different, and if you really take the time to KNOW these people, you are able to teach them just like you would any other investigator :) Its so neat to see the way that missionary work can come about! This is definitely the Lords work and he is going to spread it through every means possible, and one of those ways is at the Mormon Battalion :) So far i've had some of my most spritual moments there teaching people in the tour :)
So the other half of our day is spent teaching :) i absolutely LOVE the people in my ward and the people that i'm teaching <3 hahaha and EVERYONE here FEEDS US!! I mean.. i'm not complaining at all, but i really didnt think i'd be fed so much by the members and even the non members! In our ward we even have a list that goes around so people can sign up to feed us. haha they must think that we dont eat unless a member is feeding us? :P But the food so far has been great! i Love mexican food and i think slowly i'm becoming addicted to totillas ;) They eat them at every meal! But they are always so good! As far as food goes too, i havent been fed anything haven't been able to eat. One of the meals i ate though had some sketchy meat in the soup :/ hahaha it was like a pigs foot! hahaha so i just ate around it and left it in the bowl :) Thats really the only sketchy thing i've had so far. Oh and i had this dessert called FLAN?? i may have had it before but i dont remember. Its just like a vanilla-ee custard, but the texture that isn't quite my favorite... But the taste is good so i was able to get it down :) haha oh eating with members is such an adventure!
Anyway, so our other half of the day is spent teaching people. BUT this is where it starts to get all sorts of confusing... So here in the San Diego Mission, we are on the Pilot training program. So that means that our studying in the morning goes something along these lines: 8-9 is personal study. 9-11 is comp study (so another hour is added to comp study) 11-12 is Lang study. So you arent supposed to even get out of your house till like 12 or 1 cause you have to eat lunch too! So thats some pretty intense studying! But... remember how i said being a MoBat sister is unique? ya... if we are scheduled to be at the mobat in the morning we dont get any of that, instead we just do an hour of comp study. :-/ and THEN if we are supposed to be out teaching in the morning, which is not very often, we get to do all of our study time. haha but i'd say that for the three weeks i've been here, we've prob done 2 hrs total of lang study :P so that tells you how much time we DONT have to really sit down and study. :P Luckily though, this is the Lords work, and we just need to do all that we are able, and he will help make up for the rest :)
So along with our teaching, we also have other things we have to fit in with the little time that we have. Every week we have to make time to weekly plan. I didnt even know we did weekly planning cause i never did it in the MTC :-/ haha oops! but doing it on the mission is actually so helpful. It takes a LONG time to get it done, but its so worth it afterwords :) we just sit down and plan in very good detail what we need to do for the upcoming week to achieve our goals, and help our investigators and less actives. On average it takes like 3 hours to do so, but since we dont have very much time to sit down and study let alone plan, some weeks we have to break up our weekly planning and try and do a little bit every day. We also have District meeting every week as well, so thats usually planned in a week. We get together and discuss the progress going on in our ward. And the last meeting thats planned is our group meeting for the MoBat :) I actually really like those, its like a mini devotional. I always learn a lot from the Sisters that teach us, and it helps remind me that these tours are to teach people and bring them closer to Christ. Not just entertain them on their vacations :) So those are really awesome.
But yeah being a missionary is INTENSE! :) haha i dont doubt that its like that for every single missionary in the world! :) Its incredible all the things we are able to do with how little time we have! :) Just another testimony that this IS the Lords work, and its going to get done no matter what. I love being a Missionary i say that every week and i think i mean it THAT much more every week too! :):) I love the mission that i'm in. I love the people that i'm teaching, and i love the hundreds of people that i get to see every day at the Battalion :) I'm learning so much here and am so grateful for this experience!! :):)
i love you all so much hope you have a wonderful week!! good luck at ragnar! i'll be cheering you on in my heart!! :):) RUn BABY RUN!! :):) hahaha hugs and kisses comin your way!! :) xoxoxoxox Hma Stevens :)
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