Winslow Week Six

Hello, friends!! You read that right. WEEK 6 IS OVER. That means we are now in a new transfer and my fate for the next 6 weeks has been revealed:

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I'm TRAINING!! Here in Winslow. So I don't know who my companion is! I'll find out tomorrow morning. :) All I know is that she's exactly who Winslow needs and I lover her already. I am SO excited to meet her!!

I'm also so nervous! But I've been learning a lot this week about one very special christlike attribute: patience. One of the other missionaries challenged us a week ago to pick a christlike attribute that we want to develop and study it. So I did a little self-assesment that's in Preach My Gospel and found that I really need to work on patience! Preach My Gospel defines patience like this: "Patience is the capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious. It is the ability to do God’s will and accept His timing." As I studied patience a ton, I came to the realization that patience is an exercise of hope. The reason we don't even become anxious when we face challenges if we are patient is because we have so much faith and trust in God's timing! I realized that that's where my patience needs to improve the most. Too often I get so stressed and worried about things when in all reality, there is exactly NO need for it! I know that no matter what happens, it is according to the will of the Lord, which means there's no need to worry. A lot of the christlike attributes are action-related. For example, faith is belief in action and charity is love in action. So I started thinking about patience as hope in action. When we have hope in God's promises, timing, and will, we will be patient. We'll be able to handle opposition or challenges without become anxious because we know they will all be for our good. So when I got a phone call from the Assistants on Thursday asking if I would be willing to train a new missionary, I was immediately filled with anxiety and stress that I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING HOW CAN I HELP A NEW MISSIONARY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING?? But then that night as I was praying to Heavenly Father, He kindly reminded me of the attribute I had been studying all week (patiencec) and how this is an excellent opportunity for me to exercise the whole not-getting-anxious thing. And guess what's happened since I started thinking more hopefully and remembering that God WILL NOT let me fail? I've actually gotten way excited!! I still get some butterflies in my stomach when I think about it, but I am also so so so sure that this is what God wants. I am so positive that He's got a great plan for me and my new comp, so there's no need to fear.

Life is good. :)

I mean life is good besides the fact that Sister Baird is leaving me. She's headed off the Farmington YSA! I'm SO excitied for her because I know she's going to absolutely love Farmington. I know I do!! We had an amazing last week together. The Edgmons and Jodie came to church, we started teaching a new part-member family, and we just had lots of laughs and good times. I'm really really gonna miss her. But I know God has some great things for her in New Mexico.

I am so excited for this week! Please, please keep Jodie in your prayers. She will be having her baptism interview on Thursday and she is being attacked so hard by the adversary. But she keeps on telling us, "he's not gonna win!!!" and she's right. Jesus Christ will win! She's a strong strong soul. I love her. So prayers, please and thank you!!

Love,
Sister Bohman


Romans 8:16-18