Dear Family,
Hello, how are you all doing today? Is there anything new with any of you? What is the weather like there in Utah? I think that I forgot what the weather is like there in Utah. It has been too long. How is all of your health? How is the missionary work going there in your ward?
Well as for me, there is nothing really new with me. The weather, my health, and pretty much everything is still the same as it was last week. Pretty much all we did this week was sleep, eat and teach. We were also able to take part in a meeting with our mission president to train us on our responsibilities of a District Leader. He came up to Labasa on Friday to have a meeting with all the District Leaders in the Northern Zone. This meeting was the first meeting that I have had since becoming a District Leader. Now I have actually learned my full responsibilities as a leader. It has been about 4 months since I have been a District Leader. It would have been good to have this when I first started. But it is all good. I pretty much knew everything that they taught us. But there were a few things that I can work on to become a more effective and loving District Leader.
The biggest thing that I learned this week that has really helped me in my mission is the aspect of being a good leader. One of the things that I learned this week is that I need to know all the needs of the missionaries in my district. So that means that I need to get to know them and build relationships with them. For me, I like to be a one that is not the center of attention. I like to sit back and listen. I have learned that I need to do more than that. I need to be the one that welcomes everyone and make them feel comfortable. I know that at the start of my mission, I was a bit shy. I feel that my mission has really helped me on that. I can feel that within this District, we all have good relationships. We all know each other and are really comfortable around each other. It starts with the District Leader and I feel that I have really improved in this area. I read something that asked "How can you help someone if you don't know the needs of those you lead?" It makes sense because I need to know what they need. So I made a goal for myself that I am going to get to know each missionary a bit more so I can understand them more.
There are also many other ways that we can be a good leader. The person that we should look up to and try to be like is Jesus. He was the master teacher and the best leader. He had all the attributes and qualities that everyone needs to be a successful leader. I read quite a bit on this subject and I set a few goals that I can work on to be like Him. I know that this mission is preparing me for the future. What I am learning now is not going to be just for this mission but it is going to affect me after my mission also. President Layton said "This is preparing you to be leaders for the church in the future. You are our next Bishops and Stake Presidents." It is kind of a weird thought but it is true. We are going to be them. Crazy.
Well, other than that, it was a really usual week. We did not have anyone come to sacrament meeting. We were able to see a quite a bit of our investigators. Some of the appointments we set up fell through because they were busy. The cool thing was that even when they said they were busy, they said that we could take a rest and drink some juice together. So we were not able to sit down with them but we were able to build a relationship with them. I think that this is critical to missionary work. If you have no relationship (love), it will more than likely go nowhere. Like what it says in the scripture, "If there is no love, there is nothing." So even though we did not get to teach them something, we were able to get to know each other more and more. I felt that it was a really good use of our time even though it did not show on our numbers.
I think that many people think that it is all about numbers and quotas. But honestly, missionary work is not supposed to be measured this way. We should seek out the Holy Ghost help and help people in their needs. I feel that our week went really good and that we were really successful.
So our week was really good. My companion is doing really good. We have lots of fun together and have some good conversations. I am loving it here in Fiji and am going to be sad when I have to leave. I have figured it out, when I come home, we are going to eat on the floor. It is weird sitting at a table now. Maybe we should even get rid of all of our sofas to be just like Fiji (jkjk). But we did have a really fun and exciting week.
I know that God lives and that Jesus leads this church. This is the work of the Lord. I love you all and wish you all a good week.
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