Perfectly Perth: Lifelong Education

President Fife said this in our Zone Conference last week: "I'm a believer in lifelong education."

There is not a day that goes by that I don't learn something new. I am always learning. The spirit is the master teacher.

Last week I told you that we set a goal to get 6 new investigators. Guess how many we got? ......4!!! That is crazy!!! We usually get 0-1. ;) Like my favorite song says, "There can be miracles, if you believe."

One investigator came as we were preparing the night before. We were looking through our Area Book and came across a teaching record for a woman named Cindy. The address only had the street name, no number. So we took that as a challenge and ran with it! The next morning we started at the beginning of the street and went down one side, knocking on all of the doors looking for "Cindy". Even though we were really looking for Cindy, we were more than happy to talk to everyone that answered the door. We realized that is a good idea for future tracting! We knocked on door after door and when we got to the next one I thought, "Eh, lets just skip this one." Immediately I felt rebuked. So we went up to the door and a super kind, woman answered. We started small talk and she started opening up. She is a brand new mom to a baby boy, just starting to walk. She has had a hard life. She moved here and things are looking up, but she said she still feels like something is missing. Bingo. Long story short tears were shed, the spirit was felt and she is a new investigator. Satan obviously knew she needed the gospel and gave me the thought to skip that house. I'm glad we didn't.

We are still #searchingforCindy. ;)

Our bikes were stolen this week.

We parked them in front of a returning member's home one night. She lives in a quiet neighborhood and I didn't even think to lock our bikes. 30 minutes later we come outside and our bikes are gone. I was going to cry. We looked around and Sis. Snow found our bike locks and my mini bike pump on the ground. They have these short-cut ally ways here and we went down one and found both our helmets, kept going and found and Sis. Snow's light with the batteries on the ground. We reported it to the police and I should be Twitter famous soon. ;) They said they will post a pic of my bike. Looking at the positive, at least they didn't beat us up and steal them, and we will now walk more, which makes it more natural when stopping to talk to people on the street, and I'm still thinking of some more... haha.

I have been really thinking of things I am blessed with and grateful for and it has helped me not be so angry or sad. I'm grateful for everything God gives me. I am truly blessed. #payyourtithing

We had Zone Conference and Stake Conference this week, both of which were AMAZING. I love meetings. It's weird.

Something I've learned is that I'd rather mess up trying to bring people to Christ, than mess up not trying to. My good friend Winston Churchhill once said, "Never, never, never give up." ;) The only motivation that will ALWAYS carry you through is your love of God. I know I'm not perfect and being a missionary is hard, but it is also so fun and I love every new day that I am given to fulfill my purpose. I love my calling. I am happy!

Love,

Sister Beardall