This was probably one of the hardest weeks of my mission. We had 14 teaching opportunities fall through and only taught 2 lessons. There were good peaks like we were able to have a good lesson with that potential I was looking forward to, it just happened a couple days after it was supposed to. There is also a less active from Heathridge that moved into our area. We showed up to a dinner appointment and this less active was there. She was in the other missionaries area but I had met her a couple of times. She has been trying to get back to church, but she did not have a car and had to rely on her partner who is not a member. Hopefully now that she is living with members she will be able to come back to church. She also has a 9-year old son who is not baptized who we will hopefully be able to start teaching.
We had zone conference yesterday and Elder Pearson of the area presidency was there. It was really good and the Spirit was really strong. He was able to help us realize that this mission does have great potential. Often we make excuses because it is a harder mission, but we need the attitude and faith to know that it can become a great mission. He told us that the Church does not build temples in places that only have a couple small stakes. If Perth was not supposed to grow, then a temple would not be here. What keeps us from seeing miracles is our faith. It was a really humbling experience, but everyone wanted to get better as missionaries. It set off a new determination in me to make sure that I do improve. While last week was hard, it will only get better if I believe it will, and act like it will. It was really good to hear. One of the biggest helps for me was he taught us what finding really is. Everyone has a testimony of the Gospel. They accepted it or else they would not be here. The veil keeps them from remembering, but it is still there. We do not build someone's testimony, we help them remember it. That sounds so much easier than starting from scratch. I know that I will become a better missionary because of yesterday, and every day continue to improve.
love
Elder Cook
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