27 October 2014

I love it too! Honestly I know we aren't supposed to covet leadership positions but i was so hoping i would stay so that I would just be so busy for my last transfer. I guess I haven't told you much about it. But for our region we cover three zones and 6 companionships. Its a struggle sometimes because communication with elders is hard. No one knows how to talk to each other! haha. We're all learning I guess though.

We have a goal again of achieving 100 convert baptisms in November. We are having a pacific area fast this sunday and a special sacrament meeting november 30th. I'm pumped!

Updates on our investigators.

Sean! ( i learned how to spell his name )

He didn't come to church because he forgot again but we've really been discussing repentance and the atonement and he really wants to have regret and sorrow lifted from him so he's praying about baptism for the 22nd of november.
And our other investigator Carol, we invited her to be baptized a long time ago and she said no and we didn't bring it up again but she said randomly on monday "i mean maybe i do need to be baptized again." WE WEREN'T EVEN TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM. WHAT!? miracles are happening and thats because we're continually realizing as a mission that this is HIS work and we literally can't convert anyone with out first addressing HIM.

My compy and i have a gratitude jar so that has been helping us realize how much he actually gives us just in a day.

We have a baptism next weekend for Kiara. Not sure if i mentioned much about her but her sister is a member and yeah. MEMBER MISSIONARY WORK, WORKS!

Hmm. what else. i'm excited for this next month. We have 3 trade offs planned next week. We've done one. WE HAVE OUR WARD TRUNK OR TREAT ON FRIDAY! i'm sooooo excited! :)

there was something else but i can't remember now. sorry i'm so scatter brained.

Ofa atu!

Sister Mullen

17 November 2014

well here's just a little update.

i was actually really struggling this week just because i've been slack. i do my best, but its not how my best has been previously. so i was just frustrated because i felt like i was slowing down. We don't really have many people to teach and the ones we do have been dodging us or are not progressing and i was just so mad because this is NOT how i wanted to leave an area. So we've been finding all week. Trying to be as diligent as we can, but the heat is just exhausting. it was 41 the other day. But yeah after asking for something to help me just be more motivated, we fasted as a zone on the hottest day of life! And GUESS WHAT.

yes. we saw a miracle. This girl literally rocked up to church last week and i talked with her and she said oh yeah i just thought i'd come back to church. and it was the primary program so there was heaps of less actives there. so i thought she was less active. turns out she wasn't a member and yesterday told us she wants to be baptized. so hopefully with the approval of her mom she'll be baptized this saturday! miracles are happening all throughout this mission like that. its amazing to see that this truly is HIS work and when we allow Him to test our faith, we are blessed enough to reach our goals.

Thank you for everything again. :)

ofa atu.
sister watermullen

10 November 2014

Hello!

Just a few updates on the week. We only spent a couple of days in our area because we were in Ipswich for trade offs with the Toowoomba and Darling Heights sisters. The sisters are doing well. The sister from Thailand is solid! The only thing that is holding her back is the language but she's very self motivated and thats something that we don't see too often.

Afterwards we went on trade offs with the Bunya Forest sisters. They are having a hard time at the moment. Its hard because they won't let anyone help them. So you can't really make people change. My golden Sister Tobiassen is living with them and she's telling me all the drama that is going on and when we approach the sisters about it, they act as if nothing is wrong. We commited them to work so hard that they don't have time for this drama nonsense. But i know that this is just a trial that is trying to prevent us from reaching 100 in November. So i will not put up with it! haha.

Drama is no good especially on a mission. President said that he would deal with it and we just keep focusing on the rest of our region.

but its good. i prayed for my last transfer to be hard haha.

Heavenly Father is really pushing me to the end.

I was telling Rachel that I am ready to come home. I might not say that when it gets closer but as for right now i'm excited to face the temptations i used to face and respond differently this time. I cannot believe that i was questioning whether to come on a mission because i don't know how i could continue to overcome things without as strong a testimony that i have now.

Heavenly Father prepares us for whirlwinds and storms. I know that anything we face and will face, we ARE prepared for.

ofa atu.

<3 sister watermullen

2 November 2014

Sister Jasmine Mullen

hello familia!

its crazy how we just had pday on wednesday but i feel so exhausted. its been really hot and i'm turning polynesian again. i'll just quickly update you but its just been an amazing week. we fasted as a mission yesterday and it was just so uplifting. my testimony of fasting is really growing and the whole ward seemed to really be uplifted by the fast as well. president said the prayer over a conference call and it was just soo... i dont even know. i just think all of us are truly humbled and know that we truly NEED the Lord for this.

the trunk or treat was a success! so many nonmembers and less actives. The ward did an amazing job especially because it was their first time but everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Sean didn't come to church again :( but! he will! i just know it. its frustrating because we know that he knows God is real he just keeps choosing to deny it. But it will happen!

ofa atu.
thank you for everything.

Sister Mullen

20 October 2014

It's time for high adventure!

 

Hello I never name my emails but i thought I'd start now haha.

WOW! Another transfer meeting come and gone.

I got my new companion Sister Harris :) She is from New Zealand and she's pretty sweet as.
I'm excited. We're going hard this transfer. I haven't told her yet, but I really want to go on two trade offs with all the sisters! So that means lots of walking so that we can do trade offs.

Oh btw. I am dying in Richlands area. I love it here and I'm so blessed to stay. This ward is amazing. And things are just now picking up speed again.

SO updates on Shawn, HE IS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED. soon. I can just feel it. He is planning on coming to church on Sunday. So I'll tell you about that next week.

He's so close to knowing, His answeres are becoming more recognizable to him

Um all our recent converts are doing good. We're trying to get specific families to be their family!

What else? Oh I loved all of conference. I loved the ones you mentioned I especially loved the German man. That was insane! I also liked one of the first ones. I can't remember what its called. Oh and of course Uchtdorf's talk in women's conference and the Blonde lady. I can't remember her name either. Sorry this is going to be quick and random but yeah.

We had an amazing week! Very productive and my motto for the rest of the transfer is

" work harder than you did yesterday"

Love you all. Thank you soo soo much for everything. I couldn't do this without your support.

Ofa atu!

Sister Mullen

13 October 2014

Hello!

Yes it was a wonderful week! It went by so quick, we went to Toowoomba to visit the sisters there. Oh I"m supposed to give you Elder Tino's email for his uncle: its tasino.tino@myldsmail.net. But yeah we got to go to two zone meetings to give trainings and it was awesome! I had so much fun. It was a tender mercy as well because I got to see my old companion Sister Hwang give her last testimony. After she gave it, we had planned that for trade offs we'd switch since I went with Sister Hwang last time, but then I just had to go with her again. So we did and we had an amazing day. She is such a wonderful sister and she has taught me so much. It was nice to be able to be companions again one last time :) 

And then my day with Sister Tempany (my other old companion) was just what I needed. Both of us needed that trade off. First off so many miralces happened with just teaching and finding. But what was so amazing was our discussion at the end. I just felt such a huge tender mercy of the Lord. I honestly feel so inadequate filling this position of sister training leader. I always feel like I'm behind and that I'm not doing things professionally enough or well enough. But as I talked with Sister Tempany, the spirit told her things that she needed to hear and in turn she gave me something I needed to hear very much. She explained to me that she was praying for a few days that I would go on trade offs with her because she wanted to learn how to love. I don't know if I told you or not or maybe you could tell by my emails but sister tempany and I fought like sisters.And I used to regret a lot of how things happened during our time together. But I do really love her. And it was just such a blessing to know how much she knew that. I truly know that we can change. People can change. And we don't even realize it. Sometimes we think we're just as weak as we were a year ago but then one day we realize that we're so much stronger and that we can take on more. I don't want to sound boastful like i'm the best stl ever but I just want to say especially to you mommy, daddy and rachel, that sometimes we just feel so down on ourselves like we haven't progressed or have even gone backwards, but i know that it is IMPOSSIBLE to go backwards in our spiritual progression when we are doing our best. Even when our best falls short. Others can see it and I know that Heavenly Father sees how much stronger we're getting even when we don't. 

I LOVED conference. It was amazing. And something I NEEDED. I especially liked Uchtdorf's talk at the women's conference how he said that Heavenly Father is not waiting for us to overcome our weaknesses before He will love us. That just gives me so much hope. 

I fell short a lot this week, but I'm trying to understand the enabling power more so that I can do all of this. I know that the Atonement is real because I have felt guilt and I understand the feeling of forgiveness but this is kind of new to me, using it to strengthen my weaknesses. 

OH! and Shawn might come to church this week. I just LOVE teaching him. I wish you could meet him but yeah our lesson was amazing yesterday with him. I WANT HIM TO UNDERSTAND HIS ANSWER! 

Anyway, transfers are this sunday, our zone leaders are wanting both of us to stay, who knows miracles happen haha.

Thank you for the wonderful email. Sorry if i didn't answer any of your questions :) haha

Ofa Atu!

6 October 2014

hello beloved family members. <3
thank you for all your spoiler alerts from conference! haha jokes. but seriously its cool, they're like movie trailers that just continue to pump me up for when i get to watch it. so i'm counting down the days.

 God is truly guiding us and always watching over us.

on a brighter note. i've finally learned that i need to ask for His help for my talents as well. i dont know why it took me this long. but as soon as i've started praying i've written 2 songs. :)

i love you guys. thank you for everything.

ofa atu.

sister mullen