SisterEvieMcConkie: When Adversity Becomes Adventure

Ciao tutti!!!

What a week. To start, has anyone read the book "Our search for happiness" by Elder Ballard? If not, I highly recommend. It's 120 pages of just the basic beauty of latter-day Saint doctrine. I've been reading it trying to identify how I can explain the gospel to our investigators in more simple terms, but also because the title of it made me want to search for more happiness!! Anyway, I want to start off with a quote from him talking about missionary works. He says:

"The Lord does bless his missionaries just as surely as they bless the lives of those they teach and baptize...weaknesses become strengths, challenges become opportunities, trials become triumphs, and adversity becomes adventure."

I love that last one. ADVERSITY BECOMES ADVENTURE. that is such a blessing and such a good shift in perspective! Missionary work can be rough sometimes. This week include a lot of awkward bus finding for myself, and also a lot of self doubt just realizing that all talents I thought I had have been ground into dust and I'm starting over with A LOT. but as I'm beginning to see frustrations and challenges as part of a grand adventure, it makes it more fun to move forward:)

We're looking forward to meeting with our friend Fatima on Friday.

A very tender moment for me this week was visiting the member family named the Petriniany's. I walked into their house and instantly felt like I was at home in Salt Lake. It was so weird. They have 3 boys ages 13, 11 & 9, and their home was filled with a lot of star wars and Legos. I loved having a little family home evening with them and just watching these boys play and wrestle and laugh until they cried. It was a reminder to me of the 3 awesome Brothers that I get to have, so here's a shout out to Wilson, Hyrum and George for just being the awesome boys that they are.

Anyways, I love you all and hope your week is filled with fun Halloween prep! Yay!!

Love, Sorella McConkie