Aspire to Something Higher

Today is officially the first P-day of my last transfer in the mission field. Holy smokes. A bit overwhelming. I feel like just yesterday I went to Nabua with Sister Prakash and now she is at the mission home prepping to go home to Fiji!! AH!

Em and Sister Prakash

This week has been one of the most insane weeks of my whole mission. No joke.

Tuesday- MLC in Naga all day. It was cool to get to discuss the Naga Mission with the other leaders and make plans and adjustments and what not to better help the work progress here. During our interviews with President Reeder, he told us the big news that our STL (sister training leader) area in Nabua would be closing and we would be pulled out and moved to another area. WHAT?! Yeah, I was a bit shocked but I think I am mostly over it now. Anywho, this transfer we have 6 sisters areas being closed down due to the shortage of sisters now sooo Nabua just happened to be one of those. The new STL area, my new area starting tomorrow, is in Iriga. In the Iriga Zone, there used to be 6 areas of sisters (now only 4) but I have now served in 3 of those areas! haha Baao, Nabua, and now Iriga 1. Naku. It will be like opening a new area again because the sisters that are currently there will be moved to another area and my new companion and I will move in and take over the area...we know verrrry little about the area BUT I have faith it will all work out and we will figure it out. 

Along with all the transferring and what not, our apartment will be shut down in Nabua SO we spent most of our nights this week, as well as all day Saturday cleaning, packing, moving stuff, and what not. I am so exhausted. 

Dropped Sis Prakash off at the mission home last night. I am now staying in Naga with 2 temporary companions until transfer point tomorrow where I will meet my new companion. 

What a week. 

It really has been a good one though. Every week is a good one. 

At our MLC and Zone Training this week we focused all about finding the faith to find. We as a mission just raised our "Standards of Excellence" for the mission to hopefully raise our efficiency, hard-work, faith, and progress of the mission. President Reeder spoke a lot about not just setting comfortable "goals" but finding the faith, going to work, and EXPECTING certain standards..not just for the mission but as individual people as well. What a great message for us all! We must RAISE our personal standards. We must tell ourselves what is expected of us and stay firm to that. Don't just set goals and let them get set aside or lowered time and time again but rather, think seriously, pray earnestly, ponder fervently, and set your own personal standards for your self, your life, and your family.

Aspire to something higher. Kaya natin. :)

Hope you have a splendid week! Love you all! 

-Sister Roderick

Batchmates at Missionary Leadership Council

Elder Simmons aka Em's Home Teacher at BYU