* I (Lorri - mom) could sense that Holly's emailing time was becoming a tad burdensome to her. So I decided to ask Holly to expound on some questions in hopes of helping her out. This is the email I received in response to the following question:
1. How has your mission help to you too love more?
Holly's response:
"Yeah I would like the questions more often. Because
sometimes I really just have no idea what to say. But I'm not
going to have a lot of time today to answer them because it's
transfers and transfers as an Hermana Leader are absolutely
nuts because we have to make sure all the hermanas get to
their place and there's just a lot to do. But I think I'll
have a little time to answer one. The first one. Here goes
nothing."
"Love is absolutely CRUCIAL if you want to be an effective
missionary. I've learned that if I can't love the people
regardless of their past or situation, I CANNOT feel the
spirit and I CANNOT teach according to their needs. I see them
more as a number than a daughter or son of God. And when you
start putting numbers on people., you lose sight completely on
your real purpose as a missionary, which is not to baptize,
but rather to invite. We invite people to follow Christ
because we LOVE them. Not because we want to have a cool story
to tell or just have a lot of pictures of our investigators in
white. NOT THE PURPOSE! So I think the mission more than
anything has helped me a lot to see people the way God sees
them. Love them for who they are, and love them enough to help
them change. It's something that I noticed from the getgo.
That I meet someone new and I just love them! It makes me so
happy that I am able to feel that, because I don't think I
ever had before. So I don't know if that really makes sense.
But that's how I would answer that question."
Perfect! I love it!
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