Sister Lyndsay Wygant: Happy March (and first transfer)

Hi Mama!!

Good morning!! Happy March to you too! Our weather sounds like yours. It's rained and snowed a bit, but yesterday and today were sunny! Still cold, but at least we had some sunshine. :) We saw a few trees starting to bloom while we were out the other day--it made me so happy. :)

I'm so glad that your productions went well! Please tell everyone that I say hi back, and that I love them. :) And I CAN'T BELIEVE JOHN IS GETTING MARRIED. That's SO exciting!!!! Congrats to him, and congrats to Luke as well!!

I'm so excited for all the new mission calls in the ward! Being a missionary is the best. I really am so grateful that I decided to serve a mission. Our new missionaries arrive tomorrow--yay!! It is going to be an interesting, crazy transfer day with so many new missionaries. Speaking of, I'm being transferred!!!!! I really thought I'd stay in Chardon forever, and I'm so sad to leave--especially to leave Fiona.... However, I'm so grateful that the Lord trusts me with a new area/companion/assignment. I know it won't be easy, but I am excited to see what this new transfer will bring. I don't know exactly where I'm going yet, so use the mission office address for any mail til I find out, if you would. :) Also, we're singing My Kindness at transfer meeting tomorrow, if everything comes together--yay!!!

I learned a lot this week about how to listen with my heart. Elder Holland promises us that if we really listen to those we are teaching, we will know what to teach and what to share with them through what they say. That's always been hard for me because I never know exactly what to say, even when I feel like I am listening--but I think it's been because I've still been focusing too much on my own agenda of what I think is right to teach instead of listening to the Spirit. It's hard for me to explain how I know what I know about the gospel sometimes, because it's what I grew up with, and it's just there--I often can't put it into words. But I'm learning. :) We had an experience yesterday where a member we were meeting with was expressing some very deep concerns, and I had no idea how to help her...and as I was trying to listen to her, the thought came to me that I was listening too much with my head--and that I needed to listen with my heart instead. I don't know if what I shared with her as a result will help, but I truly hope so.

I loooved the devotional! Elder Bednar is amazing (see at lds.org)! What an incredible story, and what a question! I never, ever want to shrink from what the Lord calls me to do. As missionaries, we have so many responsibilities, and sometimes it's like being in a pressure cooker (like Dad said)--but I know that as we face our trials and responsibilities with faith and determination, and rely on the Lord through it all, He will help us become what we need to be. :) There's an amazing Mormon Message about making it through trials, based on President Eyring's General Conference talk "Mountains to Climb", that you can watch here. It's amazing!

Well, my time's almost up. I love you all so, so much. I miss you but I'm so grateful for this opportunity to be a missionary. As I've tried to immerse myself in this work, I have come to know and love the gospel of Jesus Christ so much more than I'd ever imagined. I know this is the Lord's work, and that His hand is in it. I know that He is preparing people to accept us and the restored gospel, and that we will find them if we do all we can to work hard and be obedient. I love my mission. Even when it's hard, it's worth it if we have the right attitude. :) Cheers!

Love,
Sister Lyndsay Wygant