A Sister Missionary

At church yesterday I was listening to a sacrament talk. He was an RM, and this was his "homecoming talk." Okay, I was late, so I missed a lot of it. But I came, I think, at the perfect time. The RM was talking about Sister missionaries. Mac was sitting next to me and nudged me. "That's you!" he whispered.

"Sister missionaries," the RM was saying, "are special. They can reach investigators that the Elders just don't seem to reach.... Our mission was really glad to have sister missionaries.... They were a great resource and help..."

It reminded me of a story someone once told me. I don't remember exactly how he said it, but here's an ad lib of the story:

"My companion and I," he said, "had been teaching a family for a while. The family was ready to be baptized, except for a teenage/ pre-adult girl. She had a testimony and wanted to a member of the church, but the whole chastity-thing was bothering her. It was the only thing holding her back from becoming a member of the church. She understood the concept of chastity, but couldn't understand why it would be important to keep it.... Finally, my companion called the Sister missionaries and had them talk to the girl. I watched the her listen to the the Sisters on the phone. At first, the girl seemed objective, ready to argue that there was no real reason for her to keep the law of chastity. But after listening for a few minutes, her attitude seemed to change. After hanging up the phone, the girl announced that she would be baptized and that she would live the law of chastity... I have no idea what the Sister missionaries had said to her, but my companion and I were very grateful that they had talked to her..."

After hearing that story, I remember being very frustrated and confused. I wanted to know, exactly, what the Sister missionaries had said, but the friend who told me the story, of course, did not know. As I am preparing and thinking about being a missionary, I wonder what makes Sister missionaries so special. I mean, girls don't have the priesthood, and they do not have the opportunity to be zone leaders. (I was disappointed when I found that out.)

But it seems to me---from what I've heard from others---that Sister missionaries are uniquely wonderful. They seem to be more in-tune with the spirit and the needs of the investigators than the Elders are. (Am I wrong here? Someone let me know...)

I guess I found another reason to be excited to go on a mission!... I am a wonderful person. I am going to be an awesome missionary. And--- sorry boys--- I'm gonna be better than the Elders, or at least, have a special influence or whatnot with the people I teach. It is gonna be pretty cool to be a Sister missionary. It feels good to know that I will be able to be good at what I will be doing.