Hello!
While your guy’s week was not very busy mine was the exact
opposite! I found out on Sunday night that I was staying, and then on Tuesday
night P.Natty (Pres. Nattress) called both me and Sis Seyboldt and I found out I
was to be second half training (the 7-12weeks). and Sis Seyboldt was going to
as well! So she got transferred to a new missionary up in Gilbert and I was
left to lead out the area with... SISTER HENDRICK!!!
(She’s wearing the purple shirt and white skirt..) I love her! She
is so fun! We work and teach so well together! We both make up what the other
lacks haha! I am second half training her. Which means that she did the 1-6
weeks with someone and now I am training her from 7-12 weeks. She is from
upstate New York and has moved around a lot because her dad is in the army! She
has one younger brother who is leaving for the Colorado Denver mission soon and
she looooves Mexican food! I guess the lord is really trying to get me to like Mexican
food! haha :) I am already growing to love it. She also loves everything
to do with cows! So that’s awesome! She did a semester at USU and is going into
Ag! Also this is a lovely selfie of us out tracting with a rainbow!
A huge
thunder storm was blowing in and it was so fun! But yes I am glad to be in the
same area. It’s a little bit hard though because I have not been in the area
very long and so I am really starting to get to know the roads and the ward
boundaries. But the lord has really blessed me with so much strength and so
much help in being able to lead out an area.
I love that family that sent those 2 pictures above. They are actually 2
families that were related so we got a pic with all the cute kids and people
just ask if they can take it! They love doing it because they just had a
missionary go out to Washington DC and they get pics of him all the time! (So
they return the favor:)) ! I felt so at home and it was like when we get
together with cousins it was just so much fun and they are just awesome. Their
brother in law was also the elder in the Saratov approach who got
kidnapped!!!!! WHAT?! So that’s cool because he lives here in Arizona!
Missions really do change you. I really have seen a huge
difference in my personality already and I am still finding/learning who I
am... It is shaping me into someone better that I was before! I am so grateful
for the many blessings of serving the lord. This really is his work and I am
grateful every day to be in the place I am and serving with the wonderful
people around me.
So we also experienced a HUGE storm! Maybe it just carried over
and up to you guys! But it was for sure a monsoon! But that is kind of scary
that you got stuck driving in it and that the girls got rained on!
You might be wondering about the potatoes part of this email.... this week has seriously been the week of potatoes... everyone and their dog has fed us something with potatoes and I am always just praying that I can eat it and like it so that I don’t offend them... and it works out! So that’s awesome:)
Leading out an area is hard... I have a hard time knowing where
the roads are and what ward people are in but I recently got some maps put in
the back of my planner and so that helps. It just stinks because there are like
5 different parts of one road and they will stop, but then continue in another
part of the subdivision! It’s so confusing! But I love the area and the people
here! We are really working on building member trust because we are both so new
and we are also doing a lot of finding/ knocking doors and OYM-ing people (open
your mouth). It’s awesome. I love being able to just stop people and talk to
them about what we believe. Like last night we stopped a couple who were Greek
orthodox and I had no idea what they believed! So we talked about it for a
while and it was really cool because even though they weren’t interested in our
message really, they came to respect us because we respected them for what they
believed. People are awesome. Sometimes I just wish she could take away their
agency for a while and make them read the book of Mormon or something! XD haha
no... But seriously, being a missionary is probably the best thing I have ever
done with my life and I haven’t done much... I am finding and obtaining so many
talents and I am learning so much about people and my companions and about
life... it’s cool.
I know that you guys love me. I had to talk in one of our wards
yesterday on eternal marriage and family. It was a little awkward because I’m a
missionary and I don’t really want to think about marriage just yet... but it
was cool to be able to share my testimony with the people in that ward and to
be able to feel the spirit testify to them through me. I love you guys so much.
I know that we will be together even after this life. sometimes my worried
brain will take over and I will think about like what if something tragic
happens... but then the spirit calms my heart and I am reminded that the lord
has a perfect plan for us and that he loves us and wants us to be happy. So I
know that no matter what happens, it will be okay.
I love you!
You know you are a sister
missionary in the Arizona mission when you freak out about the rain :)
Scripture for the week:
Omni 1:26
Keep smiling! Always remember your
savoir.
MTC comp at their 3 month mark
So sleepy (I can't figure out what she's laying on)
New Companion, Sister Hendrick
Big rain storm
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