I
cannot believe this transfer is over. It feels like I blinked and now it's done
and let me tell you, I am so sad. This has been an amazing transfer. Our
district is so close. I think this has been my favorite one so far. We found
out that our district is loosing two of our Elders. Our district leader and one
of my "sons." I am so sad. You think I'd get a bit more used to this,
but they're both going “country” so who knows when I'll ever see them again. You
make these close friendships and then they're just ripped from you and you
aren't allowed to call or write. I hate it. But it will be a great opportunity
to get to know even more missionaries and I'll probably be saying the same
thing about them at the end of this transfer. I just love people a lot. I'm so
glad that I'm staying with Sister T and I’m glad, she is the best. She and I
get along so well.
Well
we had a great week. Nothing super out of the ordinary happened, although we
went on exchanges and that's always fun. Nice change of surroundings. I went
with Sister A (Aussie) and we had a great time. We get along really well. We
talked to heaps of people, no one interested but we planted some real good
seeds.
It was
also Thanksgiving this week and since we have 5 out of 6 in our district from
America we wanted to do something, but we couldn't have a dinner because it
would take too much time. As we were doing our planning that day we got a knock
on our door and it was the pizza guy. Our district leader had pizza delivered
to us in honor of Thanksgiving. :) He's good to us. Then that night we did a
conference call as a district and we each said 5 things we were thankful for.
It was really cool. It made us bond even more. It was especially helpful for me
because that's what I was missing most.
One
great experience we had this week was that we went to an elderly woman who’s a
member’s house for a quick visit. She was so sweet, you know how I've always
loved old people. We had a great chat and then we sang her Silent Night. She
was adorable about it. I love being able to have those quick visits in member's
homes that really help us to get to know the ward on a more intimate level.
We
also had an amazing lesson with one of our investigator's named Lauren. We had
a lesson with Lauren and we had a member there. The lesson went so well. It was
amazing. The Spirit was so strong. We had planned a great lesson for her before
and because we followed the Spirit in the lesson it was able to be even better.
I love her so much. She is now one of my dearest friends. I'll have to take a
picture of her and send it home. She's not quite ready to be baptized because
she wants to know for certain but she is so close... this transfer baby!
Then
my bike broke to the point that it was un-rideable. (The seat was all tilted
back; it was comical to ride.) I was laughing my head off the whole time I was
trying to ride it. We also had no k's left so we couldn't take it somewhere so
the Elders, being the kind souls that they are, biked to us and fixed it. They
also informed me that my back tire was completely flat. I don't know how I
didn't notice. After the seat and tire being fixed biking was so much
easier. Go figure. ha.
Then
on Sunday we had a musical fireside. All of us missionaries sang in it and it
went really well, miraculously. We've been practicing for weeks and it's been
rubbish, but with the Spirit’s help it went really well tonight. We had some
non-members and recent converts there, so it was a great missionary tool. I'm
always thankful for an opportunity to sing so I loved it.
Well I
love you all. You all are incredible. I think about you often. I've never been
so thankful for eternal families. You've shown me what it means to have quality
relationships centered on the Gospel. I love you all for it. I hope you all
make it a great week and holiday season!
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