Hello Family :)
Transfer information is coming out today.... Just found out. I am going to be staying in the same ward, with Sister Young :) It will be fun. Sister Straatman is going to be leaving though... She is going to be training a new missionary, and is serving in the ward that our mission president is in. I am going to miss her. We are in the same stake though, which is really nice.
This week has been a week of trials. Satan has not wanted us to teach anyone this week. It has been hard. There have been some good things though :)
Last Monday was P-day, which meant that we were emailing, shopping, eating, the normal stuff.
On Tuesday though, we got to have one of the general authorities come to see us. It was Elder Walker, and I found out from Shanae, that Elder Walker is the one who trained her for the temple open house when she was on her mission. It is so crazy! It was really cool to hear from him. It really made me think about my future family. The spirit was so strong, and I could see the things that he was saying apply to my future family. It was great :)
Well, during the meeting with Elder Walker, we had car inspections. We were told to leave the keys in the door, and everything unlocked and open, so we did that. We left the keys on the inside of the door, and everything unlocked and opened. Well, they ended up locking our car and closing everything after they were don't inspecting, which meant that our keys were locked on the inside. The sad thing, is that that is not the worst part. We were in banning. Which is a farming town, that is 40 mins away from our apartment, and the mission office. Luckily the other sister that we live with were at the meeting with us. They ended up taking us all the way back to the mission office, we picked up a set of spare keys, and then drove all the way back to banning. When we got back to our car, the spare keys didn't work. We ended up having to call AAA to come and unlock our car. -.- it was not very fun. It was an adventure.
On Wednesday, we had a few set appointments, and when we went to our first, we hit a curb and heard a huge bang. When Sister Young hit the curb she popped the tire. We ended up having to change the tire, go to one of the other appointments we had, and cancel all the other appointments. It was an interesting day. I did observe how to change a tire. Which was good. We had to get the tire fixed, because on Thursday it would be exchanges. It turns out that the side wall of the tire is what blew, so another tire for our car. It wasn't too bad though. Pep boys put a wrong size of a tire on, so we didn't have to pay for it :)
On Thursday, we had exchanges. Sister Straatman and I were working in the City Creek ward, which is not my area. We went and saw some people, and just got to know each other. She is able to be herself around me, and we joke around a lot. It is really fun :)
On Friday, we were going to have an entire day of service. We had the harvest festival that night, so in the morning after studies we helped the wards set up the decorations for it. It was so fun to see the gym go from something bland, to something grand. I have decided that I really miss decorating the house every month. I know that I hated it at the time, but now I really want to start it. When I get my own house, I am going to do it. :) I miss it too much. Well, we had another adventure that day. On our way to the church, we were turning into the parking lot and Sister Young hit the curb again. We heard a huge bang, and we blew the tire. We made a huge hole in the side wall of the tire again. I now know how to change a tire though :) I am very proud of this fact :) The tire put a huge dent into our day. After we helped decorate the gym, we went to help an older sister in our ward pack her house. She is moving up north to live with her husband full time. He works near Sacramento, and she lived here in highland. They only sometimes saw each other on the weekends, so we helped with that. Afterwards we went back to the church to pick up a cooler to go to Carls Jr. to pick up some ice. Did you know that Carls Jr, give out free ice? I didn't, it was way cool :) We then went and fixed our tire, and made it back to the church just in time to start the harvest festival. It was so much fun to see the kids in their costumes :) It reminded me a lot about Georgia :) It was great :)
On Saturday, we spent almost all day working on our studies and weekly planning. It was crazy how long it took. We did have a couple hours when we went and saw a member, and then had lunch. So I guess it wasn't a ton of time. That night we had the Adult session of stake conference. It was really neat. The missionaries all sat on the stand for a special musical number. We ended up getting up, and were told to not sing very well. The organist was told to play with a lot of stops, and the conductor was told not to do a good job. Well, part way through us singing very badly, the stake president got up and stopped us. He told the ward mission leaders, and the bishops to some and sing with us. He also told the organist to pull out some of the stops and the conductor to actually try. So we did. The missionaries didn't sing great though, and it didn't sound very good. The stake president stopped us again, and asked the ward missionaries to come up to the stand, and the organist to pull out all the stops, and the conductor to actually do his job. He also asked the congregation to stand and sing with us. It was then that the missionaries and everyone sang their best. It was a powerful musical number and a great object lesson. It really emphasized that the missionaries cannot do the missionary work in the wards alone. Missionaries are sent to help with the work, not do it all ourselves. It was very powerful.
On Sunday, we had stake conference, and did all of our studies. I am out of training!!! It is so neat :) It was a good Sunday, and we got to go to our ward mission leaders home for dinner. It was great. It was also the missionary departing devotional. I got to play piano for it. I was so nervous!! I don't think I have every been that nervous to play. To me it seemed like I messed up so much. I thought it sounded horrible. To the rest of the people there, they said it was amazing. Sister Young keeps telling me that I need to have confidence in myself. It was nice though. I have missed playing the piano. It was great to start doing that again.
Overall, this week has been good. Full of adventures, because the difference between a trial and an adventure is your attitude.
I love you all so much. I know that the Lord is watching over us, and that he know exactly what we need.
Like with transfers. Heavenly Father is keeping me in my home ward with the same companion that I love so much. I know that this is the Lords work. I know that His hand has been in my life, keeping us safe, and protected.
The teaching for Linda (the baptized boy’s grandma’s cousin) is going great. We love working with her, and she is going to be baptized on November 16!! It is really exciting. She is so ready to be baptized, and to take that step to be with Heavenly Father.
You have heard of my crazy week with so many adventures. It was hard, but really good as well.
I love you all so very much! I hope that things are going well.
Transfer information is coming out today.... Just found out. I am going to be staying in the same ward, with Sister Young :) It will be fun. Sister Straatman is going to be leaving though... She is going to be training a new missionary, and is serving in the ward that our mission president is in. I am going to miss her. We are in the same stake though, which is really nice.
This week has been a week of trials. Satan has not wanted us to teach anyone this week. It has been hard. There have been some good things though :)
Last Monday was P-day, which meant that we were emailing, shopping, eating, the normal stuff.
On Tuesday though, we got to have one of the general authorities come to see us. It was Elder Walker, and I found out from Shanae, that Elder Walker is the one who trained her for the temple open house when she was on her mission. It is so crazy! It was really cool to hear from him. It really made me think about my future family. The spirit was so strong, and I could see the things that he was saying apply to my future family. It was great :)
Well, during the meeting with Elder Walker, we had car inspections. We were told to leave the keys in the door, and everything unlocked and open, so we did that. We left the keys on the inside of the door, and everything unlocked and opened. Well, they ended up locking our car and closing everything after they were don't inspecting, which meant that our keys were locked on the inside. The sad thing, is that that is not the worst part. We were in banning. Which is a farming town, that is 40 mins away from our apartment, and the mission office. Luckily the other sister that we live with were at the meeting with us. They ended up taking us all the way back to the mission office, we picked up a set of spare keys, and then drove all the way back to banning. When we got back to our car, the spare keys didn't work. We ended up having to call AAA to come and unlock our car. -.- it was not very fun. It was an adventure.
On Wednesday, we had a few set appointments, and when we went to our first, we hit a curb and heard a huge bang. When Sister Young hit the curb she popped the tire. We ended up having to change the tire, go to one of the other appointments we had, and cancel all the other appointments. It was an interesting day. I did observe how to change a tire. Which was good. We had to get the tire fixed, because on Thursday it would be exchanges. It turns out that the side wall of the tire is what blew, so another tire for our car. It wasn't too bad though. Pep boys put a wrong size of a tire on, so we didn't have to pay for it :)
On Thursday, we had exchanges. Sister Straatman and I were working in the City Creek ward, which is not my area. We went and saw some people, and just got to know each other. She is able to be herself around me, and we joke around a lot. It is really fun :)
On Friday, we were going to have an entire day of service. We had the harvest festival that night, so in the morning after studies we helped the wards set up the decorations for it. It was so fun to see the gym go from something bland, to something grand. I have decided that I really miss decorating the house every month. I know that I hated it at the time, but now I really want to start it. When I get my own house, I am going to do it. :) I miss it too much. Well, we had another adventure that day. On our way to the church, we were turning into the parking lot and Sister Young hit the curb again. We heard a huge bang, and we blew the tire. We made a huge hole in the side wall of the tire again. I now know how to change a tire though :) I am very proud of this fact :) The tire put a huge dent into our day. After we helped decorate the gym, we went to help an older sister in our ward pack her house. She is moving up north to live with her husband full time. He works near Sacramento, and she lived here in highland. They only sometimes saw each other on the weekends, so we helped with that. Afterwards we went back to the church to pick up a cooler to go to Carls Jr. to pick up some ice. Did you know that Carls Jr, give out free ice? I didn't, it was way cool :) We then went and fixed our tire, and made it back to the church just in time to start the harvest festival. It was so much fun to see the kids in their costumes :) It reminded me a lot about Georgia :) It was great :)
On Saturday, we spent almost all day working on our studies and weekly planning. It was crazy how long it took. We did have a couple hours when we went and saw a member, and then had lunch. So I guess it wasn't a ton of time. That night we had the Adult session of stake conference. It was really neat. The missionaries all sat on the stand for a special musical number. We ended up getting up, and were told to not sing very well. The organist was told to play with a lot of stops, and the conductor was told not to do a good job. Well, part way through us singing very badly, the stake president got up and stopped us. He told the ward mission leaders, and the bishops to some and sing with us. He also told the organist to pull out some of the stops and the conductor to actually try. So we did. The missionaries didn't sing great though, and it didn't sound very good. The stake president stopped us again, and asked the ward missionaries to come up to the stand, and the organist to pull out all the stops, and the conductor to actually do his job. He also asked the congregation to stand and sing with us. It was then that the missionaries and everyone sang their best. It was a powerful musical number and a great object lesson. It really emphasized that the missionaries cannot do the missionary work in the wards alone. Missionaries are sent to help with the work, not do it all ourselves. It was very powerful.
On Sunday, we had stake conference, and did all of our studies. I am out of training!!! It is so neat :) It was a good Sunday, and we got to go to our ward mission leaders home for dinner. It was great. It was also the missionary departing devotional. I got to play piano for it. I was so nervous!! I don't think I have every been that nervous to play. To me it seemed like I messed up so much. I thought it sounded horrible. To the rest of the people there, they said it was amazing. Sister Young keeps telling me that I need to have confidence in myself. It was nice though. I have missed playing the piano. It was great to start doing that again.
Overall, this week has been good. Full of adventures, because the difference between a trial and an adventure is your attitude.
I love you all so much. I know that the Lord is watching over us, and that he know exactly what we need.
Like with transfers. Heavenly Father is keeping me in my home ward with the same companion that I love so much. I know that this is the Lords work. I know that His hand has been in my life, keeping us safe, and protected.
The teaching for Linda (the baptized boy’s grandma’s cousin) is going great. We love working with her, and she is going to be baptized on November 16!! It is really exciting. She is so ready to be baptized, and to take that step to be with Heavenly Father.
You have heard of my crazy week with so many adventures. It was hard, but really good as well.
I love you all so very much! I hope that things are going well.
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