Hello there family!
Transfers are
happening this week! I'm staying here for a fourth transfer,
with Sister Petty! Sister Angelo is going to Palm Bay (after being here for 5
transfers). Gonna miss her. Sister Lamborn is also
staying in in the north side of this area and training again, haha.
I also didn't manage
to write in my journal as much as I should have this past week... Gotta catch
up later. And it's late. So this email might be a bit sparse. Sorry!
Tuesday we
had a super happy day.
Just felt really good. Went out and did some referral finding, talked to a less
active we'd never met...
The North Sisters
delivered us food from Sister Afu, since we can't all eat together anymore
(apparently that's a rule. :( ). And we all just hung around and talked. Sister
Petty and Sister Angelo sang hymns for quite a while. They both have great
voices. Sister Angelo is generally really quiet, but when she sings, it's gorgeous. Sister Petty said she was hoping the whole time that I'd come
out and harmonize, haha. But I was enjoying just talking.
At Give Kids the World on Wednesday, we were all extra hands; they didn't really
need us. So we did what they wouldn't have gotten to. Folded rags. Cut and
wrapped over a thousand brownies. Their TVs were playing "San Diego Zoo
Kids" and it was just informative things on cute animals. So I was fairly
disobedient and watched that while we worked. :P
The Champions took us
for an early dinner and then drove us home. They're awesome. They served a
mission together and gave a talk last Sunday on helping the missionaries. They
recently decided to sell their house and be full-time RV-ers. So they travel a
ton and only settle for a few months.
We visited with Sister
Jones, and her 3 year old prayed with us. :) It was so cute and she
was so proud. His mom even thought it was cool.
Thursday at
District meeting we split into two groups and discussed scenarios from Preach
My Gospel. We were given the scenario of opening a new area. Sister Lamborn and
I looked at each other and simultaneously said, "DONE." Haha. Then we
basically just shared with the group what worked and what we wished we had
done.
The Brancels took us
for lunch at Golden Corral. Oh my goodness they are so sweet. I think they're
also kind of transient. They told us their conversion stories and he gave us
hugs. Just an adorable old southern couple.
And we had dinner with
the Palominos, which is always an adventure! Their kids are SO fun. And loud.
The 4 year old prayed at the end that we wouldn't choke in the night,
haha. Then she wanted to share her own message after ours.
THEN. We dropped by
the house of someone that Sister Lamborn and I were going to teach a couple
months ago. Just trying to follow up and see if she was still interested. And
she totally is. Yeshie is 17, and was basically a referral from her
mother. She was excited when we told her we could give her an English Bible.
Then she asked if she could have a Book of Mormon after we read out of it, and
was super happy that we gave it to her. She remembered what we'd prayed with her
about last time. And when we texted her later she said she was reading. :)
Friday we
went visiting teaching with Sister Kober! Saw a less active we've never met,
and another that I hadn't visited since my first week here.
Did some planning.
Met with Yeshie again!
She had read the pamphlet, the intro and testimonies in the Book of Mormon, the
first part of Genesis... She's so golden. We just talked with her for a while.
At the end she asked if she could call us her sisters. We're so excited to keep
teaching her.
Saturday we mostly stressed out about getting transfer calls. Tracted some. Had a few interesting conversations. Also hit my four months in the field mark.
Then we went to Sister
Fritz's house for dinner! One of her dogs finally let me pet her. :D She's
awesome and loves having us over.
After that, we went up
to the North Sisters' apartment. Just to be together and support each other.
Had some cookie dough. Got to bed way too late.
Sunday was
ward conference, so we heard from the Stake President. Sister Palomino was
released as Relief Society president. She was only there 2 months. Apparently
someone realized that she shouldn't be a Bishop's wife AND RS pres AND have 4
kids. She was the busiest woman of all time, and something of a superhero. She
did so much good. Sister Kober is the new RS president! :D
We finally were able
to see Susan again. Talked to her for a long time. She was in an awful car
accident and we've been super worried about her. We're going to go help her out
this week.
And then we saw Kiara,
the other super solid high school student we've been seeing. :) Aaaaand we put
her on date for baptism! She had some awesome questions about what it means to
be baptized, and said she really thinks she needs to work towards that. Oh my
goodness we're so excited.
So that's been the
week! Today's been crazy and busy. We're all going to the Eggs' house later tonight. Yay! :)
Challenge for the
week: take some time to pray and have a notebook with you. Any time during that
prayer that you get an impression, stop and write it down. :)
Hope you all have a
fantastic week! I love you!
Love,
Christine
A photo from last week's letter.
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