I got transferred. Which I didn't see coming for
some reason I though I was staying. So that sucked saying bye to everyone.
I didn't realize how close I had gotten to the people in Tempe. The saddest was
saying bye to “J”:( He called us and left a message that he had a really bad
feeling that something was wrong and in the middle of the night he got up and
started praying for us and ever since he's been really worried about us and to
please call him back. When we went over there he was so worried. We told him we
had transfers and he said "WHO IS LEAVING" in (Spanish) and I said
me...and he said NOOOO and started crying...I've never seen “J” cry it broke my
heart and made me cry too. He said the sweetest things and told me I was like a
daughter to him...Also “P” cried and said that it wasn't fair that God was
taking away one of his angels...(he always calls us his angels) I can't
believe I am missing his baptism and “L”'s...stinks when you do all that work
and don't get to see it through. I've been teaching “L” the last 7 months…ah.
SOOOO I'm in a new zone. I'm training...again....Hermana K. She is awesome...and I'M
WHITE WASHING...that part sucks. White washing means there were elders here
before and they moved both and brought in two completely different missionaries.
So we don't know the area or the people and have to start all over. The area is
dead. We have like no investigators. This area has been white washed 4 times in
the last 4 transfers and closed for one. It’s a hard area. And ITS HUGE. We use
like 70-80miles a day it's ridiculous.
BUT I LOVE IT. It's SOO country!! It's beautiful!
Fresh air, mountains, lots of huge corn fields and lots and lots of cows…so it
smells good. The members we live in back of have a horse (whose name is
Gregory) and a rooster!!! Everything is dirt roads...it's so fun. We
are four wheeling in our little corolla all day it makes me happy. It is the
complete opposite of where I was in every way.. So all our members live in new
little housing developments that are all like 30 miles apart. Between lots of
fields of cows and corn and cotton. I feel like I am in a completely different
mission now.
We are lost all the time. One of the other
missionaries is letting us borrow their GPS, which is no help. The other day we
were lost for 2 hours in the middle of nowhere. The gps told us to go down this
old bumpy dirt road for 8 miles and turn right. So after 8 miles of cotton
fields we get to the 8 mile mark and the gps says "turn
right"....into a field of cows... there is nothing for miles and miles.
Finally we see a little farm where we can turn around. And it's an EMU
farm...no idea how to spell that…and embarrassing side note is we thought they
were ostriches...we were scared to get out of the car. Good times.
Great part of white washing and training is that I
have no idea what I am doing or where I am going and to make matters worse my
companion REALLY has no idea what is going on at all.
My companion is laid back so we have had a lot of
fun. She keeps me pretty entertained with her Spanish and awkward things she
says to people. It's awesome:) Greenies are so funny.
I needed this change. Even though the missionary
work is dead in the area I LOVE IT. I love the country. It makes me so happy
all day. I love dirt roads and all the animals and seeing mountains! It's
beautiful. ALSO the elders before left their cd's in the car and 2 of them have
country music!!! (Well gospel/country but it's the closet we can get to
country) Heavenly Father knows me and knew country music would make white
washing and being completely lost all day bearable.
Here is the best part:
We live with other sisters! That never happens. So
we live with 2 other English sister missionaries in a small house behind a
member’s house. One of them in training too so we can train our greenies
together it's so nice...BUT 4 sisters 1 bathroom...Here is the crazy
part...we all get ready in 40 minutes with time to spare. It’s a miracle and
I’m not sure how it works...Miracle…
Our ward with 2 other Hermanas! 4 hermanas in 1
ward. That’s never happened. It’s fun.
Sunday at church was hard it made me miss my old
area so bad. In Relief Society the lesson was on the gathering of Israel and
the topic changed to missionary work and helping the missionaries find. Then
this random evil lady was like "I would NEVER send my daughters on a
mission. I just don't think it's right. It's just for boys.." um hello
with 4 sister missionaries sitting right behind her. But then the other
hermanas in the ward all kinda attacked her and said she would be stupid not to
send her daughters if they chose to go one day...So that was a different
welcome to the ward.
When we got home we told the English sisters and
one of them had this quote from Gordon B.Hinkley:
"Many young women are serving missions. Many
are preparing to serve, not because they aren't married or have nothing else to
do; but because they have a desire to serve and therefore are being called to
the work. The reason so many are going is because in the next generation,
Heavenly Father will be sending His priesthood Army to earth and wants to send
them to Mothers who have been properly trained and taught the gospel. What
better training can a young women have than that of serving a mission."
I like that.
Anyways we have a lot of sucking up to do. I need to
learn to love this ward.
We do have one family that the elders were teaching
that is awesome. The mom has never progressed or showed any interest, wont come
to church and says no when the elders committed her to read the book of Mormon...Turns
out she needed sisters and feels comfortable with us. We had two lessons this
week with them and the second time when we came back SHE HAD READ and wanted to
learn more. All the kids had their book of Mormons out when we go there...So
they are cute and we are happy about them. Well see what happens.
Okay well I think that sums it up. New area. Training
again...lost all the time...missionary work is slow...but I’m happy because we
have a horse and go four wheeling all day…
I LOVE YOU
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