So this week was... well it was crazy! Remember how I said I thought I was leaving,
but I really didn't want to... well... I'm leaving haha... I say
"haha" but really it's more like "wawa" But, I'll be training a new missionary so
that's kind of exciting! We will flush
an area so we will be on equal footing as far as knowing the area and people! I
always said that if I was to train I would want to flush. So... I guess I got
that wish!
Also... remember how I said I wanted to extend my
mission... well... that one did come true!! Haha happy days!! Because of the
MTC time being now 3 weeks... I get an extra week on my mission.... you can not
understand how happy this makes me! Do
you know how many new people you could find in a week?! LOADS!!!
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| Happy!!! |
Oh happy days!!!!
So besides finding out that I'm leaving and maybe
crying for the whole night again... it's been a wonderful week!
Tuesday we headed up to the Springs to spend the
night for our meeting in the morning... my last one! haha
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| On the road again |
So we got
to stop by and visit with some of my favourite people in the world!! We ended up staying a little too long at our
last visit but it was so great and long overdue!! Rebecca, I freaking love you!
(I know you read these now! hahaha )
So it kinda just made my week awesome!! I wish I could still be your missionary! haha
...I just wanted to publicly let people know how great you are!! :)
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| For Rebecca |
We had our Festival of Nativities last night and
it was so great! I think if they do it next year it will be even better! There were a bunch of non members there!
Either family members or friends of members... and one person that we found
while out tracting!
We went tracting on Saturday to hand out some
invitations to our "Festival of Nativities" and while we were
tracting we met a sister who was a less active member. I had never met nor
heard of her. As she opened the door, she let us in straight away! As we were
talking about the Festival, and that it would be followed by a Christmas Devotional from
the First Presidency, I thought it would be a good time to talk about prophets
and what the First Presidency was. As I started explaining, she picked up a
manual of teachings of George Albert Smith (the 8th President of the Church)
and said "I'm already a Mormon, or at least I was" and so we got to
talking with her. We must have spent about 40 minutes in her home talking with
her. She told us how grateful she was that we had come, and told us how great
her baptism was. I think our visit definitely reminded her of the joy she had
felt in the gospel. She told us that if she was feeling up to it, she would
come for our Festival. There was no sign of her there... until about 30 minutes
in when she walked through the door with a friend!! It was amazing!
That same day that we were tracting we had asked
the Zone Leaders for the address of a member that they had said had moved from
their area to ours. She is less active and her husband is not a member. Well
they hadn't gotten back to us but we just kept tracting and inviting... it was
about to be dark, so we tried to get done as much as possible before going
home. We walked past this lady getting out of her car. At first we just said
'Hi', and moved on (rookie mistake!), and then Sister Zitting said
"Hey!" and walked back to her and extended the invitation, to which
she replied "What ward am I in now?" It was her! We found the family
that the Zone Leaders had told us about, and they live only a few houses away
from ours!
But it has been a good week!! I just feel like my
tiny heart is breaking a bit at the thought of leaving here! I could stay here
for the next 7 and a half months and be perfectly happy... but then I remember
how fast 7 and a half months goes... and that is crazy!
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| Sad to be leaving Monte Vista |
People say that the time goes so fast when you're
training... that's not very reassuring!! I don't actually want it to... because
otherwise... I'll have like 3 months left when I'm done... nope... nope...
gross! But at least I have that extra
week!!
Well.... I think that sums up my week pretty
well...
Next time I email I will know where the heck I'm
going!!
Hope you all have a good week.
I was (am) freaking out about all this training
jazz... since I don't even know what the heck I'm doing yet... and then someone
pretty smart pointed me to the story in the new Ensign,
specifically this part:
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| Ensign December 2015 |
“Before you worry,” she said, “trust God first.
When I do that and I have faith, everything else is simple. When we trust God,
we can move forward in our lives with faith and confidence in the future. When we do that, we can live as witnesses of God.”
I think that's a pretty good thought for everyone...
Love you all!!! :)
Don't suck.
Hello Angel Child. You are going to be an awesome trainer. Your love for the Gospel is tangible and your new companion will learn much from you. Luv ya
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