Here's the big news...I'm officially in the...California,
Anaheim Mission!! YAAAY!! Isn't that crazy? Transfers were insane!
People were going everywhere!
Just kidding...:) I'm actually in the Rancho Cucamonga Mission!
Woot, woot!!! I'm super excited to be in this mission. I secretly hoped I
would be in that one, and I got my wish! HOOOORAAAAAYYY! :) :) We also
have our new Mission President! His name is President Hobbs! I haven't
met him yet, but I get to tomorrow, so that will be great! I was sad
that President and Sister Godwin left...and I kind of didn't get to say
goodbye to them because we had to rush out, but I'm really excited to
meet the new Mission President!
So let's talk about transfers, because they really were insane.
So Sister Ott got her training call last Sunday night, and that was kind
of hard because I really wasn't sure what would happen. All we knew is
that Sister Ott wouldn't be training me anymore. We got to transfer
meeting and I was super nervous. Sisters kept getting called, and
called, and my name wasn't called. Part of me thought that I might still
be in Ontario because it's the last area called. There weren't many
sisters left, and then they called the new Sister Training Leaders. The
first ones of the mission! And then guess what happened, they assigned
two half trained greenies to each of them! And I was one of them! So I'm
in a trio, in a lovely area called Upland! My new companions names are
Sister Winert (One of the two Sister Training Leaders) and Sister
Morones (Another half-trained greenie, like me! ) Didn't see that one
coming! MIND BLOWN.
Sister Winert is from Rochester, New York. She has 25 kids in
her family, and no, I'm not kidding. Her parents had eleven kids and
then adopted fourteen! She's super awesome, and super experienced!
I know I have a lot to learn from her. This is her last transfer too! So
she'll be heading home after this!
Sister Morones is from Mesa, Arizona! She's a convert of only a
year and a few months! She's also a spanish-speaking Sister, which is
super-duper handy when we run into people who "No hablo Ingleas."
(<--probably butchered that :) ) She's a hard worker, and really
energetic! We're going to work well together!
So yes, I pretty much scored on companions. :)
Upland is a beautiful, well-to-do area! And it's only about five
minutes away from Ontario. Haha! So they're pretty similar. I'm so
excited to be here!
You're probably wondering about Ann's Baptism...IT WAS THE BEST EVER! Ah, Saturday
was so awesome! I was kind of bummed that since I was transferred I
didn't get to be with her for the week before her baptism, but it's
okay! She was great! She asked me to bear my testimony, so that was a
great opporutunity. I cried...a bit. :) But that's otay! Holy cow, I
can't describe how happy I was. Remeber in a missionary's call letter it
talks about how "More happiness awaits you then you can imagine." Well
it's true. :) It was an experience I'll never forget. It was amazing.
Everything went well too! And I was happy that I also got to see Sister
Ott and some of the awesome ward members again. :) What a great, great
day. The church is true. :)
Yeah so my first week in Upland was pretty eventful too!
Apparently work is pretty hard in this area, but we were able to have a
miracle and find four new investigators and some great potential! Let me
tell you the story. So we got a media referral my first full day here (
l love those things) and Sister Morones and Sister Winert hadn't had
one the whole time they'd been in Upland! So it was a big deal! His name
was Bronco, and we went to contact him, but he wasn't home...but his
brother (Charles) and his Charles' girlfriend were! They let us right in to
teach them a lesson! (That doesn't ever happen!) And guess what...the
best part is at the end of the lesson, I asked them if they'd work
towards baptism and they said YES!!! AHHH! :) But that's not all! The
next day we didn't back to teach them again and they weren't there...but
Bronco and his fiance were!! And guess what! They let us right in to
teach a lesson, and THEN guess what! I asked them if they'd work towards
getting baptized, and they said YES!!! AHHH! :) It was pretty awesome!
:) So yes, I'm really excited to be up here in Upland. This is going to
be an awesome transfer!
I also got to speak in the new ward yesterday. I hope this
speaking all of the time thing doesn't become normal. :) It went well
though, and I feel like everytime I do it I'm getting better at this
whole public speaking thing. :)
Funny story of the week: we were visiting a less-active, and he
had a dog. Said dog looks kind of funny because he has a serious
underbite. :) I thought it was kind of cute, but then when the less
active wasn't in the room the dog decided it needed to go potty. So it
did. On the couch. Right in front of us. Oh dear. :)
So the work continues! :) This past week was a little stressful,
but there were so many wonderful things that happened! I'm so excited
to be a part of this work! It really is a great privilege. I've felt my
testimony grow each day, which is an amazing experience. I never want
to lose that. There's so much that I need to learn, sometimes it can get
overwhelming, and sometimes it can be discouraging. But I know I've
grown so much in the past couple months! Can you believe it's been two,
whole months today! What?! :)
I know this is where I'm supposed to be! I'm learning and growing so much. Thank you so, so much for all of the prayers. I know that they help me, and the people we meet every day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Have a great week!!! I love you all!
P.S. I've discovered that I'm probably going to be training next transfer. It kind of scares the crud out of me, but it's going to be great! :) haha!
P.P.S. here are some pics of the baptism!!
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