December 17, 2018
Funny: So many funny things this week! For starters we got a
surprise on Wednesday. Sister Eliessa and I are training a new missionary named
Sister Haney! It was her first day in the field, and I was so excited to take
her out tracting, and get straight into the work. The first person we saw was
this little old man riding on his little motor wheel chair down the street. I
go up to him and introduce ourselves as missionaries and start to talk to him.
He kept saying "WHAT?" really loud. Eventually he just said "I
can't understand you. Once you get pregnant and have babies then I will be able
to understand you." I was a little bit confused by this, and he started to
laugh hysterically as he rolled away on his little wheelchair. We all burst
out laughing. This week has just been chuck full of laughter and smiles.
Spiritual: This story is a little bit funny as well as
spiritual. So we were tracting and this cute little cat started following us
around to every door, and trying to get in the peoples houses as they opened
the door. Every person we knocked at was like " Is that your cat?" Finally the cat succeeded and got into one of the people's houses we knocked on.
We went in to get the cat out of her house for her, and we ended up teaching
her a little lesson, and she wants to meet again! Sometimes the Lord sends us
angels to help in his work, and sometimes he sends us mischievous kittens.
Where I'm at: So I guess I'm training this transfer we didn't
know until kind of last minute. Sister Haney is from upstate New York and is
amazing! I keep telling her she came to us pre-trained. I absolutely love her!
I hope we get to stay companions for a long time! Her and Sister Eliessa
lovingly refer to me as boss. I have a pretty strong leadership personality I
have discovered on my mission. So when it comes to decision making and
getting things done, I never hesitate. I think the best way to lead though, is
by helping others to learn to lead themselves. So hopefully they will quit
calling me boss, and I can help them develop some of their own leadership
skills 😄 I really love being with both of them.
Our area is doing great! It feels so nice to be back in Hot Springs again! Also
Sara's baptism went great! I am so happy for her! I absolutely love my mission!
I wouldn't trade it for anything! I have felt such exceedingly great joy
here!!!!!