Wowza, I survived my first week as a trainer...just barely...HAHA just
kidding! My trainee is AMAZING. She totally came pre-trained...so all I have to
do is guide her a little bit here and there. Seriously though, she's great. I
feel so blessed to have her as a companion! It's the best. We make a pretty good
team because we both have that desire to work as hard as we can. :)
This week was great. On Tuesday, that was transfer day, and because I'm
training we had to be up in Raleigh by 8:15am. We had to wake up at 5am and be
on the road by 6:30am. AH it was crazy. Wayyyy too early. Haha I'm just saying!
But the day was good! So it all worked out. First, all the trainers met together
with President Bernhisel and one of the assistants (Sister Bernhisel came in
later) and the trainees met together. So at first the trainers and trainees were
separated. And then at about 10, we finally met our trainees! It was awesome! My
new companion is Sister Peterson and she's from Utah. She's great! And then we
had a little bit of instruction, we role played, and then we had lunch! And came
back for more instruction and then we went to the transfer meeting. It was
awesome! After that we found our ride back home, which was Sister Horn (Elder
& Sister Hill brought us up to Raleigh...I forgot to mention that). So after
the meeting, I said my goodbyes to Sister Webb -- I'm gonna miss her! And then
Sister Peterson and I went and got her stuff to put in Sister Horn's van. We
found her luggage, but her bike disappeared! So we spent a solid 20 minutes
trying to track it down. But no luck. So we talked to Elder Scott (he's in
charge of that kinda stuff) and he said we would track it down and bring it to
us when he comes to Fayetteville. So it will all work out. Good thing she got
called to an area where we have a full time car!! Haha. The ride back was good.
We stopped at Cook Out and Sister Horn bought us all shakes. Sister Peterson had
her first Cook Out experience!! WOO! So yeah Cook Out is totally a southern fast
food place (it's comparable to Peter's in Calgary) and it's SO good. I love it.
The rest of the day was good! All of our appointments fell through....but that's
why back up plans are so important! Haha it all worked out :)
On Wednesday we had an appointment with one of the less actives in Fort
Bragg. Her name is Sister Smith. She's the best, I love her. We hadn't been able
to get up with her for a couple months..so it was great to finally get in with
her. And wow. There was such a difference about her! Last time we met with her,
she was way distant and she didn't want to talk to us at all..and she looked
miserable. But this time, a complete 180. She was super happy and bubbly and
totally soaking in everything we were saying. She mentioned that she has her ons
and offs about the gospel and she's just getting over one of her offs. And now
she's coming to church and reading her scriptures and having family prayer and
all of those things that help you come closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ. This was such a great experience for me and a huge testimony builder on
the fact that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can and WILL make you happier! I've
noticed being out on the mission that the people who are happy and full of joy
are the ones that are anxiously engaged in the gospel and those who are not in
that happy place are putting other things before the church. So family (and
friends), stay close to the gospel, do those things that you know you should be
doing, and I PROMISE you that you will see the difference in your life! You WILL
be happier! :D That doesn't mean that you won't ever have trials or hard times,
but it does mean that you will have that hope and faith that you need to get
through those trials. The church is true!!
Saturday was a wonderful day as well! I'm sure you all remember Mercedes.
Our golden investigator who is totally and completely amazing? Yeah her. :)
Anywho, we recently found out that she is going to the ward that she's supposed
to be going to (she lives in that ward's boundaries). She was only going to the
YSA branch because that's the one her boyfriend took her too. So, we figured out
where she was supposed to be and we passed her off to the sisters in that ward
and now she's being taught to them! It's kinda sad because we won't be teaching
her anymore, but it's MUCH better for Mercedes. She has a daughter and so they
will be able to learn more about the church together and have the fellowship and
support from the ward that they'll be baptized in. So all in all, this is
exactly how it's supposed to be. I'm really happy for her! She actually wants to
get baptized before her boyfriend moves back to Utah. And that's in a couple
weeks. So I'll keep you posted on that! It would be absolutely amazing to see
her get baptized. :) ANYWHO. The YSA branch had a service project planned for
her - yardwork in Mercedes' backyard! So we totally went to that and helped :)
It was a lot of fun!!! We got so much work done and Mercedes even fed us ALL
lunch. She's such a sweetheart. It was great to see her again, and she just
looks so so so happy! I love it. I love seeing the gospel change lives...that's
the greatest miracle that you get to witness on the mission. In my opinion
anyway. Seeing the Atonement work through people to soften hearts and help them
closer to Christ just gives you the most indescribable feeling ever.
Also! On Saturday, we were able to meet with Ceresa!! YAY! It was so good
to see her again. We just stopped by her house so we were taking our chances as
to if she would be home and if she would let us in. BUT it's a good thing we did
because she was totally home and she totally let us in! It was wonderful! We had
a really good chat with her and we just got to know her more and strengthen that
relationship with her. We have an appointment scheduled for Thursday evening
with her to actually start teaching her the lessons. I'm super excited for it.
She seems really interested in learning more. I just love her! Haha she's the
best!! :D
Well that's about all I have to report for this week! Thanks for all your
continued love and support! Remember that I love you all SO so SOOO much.
Have a magically delightful week!! :D Y'all are all the best! Love
you!
Much Love,
Sister Blumel
xoxox
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| Service project at Mercedes |
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| Transfer Day |
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| Sister Peterson and Sister Blumel |
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