Heyyyloooo!
This week was GREAT! Writing my email the way I
did last week was super nice for my brain to collect thoughts....so I'm gonna do
that again today!!
Monday: We really didn't do anything too crazy.
We had to wait for forever for the elders to be done emailing....but it wasn't a
big deal. We had dinner with the Dick family and they're super great. I'm sad
that I didn't get to know them sooner!! And then after that we went to the
Coffield's (the family that we were working with in December and their son,
Wade, got baptized) and said a "see ya later" to them. Oh my goodness, I hate
saying bye....and I know that it's not a goodbye....but it's still hard. Oh
well. Sister Coffield is a sweetheart and she got me a shirt that says
Swansboro. Super cute. I just love her. That family is the best!!! Definitely
coming back to visit them as soon as I can <3 And then the rest of the night
was spent packing.....Shout out to Sis Scrib who stayed up until like 3 in the
morning with me.....LUCKILY! I wasn't even that stressed out....so that was
good...a nice change. Cause usually packing stresses me out hard core and I get
major anxiety over it haha.
(Shout out to Sister Peterson who had to deal with
me the first time I had to pack up all my stuff....man I was a mess. Thanks for
being patient with me Sis P!!) But then Sis Scrib told me she prayed that I
wouldn't get stressed out....so dang. Prayer works. Who woulda thought?!
(Merci Sister Scribner...you're the best.)
Tuesday:
TRANSFER DAY! I packed up all my last minute stuff and then before I knew it, we
were on our way up to Raleigh. On the way out of Jville, my heart ached for a
whole 10 minutes and I think I shed like 2 tears. I'm gonna miss it there! I
learned so much and went through a ton and wow, I just feel very blessed to have
been given that opportunity to serve there. BUT! I was excited for some change.
Jacksonville was definitely my refiner's fire of the mission. That's for sure.
It's all good though :) Anywho, the Juncker's drove us up to Raleigh. Basically
because transfer meetings got cut out, everyone met in the Raleigh Stake Center
parking lot and you had to go find an assistant and then they told you where you
were going and who your comp is. So that was interesting hahah it was actually
not as bad as I thought it was going to be! So that's good. Oh my gosh.....BEST
MOMENT EVER >> I saw Sister Peterson and I like cried. Oh man....I saw her
walking up and I totally ran and gave her the biggest hug ever. I just love that
girl wayyyy too much. And I also got to see Sister Rich, my grandbaby! It was
the best thing ever. My heart was soo full after seeing them. Especially Sis P.
Oh man....I hope I get to serve with her ONE more time before I go. I just love
her. Anyway, we caught up for a little bit....there's never enough time....and
then again before I knew it, I was starting Transfer 11 in
RALEIGH (1st
and 2nd) with
Sister Streetman!
That night, we just did a ton
of contacting. It was fun!
Oh awkward sidenote: I am the master of
first impressions. So we had dinner at the Bishop's (of the 2nd ward) house, he
wasn't feeling well, so it was just his wife. And I get the worst nosebleed when
we first get there. So I'm like dealing with this and I felt totally anti-social
because I was like hiding in the bathroom. I FELT SO BAD. Gahh...stinking dry
nose. And it's not even dry...but it's a lot dryer than the summertime I
suppose. Anywho, it all worked out and Sister Krallis wasn't even mad. So it's
okay. I got it under control and we had a very nice dinner :) #srslytho.
Wednesday: We had district meeting. And I learned that Elder Weiss
(he was in my district in Jville) is in my district again!!!!! Ahhh he's the
best. He's the one from Calgary! It's fun serving with him again!! Hahaha. He's
seriously so hilarious. Anywho. District Meeting was great. And then we did some
more contacting referrals and stuff afterwards. That was basically it haha.
Oh wait! We went tracting for a whole half hour and we found 3 new
investigators. WUTTT! It was the best! And they're pretty solid too :) So that
was great.
Thursday: It was our planning day. And then for dinner, one of
the members took us out to the nicest restaurant I have ever been to in my whole
entire life. Oh my lanta. It was soooo nice. Super fancy. Wow. Like I'm talking,
the cheapest thing was the salad and it was like $13 which doesn't seem like a
ton....until you times that by 4 (there was 4 of us) and then we all get
dessert. Basically the bill was over $100. WHAT THE! Yikes. Anyway. It was super
good!! And it was very nice :) I'm just so used to Fayettenam and J-Vegas...this
was like a foreign concept to me haha. Oh well it was great. And then we did
some more contacting tonight as well.
Friday: We had a couple
appointments set and one of them was with this cute little Hispanic lady. I felt
so bad though because I was literally so exhausted...it took every ounce of my
being to stay awake. I had to go "use the bathroom" at one point just to get up
and move because I was seriously falling asleep.....I felt like an awful person
hahaha. But I managed to survive. So that's good. And then we met with one of
our investigators named Verlinda. We had a good lesson with her. AND! Her
husband, James, was there and he totally became a new investigator as well. He's
great, has a lot of really good questions, and is interested in the Book of
Mormon and in learning more! So that's exciting. Verlinda's super close to
baptism and her testimony is SOLID. She's doing great. She's a strong woman
that's for sure. She's been through a lot, but she's got the right attitude
about it :)
Saturday: We went tracting again and found 1 new
investigator! (Which puts us at 5...WHOA!) She's a young mom, baptist, and super
cute. Her name is Sarabeth and we're seeing her on Thursday. I'm excited to
teach her, she seems super great :) After that we did some more contacting! We
got a TON of referrals this week from the elders, church headquarters, and the
members. Oh man, Raleigh's on fire!! I LOVE IT.
Sunday: CHURCH! It
was such a gong show haha we had so much going on that we missed 1st wards
sacrament meeting AND 2nd ward's sacrament meeting. (Meetings, talking to
people, you know missionary stuff haha) So we had to go to the spanish ward so
we could take the sacrament haha. It was interesting though! I just love how it
doesn't matter where you are or what language is being spoken, the same spirit
is felt. I was amazed at how strongly I was feeling the spirit when we were
singing the hymns (in spanish of course) and when the sacrament prayers were
being said. I wasn't able to understand the language, but I understood the
spirit and it was so strong. It was a testimony builder that this IS the Lord's
church. :) It was refreshing, because I think in english I get too comfortable
because it happens all the time, but because it was in Spanish I had to be more
focused to TRY and understand what was going on. It was good. I don't know if
any of this is making sense because I feel like I'm rambling....but I hope it
does :) What I'm TRYING to say is that it was simply a neat experience.
After church we were able to have a lesson with our little 9 year old
investigators. It was fun. We taught them the Word of Wisdom and they should be
baptized right quick here. I'm excited for them :)
That evening, we
were able to have a super spiritual lesson with the Clements family. It was
great. Sister Streetman and I talked about what we were studying and it was
amazing. It was a lot of fun to talk about Nephi and his brothers going back to
get the plates. It's such a good story! It's only when we include the Lord in
our plans, that we will find success. Remember that :)
Wellllll,
that was my week in a nutshell!! I hope y'alls was great as well :) I love you
tons and I miss you all so much! Keep reading your scriptures, praying, and
going to church!! Y'all are the best!!
Take care and be safe! Keep
smiling!!
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo
<3
PS My new mailing address is:
6217 North Hills Dr. Apt
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Raleigh, NC 27609
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