Another week has FLOWN by! Actually, mother's day feels like FOREVER ago. Time is so strange that way!
Let me start by telling you about transfers. THEY WERE CRAZY. Or so I've heard.. I wasn't actually there (thank goodness).
So, Sister Ryan is now in a lovely little place called Westchester.
Our new sister is Sister Low from... SCOTLAND! Yep. Foxy's and my other new sisters in our zone are Sister Shaw, Sister Lewis, and Sister Fausett (who Sister Fox trained!!!!!!!!).
Our new zone leader is Elder Beckman, who is from Elder Price's (his companion) ward!
Our new district leader is Elder Seegmiller, who came out with Foxy.
We got 2 new assistants! Elder Fivas, who was the SPANISH elder in eastgate when I first got here (now he's obviously english, wierd) and Elder Martin, who was my first zone leader and my zone leader in Kendallville!!
Also, Sister Parker got a new companion, Sister Christiansen who lived with us at the Blackhams!!!
TOO CRAZY.
As for my week.We have been doing a ton of service. I LOVE IT. Sorry I think I'm in a caps lock mood today. If you have anything you need to get done... ask the missionaries! They will help you! And they will be SO HAPPY you actually asked them. I promise! You can repay them by teaching with them :) Not by feeding them really delicious things that make their skirts too tight!
I'll share one of my favorite service projects form the week in case any of you lovely ladies are ever called to be relief society president. It was called a visiting teaching tune up. Here's what went down: Women from the ward would pull into the church parking lot and fill out a VT questionnaire while us sister missionaries washed their windows. Then, a member of the RS pres would hop in with them and interview them. Then, on their way out they got a water bottle, a "warranty" and a home baked muffin! It was so successful! We have such crafty ladies here in Eastgate. I'm learning a lot from them.
Miracle of the week:
Leaving another of our many service projects (cleaning a less active's house because she had surgery) we walked past a lady walking her dog. Her dog was adorable and I'm me so I of course had to stop and oogle over this dog. We start talking and the conversation turns to none other than the Gospel! AND she became a new investigator! We've gone back a couple times since and she is going through so much. No human should have to go through the things this woman has been through, but she is so strong and so prepared for the Gospel. She even recognized that she was prompted to walk her dog when she ran into us! I have such a strong testimony that the Light of Christ truly can brighten the darkest room. I love being that light for others. That is what keeps me going when I'm feeling like a lousy missionary-- I know that my attitude affects every other person, member and nonmember, around me and I want to leave everyone I talk to better than I found them.
Have I inspired you to be a misisonary? Okay, probably not, but I'm going to give you a pep talk anyway.
The Power of Everyday Missionaries by Clayton Christensen
Go buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously.
It is the best book I've ever read. Our ward is stellar and is creating a member missionary initiative using this book so we received special permission to read it. I could not put it down!! Please, my dear family, read this book and talk to me about it! I will be following up!
Oh and do you remember that conference talk that talked about reading PMG and talking to your missionary child about it? Are you doing that? Let's talk about it!
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