Hello hello!
I'm getting transferred! I will be serving in the Roswell zone with Sister Andrus. I think we're in the Roswell ward? The assitants forgot to tell me which ward I'm in. I'm stoked. It's a nice area. I'm afraid that tracting will be hard because the area is really nice and everyone may or may not be snobs. The nice things is that they have a Trader Joe's :)!
This week was quite slow because Sister Beck is still sick. And not only is she just sick, she has bronchitis. So sad. But on Wednesday we had the sisters' day with Sister Wolfert and it was awesome! I absolutely loved it. I had the opportunity to teach yoga, which was just the best. I got up extra early to figure out a flow and all that jazz, so it was great. And then we had some breakfast and then we had trainings on make up and hair and nutrition. Finally, we ended it whilst sitting in a circle and talking about our concerns and feelings about the mission. I realize this is probably such a sister missionary thing to happen. But it's great and I loved it. Sister Wolfert just felt like the sisters needed a girls day and I think she'll be doing this every few months or so, just to let the sisters bond and stuff. That was definitely one of my favorite days this week.
Then we did service for that one lady that has the gift shop. She had us make really elaborate and decorative bows. That did not feel like service, it was just an extension of girls day ahahah. She gave us these pack of Christmas cards for free and I will be sending out some letters soon! They're really pretty handmade cards.
Thursday we did tables again. Both Sister Beck and Sister Madsen were not feeling good so I was the only one contacting. I did not get that many contacts, but they were really longggggg contacts! A majority of them were 20 to 30 minutes long. Goodness. I was pretty tired on Wednesday. But it was a good tired so I did not mind.
We had another lesson with that less active kid. It was great. Lessons with him make me sad though because he does not see his potential. Ugh. I just wish he could see how much happier he would be if he would just give in to the Lord's will! He knows it will make him happier, that's the whole reason why he asked us to meet. But still, he doesn't completely understand, and it's so hard to try and build someone's self worth when they don't belive you. He's such a gem too. Everyone in the branch loves him, he's amazing at playing piano and just a really sweet, kind guy. Hopefully it all works out.
We had the chance to teach Isabella, she's the one who stopped the elders while she was running. She's so cute. She hasn't been in a religion for 7 years or so! But she's so open to learning everything. She loves Mormons and they have been a good influence in her life in the past so she really does want to be a part of it. Oh she's from Colombia and her parents raised her in the Jehovah's Witness church. I don't know much about their beliefs, but she does not have good memories of that church, that's all I can say. I know she will be baptized, she's so ready.
We met with Brannon. He is not ready to be baptized, but he knows he will be baptized. Being out of a divorce, and he's moving to Woodstock and he's changing jobs, he is kind of scared to jump into another big change. He's been talking to other members and wants them to help him get acclimated to the church. He's another one that I know he'll be baptized. He's just taking his sweet time.
We really just hung around the apartment yesterday and saturday. Friday we were at the doctors for three hours for Sister Beck. They even did an xray. And since we don't have our tiwi cards and sister Beck is on cough syrup, we couldn't really go anywhere and the doctor told her to rest. Hopefully she'll be better by Wednesday when we transfer.
Love y'all!
Sister Smith
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