Bye Bye Beaver... Heeeellllloo.....???
8-5-13
Helllllo family!
Mom....Cove Fort is a church history site :)
Your week sounds ridiculous! haha I can’t believe all that stuff happened all together!
Alana must of had a paaaaaart-y! Sheesh! Did they get my card? Hope so!
So not only did you have a crazy week BUT so did we!
So Monday....Sister R and I learned how to GOLF! One of
our Ward Mission Leaders and his wife took us out to learn how to golf. He took
30 minutes to explain how to do it all like the PROS! :) Soooo then we started to practice....everything
was going well...we got to the first hole and Sister R went first....She did
great! Then it was my turn. Soooo remember how my shoulders are dumb and aren't
very strong..... hahaha the first shot I partially dislocated my shoulder! I
thought I was going to cry.... but I didn't and I kept playing. We got to hole
5 and I had to stop... my arm no longer wanted to work. BUT DONT WORRY it’s all
better now and doesn't hurt hahaha I just won’t be golfing for a while!
THEN Tuesday we got a phone call... one of our Ward Mission
Leaders went to go check on one of our investigators. He says BAD news Sisters!
We had been trying to get a hold of this guy for weeks and he had been avoiding
us. Our WML says well...he won’t be getting baptized anytime soon. We said uh
oh! What happened? Apparently, our Investigator went to a party over the
weekend and got super drunk ( HELLLO...WHAT HAPPEND TO COMMITTING TO FOLLOWING
THE WORD OF WISDOM?) He decided to drive and smashed into a car...got
arrested....got a DUI... and got his license suspended for year :( Uh that was
heart breaking news for us! WE were sad to hear that happened. We tried to
visit him to support him and see what we could do for him or how we could help
him, but he doesn't want to talk to us for a while because he's too embarrassed
to talk to us. Testimony that when we follow the Word of Wisdom we can be happier and healthier. The Gospel is a hard
way to live because the world seems so much more fun... but in reality... When
we live the Gospel the way the Lord has set for us we can truly be happy and we
can have confidence that the choices we make are good ones.
Wednesday we had a pretty good day.
Friday we were asked to go back to Cove Fort to do some
service for them on their "COVE FORT DAYS" We got to talk to loooots
of people. It was pretty fun.
Saturday was even a crazier day! WE had to spend the
morning "weekly planning" since we didn't get to do it on Friday. So
we started a little later in the day then usually. We had appointments at 2,3
and then we were going to contact our investigator in the apartment complex at
4 ....for some reason we felt we needed to go visit someone else instead so we
didn't go to the appointment at 4. We didn't get the chance to visit the
appointments until about 6. When we walked into the complex our investigators
boyfriend (Levi) was standing outside of his door. We walked in and he said
booooy am I glad to see you! We thought well that's funny because he's never
said that to us before. He went on to tell us about his day and all the things
that happened to him. Earlier that day his apartment complex got raided by the Sheriff’s
Department and they busted in doors trying to find a man who had been dealing
drugs. Levi was very overwhelmed and was upset because he felt like his family
wasn't safe anymore. WE talked to him for a while and talked to him about
prayer and how he could ask Heavenly Father to protect his family. He asked if we
could say a prayer with him, so we did. We were standing outside and as we were
saying a prayer, we were standing in a circle and I had my eyes closed...as we
were standing there...I got this really strong impression... "DONT CLOSE
YOUR EYES" I opened my eyes scared not knowing what might happen. I didn't
want Levi to see that I had my eyes opened so I stood there with my head down
and just kept my eyes looking around. We finished the prayer and nothing had
happened. I am not sure why I was given that impression but I know that for
that moment we were safe. After we had said the prayer...this man drove into
the complex, Levi started freaking out. He said "Sisters, you gotta get
out of here!!!" So we ran out and got into our car. Before Sister R and I
ever go into this place we always say a prayer for protection... I can tell you
that if we did not have the power of prayer or if God was not real...we could
have easily found ourselves in bad situations...BUT it is because of prayer and
the power of God that we have been protected. We have been kept safe so many
times and I am so grateful! I love my Heavenly Father and all that He does for
me! I love that HE DOES hear my prayers and HE does ANSWER them!
I love my mission...I love the people I see and talk to... I love seeing miracles!!!
Ok ok ok.....sooo you’re probably dying by now wanting to
know where I am now!
My meeting with president went well. I talked to him
about extending and he said he would get back to me, ha so it wasn't as
productive as I thought it would be, but it was still good!
Saturday morning we got our transfer calls...this time I
got mine from President Center. No usual call this time. President Center asked
me to be a new "Sister Zone Leader"...It’s a new position the church
has come up with. I am being sent back down to St. George. Funny story.... Remember where I was before
Beaver???? I was serving in Washington Field...with Sister Anderson. President
has called me to serve in the Washington Fields with Sister Anderson as a Zone
Leader.
The only thing that came out of my mouth was ....."again?!" ... he said, Yes Sister...anymore questions? I said no.
So it’s official my mission is a crazy one! I will start
and die in the same place. I have a lot of bitter sweet feelings about this
call this time. I am excited to serve as a Zone Leader... but I am sad to go
back to the Visitor’s Center. I have been praying a lot that Heavenly Father
will help through it and that I will be able to have the strength to do what
the Lord wants me to so. I've been really nervous to go back with Sister A also
since we didn't really leave on a good note. I know we have both changed a lot
in the last 9 months. So, I pray that with those changes we will be able to
work better with one another. Yesterday was a hard day, saying goodbye to
Beaver. I cried. I will forever remember Beaver and the people that I met. I
will forever have those friends! I am so grateful I was given the chance to
serve there for 9 whole months!!!! Whaaaat a blessing!
So there it is... I am back down in the heat of St. George and I am now a Zone Leader! ha
What a whirl wind! :)
Well I love you all! xoxooxox
Mom...Love you like allll the things I've gathered for 9 months
that I had to pack :) hahaha
We love our "Sister Larsen" and miss her too! I will keep you posted as to her "release" date.
Mom
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