Welcome back to the Fields... IT’S HOT!!!!!
8/13/13
Mom....
Being a Zone Leader is a ton of work...but fun. It’s been
about a week since transfers and I have already gone on 2 exchanges and have
had to take care of several Sisters.
Sister A and I have been doing well. She hasn’t changed
much...but I think I have and I have learned how to better handle it. It’s been
fun. VERY different, but good.
SISTER KIA called you?!?!?!?! I LOVE that lady!!!!! She is a
good woman and helped us a lot. Her daughter is a good missionary...I was sad
to see her come home but I know that when she’s better everything is going to
work out for her.
Since I talked to y'all last...
Wed I made it to St. George and itssssss hooooooot! I’m
dying haha everyone says "you’re from AZ you’re use to this, right?"....not
after Beaver... haha. I look like a hot mess everyday!
Thurs. We went out to our area and we went and found our
families we were last working with...one of them is struggling big time right
now and the son went LA :( we are trying to see what we can do to help him come
back.
The other family... I left WF right when we put them on date
for baptism and were getting them all ready. We saw them and the mom just
cried! She said she cried because we weren’t at her baptism...it was cute! They
are super solid and are planning their Sealing date! I’m soooo stoked! It’s
going to be amazing to see this family finally come together. The dad had been
LA for 25 years and now is SOLID in the church. Heavenly Father really changed
this family's life!
We also saw the Feesagos...not sure if your remember
them...we baptized their kids and got them reactivated...they are now LA :(
uuuughhhhh! It's frustrating to see that but I know that we can come back and
help them better than what we did before.
I've been thinking about why I am here and why in this area
again... I’m still not sure buuuut I know that I am a waaay better missionary
than I was before and so is Sister A. We are going to work hard in this area
and be bolder. We hope that we can see miracles and change this area.
Being back at the VC is super hard. I have had a couple of
break downs. I hate not being in my area, I hate sitting there when no one is
there, and I’ve already gotten in trouble. We got new directors... the director’s
wife... I was talking to her the other day and I’ve never talked to her before.
She asked where I was from and I told her AZ. She said ooooh so where? I said
Mesa...She said wow...you actually went on a mission? Cause those Mesa girls
never leave mom. It’s like their stuck to their moms. Wow I was offended! I
said we're not ALL like that... she said "I don’t believe you"... I
had to walk away! I was amazed she would talk to me like that. Then the other
day she yelled at me for some other silly reason...THEN her husband got after
me. All the Sisters think Sister A and I are crazy because we have no idea how
to do anything and we are always late to meeting because we never got told what
time to be at them. They just assumed we knew about them... it’s just been
crazy! THEN our mission presiden’st wife went out with me last night and told
me that my clothes were too tight and that I needed to think better about what I
wore. I need to think about what others are going to think about me. I
thought...I’ve been wearing this whole mission and it’s been fine. I know I've
gained weight....but I didn’t think it was that bad. Soooooo now I have to try
and find different things :(... I don’t know what to do!
I told Sister A that I have had everything good in Beaver
and I have seen much success and now I have to go through the refiner’s fire...
It’s been tough! Trying to set an example for 16 other Sisters and try to help
them with all their problems... maaaaaaan! I am learning lots more and I am
trying to rely on my Heavenly Father more. I know that I pray more and I keep
songs in my heart... it gets a little easier.
Also going from poor poor people to RICH people is a tough
change. In the Fields... the members are not very humble. We had a man tell us
the other day that if he wasn’t in Utah with all these rude people he would
join the church. All we could do was laugh. I looked at Sister A and said we
are in a whole new world! hahaha
I pray that I continue to work hard I show Heavenly Father
how much I want to change this area...that we will see miracles.
Today for P-Day... some of the Senior Missionaries that
Sister A and I knew before... they asked us if they could take us hiking. I was
grateful for that tender mercy! Sister A and I had a great time getting out and
not stressing :) The 2nd pic... I cut open my knee saving Sister A's life. She
almost fell into a pool of water and I had to grab her...this was the result!
Well....I love you all! I hope life is treating you well and
you’re happy!
Mom.... I love you like I love hiking.......AND missionary
work! :)
Hope you have another great week at school!
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