Hello all!
Well, it has been quite the week!
On
Tuesday, Sister Hehl and I got out of zone transferred to the Federal Way zone.
We are in the Mirror Lake YSA branch. It is SO weird being in YSA again! We are
young single adults...but we are missionaries. Quite the paradox haha. We
introduced ourselves in Elders Quorum and the 1st councilor got up with us and
said "You protect this sisters. You are their big brothers." Basically what he
was saying was, "These girls are off limits, so don't even THINK about it." It
was pretty funny haha. We haven't had any issues with the brothers so far. :) We
did have one investigator ask us out...ya awkward. But we just explained that we
can't date on our missions haha.
So far I absolutely love this branch.
The leaders are so supportive and so excited to have sisters here. Apparently
the Elders who were here last were slightly on the lazy side...But anyways haha.
:) There is a lot of potential in this branch. I can feel it! I have a feeling
Sister H and I are going to get a lot done in this area and see a lot of
miracles.
Because we are in the singles branch, we cover the
whole stake. A lot of our work is going to be trying to track down less actives
and unknowns. Federal Way is beautiful! We are right near the Puget Sound and we
get to see it through the trees now and again. Today we are hopefully going to
try to go to Redondo to the boardwalk.
I wish I had lots to
report on as far as investigators, but I don't. :( The guy who asked us out,
Gray, is coming to church on Sunday. We were given an investigator from the
Elders that has been investigating the church for 7 years. Hopefully we will get
to meet her soon! She lives out of the mission boundaries though so she has to
come to us. We have an appointment today with a former investigator from the
Elders at five, and he is bringing his girlfriend and brother! That's THREE! I'm
excited, and I think it will go well.
This week during our meal
breaks, Sister H and I watched "The Mountain of the Lord" which is all about the
building of the Salt Lake City temple. I was soooo humbled by the sacrifices
made by the saints to build that temple. In part of the movie, Brigham Young
promises a man that future generations of saints will praise him for his work
because they will be able to make sacred covenants in that temple. I got very
emotional as I realized how much that man's work has affected MY life. My
parents got sealed in that very temple. My family had its beginnings in that
beautiful house of the Lord. And someday, I'm going to start my own family
there. I am so grateful for the sacrifices of so many that allows us to have
temples and thus eternal families.
Thank you all for your prayers
and love. I love being a missionary! This week I asked Sister H, "Can you even
imagine your life without serving a mission?" I truly can't. It is amazing that
a year ago a mission wasn't EVEN in the far reaches of my plans. God has a way
of making sure we end up where we need to be, though. I am learning so much, and
growing so much. I can't imagine my life without having been called to serve the
Lord.
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