Hey Hey Hey,
Alright. So I didn't think things could get any crazier... but they sure
did!!! Sister Trias and I were at lunch on Thursday with Sister McCready and we
got a call from the Assistants... We are being doubled out of the area! So
basically I am really just getting "singled out" of the area because
Sister Trias is already home. I have been with the Sister Missionaries in the
Princeton 1st Ward since Thursday night trying to get things ready in my area
for the two new sisters to come into. We found out that Sister Stout (one of
the sisters I am with right now) is being transferred so we now have to get my
things packed and her things packed and ready for tomorrow! We also are going
to have to say goodbye to people in both areas. So it is going to continue to
be a very busy couple of days! Part of me wonders if they forgot that Sister
Trias was leaving early... Because it has been kinda intense planning and
organizing the area without a companion! hahaha But everything is getting done
and falling into place! So I am not worried! (: Just have to use our time very
wisely today and tomorrow! I am excited to find out who my next companion will
be and where I will be serving next! It is like a whole mix of emotions! This
area definitely was a hard area, but I think because it was harder and we had
to work hard to find people to teach, it made me love this area so much! I have
been crying all the stinking time! haha On Sunday during Ward Counsel I told
them that I was leaving the area and that on Tuesday they would be getting two
new sister missionaries. Then during Sacrament Meeting the Bishop asked me to
go up and bear my testimony. I was grateful he asked me to do that so I could
share my testimony with the members and everyone that was there, but I just
cried through the whole flipping thing. haha I seriously was a mess! It was
definitely hard for me to leave my first area, but it has been so much harder
for me to leave this area. I know though that the Lord needs me somewhere else
now, so I need to just trust in Him and know that whoever I am with and
wherever I go is exactly where I need to be. And I know it will be. It always
has been! (: It makes me think of the Hymn "I'll Go Where You Want Me To
Go":
"It
may not be on the mountain height
Or
over the stormy sea,
It
may not be at the battle's front
My
Lord will have need of me.
But
if, by a still, small voice he calls
to
paths that I do not know,
I'll
answer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine:
I'll
go where you want me to go.
I'll
go where you want me to go, dear Lord,
Over
mountain or plain or sea;
I'll
say what you want me to say, dear Lord;
I'll
be what you want me to be."
I am so grateful for
change even if it is hard and I know that there is a reason I am being
transferred. I am ready to take on whatever is next! (: The Mini MTC we did
this last Wednesday night seemed to turn out pretty good! I think the youth
really enjoyed it! It was so much fun to see all of the missionaries dressed up
as people we contact on a daily basis! It was super funny! At first the youth
seemed a little apprehensive to talk to the missionaries, but they started to
get the hang of things and were having some fun with it! All of the ward
members we invited to play investigators said that they youth did really well
teaching them! I think it helped the youth understand more that missionary work
really isn't that hard. Being able to learn a little bit of what the full-time
missionaries go through made them realize just how easy and fun it can be to
share the gospel with anyone! (:
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| This was all of the missionaries in their "contacting clothes"! It was too much fun! They were really good and role playing! |
And just like that I will be in a new area tomorrow! Mission life is
always full of changes! And most of the time they are a little unexpected!
hahaha You have to learn to just go with the flow! (: I am going to miss
Hightstown so much! I am so thankful for everything I was able to experience
there and for the miracles I was able to see and to be a part of! I learned so
much in Hightstown with both of my companions I had there! I am ready though
for a change. I know that it is exactly what needs to happen right now! (: So I
will let all ya'll know where I end up next Monday! Part of me really hopes I
go back to the city... BUT I probs won't because I want to so bad! hahaha We
shall see! I hope you have a great week! (: Thanks for everything you do!
(:
LOVE YOUS TO THE MOON
& BACK!! WE GOT THIS!
Love, Sister Woodland
P.S. I LOVE FALL
WEATHER! I am so excited for the Fall here!
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