Hey My Peeps.
Okay so this last
week has seriously been a complete blur... So let's just try to start from the
beginning. I am now serving in East Brunswick New Jersey and I already love
this area. I feel like the area is a little bit like Hightstown was, but it has
some reaaalllly crazy people here so I will fit in. I AM IN THE SAME STAKE AS
THE PRINCETON 2ND WARD SO IMMA GET TO SEE ALL OF MY HIGHTSTOWN PEOPLE FROM
THERE. Oh my goodness sakes alive. I am so excited about it. Plus I am going on
an exchange this weekend to Princeton so I am seriously calling Sister McCready
to see what she is doing so I can maybe see her... I am like 30 minutes away
from them... I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. (: My new companion is Sister
Pexton and she is from MURRAY! What?! Yea... we are the only two missionaries
in this whole mission that are from Murray, Utah. SO COOL. We both went to
Murray High School together. She is just a grade younger than me. We did know
each other before the mission, but we didn't hang out and stuff. We have ALWAYS
wanted to be companions and now we finally are! We get along great! We have
like the nicest apartment in the whole mission! It is two levels and it is
seriously beautiful. hahaha I feel so spoiled. We also have A WASHER AND A
DRYER IN THE APARTMENT. I have never been so grateful to not have to pay for
laundry in my entire life. Now we'll never have bed bugs because I will always
be washing everything! hahahaha HALLELUJAH!
I am still trying
to figure out how to be a Sister Training Leader... haha It might be a slow
process for me, but hopefully it will come one day... (; We had soooo many
meetings this last week. I feel like that was basically ALL we did. I was able
to meet all of our investigators though this week. We are working with about 5
investigators and we are also trying to find more to teach. We picked up an 18
year old boy last night though! His mom is a less active member. So it is a
part member family. Those are my favorite! (: The mom and son have both had
drug addictions and have gone through so much. The son is trying to find God
and wants to learn about the church because he saw a change in his mom when she
joined the church. We invited him to be baptized last night and he said that
when he comes to know that these things are true for himself he will be!!!
MIRACLES. So incredible. That is what the gospel is all about. It is there to
help each one of us change and become the people that God knows we can become!
He only wants the best for us. (: We are also teaching this super adorable
family from China. It is hard to teach the mother though because she has a
really hard time understanding. But thank goodness because the elders in our
ward have a recent convert who is from HONG KONG!!! Can you believe that! That
is where you served your mission Dad! I get to meet this recent convert tonight
because she is coming out with us so she can translate for our investigators!
Serving in this mission is so much fun because we get to teach people from all
over the world! I honestly feel like I have visited the world on my mission...
hahaha From like Mexico to The Dominican Republic to Haiti and now to China! I
love it so much!! So that was basically what happened this week. It is always
an adjustment to go to a new area, but I feel like I am adjusting fairly well!
(:
I am glad that
things are going well back home! Thanks for taking care of my housing
situation! That takes a lot of stress off of my shoulders! Just let me know
about the whole signing up for classes situation and when that is supposed to
start. I honestly never thought that I would get to the point in my mission
that I would ever have to start to even think about going home and what I was
going to do when I get home. It all sorta stresses me out sometimes. haha It
just blows my mind how fast this time is going. Good thing I don't have to have
EVERYTHING figured out. (: That is too much for my little brain to handle.
hahahahahahaha I love being a missionary and I am so grateful for everything
that I have learned on my mission so far. This has definitely been a life
changing experience. I'll be honest though. I can't wait to hug you people
though! hahaha It is so weird... I sometimes dream that I am hugging all y'all
at the airport....awkward...(; hahah One day it will happen! Well I hope that
you guys have another great week! Send me some mail....
MY NEW
ADDRESS IS: 298 Cozzens Court East Brunswick NJ, 08816
LOVES
YOUS TO THE MOON & BACK!! WE GOT THIS!
Love,
Sister Woodland
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