Tuesday
was a lot of saying goodbye and packing. I don't know how but I have
accumulated too much stuff. I know you are probably not surprised but
it's true. Also on that note, I still have 5 cans of chili left over so
no need to send me more. I do carry them everywhere with me though :)
Wednesday
was a very long day. It was transfer day so I moved back up north and
got my companion. Her name is Sister Burke and she is from Oregon. She
is super cute and fun. We are still trying to adjust to each other but
it's a work in progress. It was a very interesting day. Before I picked
her up I looked through the area book and realized that there were no
good notes and that we didn't even have a GPS. I realized we were flying
blind. So then I totally broke down at the mission office after I
picked up my companion cause I was stressed to the max. But there are so
many wonderful people that came to my aid that day, so I am super
blessed and grateful for the wonderful people in my life right now. I
have come to love this mission so much it's going to be hard to leave. I
honestly don't even really remember what happened that day cause I was
way out of it. But we did have dinner with the sweetest lady ever. Her
name is Victoria and she is wonderful. She is so sweet and funny. We
already love her so much. And I already loved the area. There are
definitely some sketch parts but I find it fun and exhilarating :) But
then we just went home so I could figure out our lives and what the heck
was going on.
Thursday was a pretty good day. A little rough
start but we had fun. Especially since it snowed that day. The first
snow of the year! Yay. I was hoping the snow would wait as long as
possible to get here, hoping that I would miss the worst parts of the
winter here. But it will be great either way. We met with the RS
president and found out that we really are flying blind because they
just changed the ward boundaries and the area that we took over was part
of the old ward. So no one knows the people in our area. But its been
fun trying to figure it all out.
Friday was another pretty
good day. We are really just trying to figure out who people are and how
we can help them. Our Bishop is pretty awesome so I am excited about
that. And this Ward hasn't had Sisters in a really long time so there
are a lot of people here that are excited that we are here. We actually
met a family, the Gines, and the moment we said we were the new sister
missionaries in the area they let us in and the kids just jumped all
over us. It was so cute. They are so cool. But it was just a great
welcome to the Ward.
Saturday we had a really cool
experience. We found our first new investigator in the area. His name is Carlos
and he is pretty cool. He is struggling with his marriage right now and
said that he feels like we were meant to meet him that day. It was
really cool. That hasn't happened in a long time and so it was just what
I needed. And I wrote my testimony in a Book of Mormon and was praying really hard
to give it to someone special and God answered my prayer. So I gave him
that Book of Mormon and it was just a really great experience. I could feel the Spirit and God's love for him very strongly. I don't know if he will
progress but at least I got to share the love. We also had an ice cream
social for the Ward to meet all the new members. So there were a lot of
people that I don't remember already but there are a lot of people that
look really familiar to me too. I feel like I am back in Malley area.
It's very similar. But I love it. So that was fun. The Gines kids ran to
us to hug us and nearly knocked us down. It was great fun.
Sunday
was a little bit rough. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves
into and didn't really plan well for it. But it was good and the people
here are nice. But we've got a lot of work to do. We went to contact a
referral in this really scary part of town and it was so funny to me. My
companion ran away a couple of times but we made it through. It's
probably a bad thing that some things don't really scare me or keep me
from going to certain places. But I will leave if I feel like we are
unsafe. Other than that, nothing is gonna keep me from trying to talk to
people.
So this week was a little crazy but I have hopes that this upcoming one will be even better.
Keep the faith and I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. And be grateful too!!
I am so beyond grateful to be a missionary, to have gone through what I had to to help me grow and become the person I am today!
Much love, Sister Richards
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| Kirsten Family |
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| Jensen Family |
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| Chambers Family |
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| Nelson Family |
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| My new companion, Sister Burke |
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