Hello,
Wow, we had a crazy week! Not a bad way to end the transfer,
that is for sure! So you don't have to read this entire email on the edge of
your seat, I will tell you now: I am being transferred. I have no clue where. I
will find that out tomorrow (I know you hate that part of it, Mom!). All right,
let's talk about the rest of the week, now that that big issue is taken care
of. :)
Our P-day was pretty relaxed. We took our car in for an oil
change and a tire rotation and we were stuck waiting for four hours (Ugh). So,
Sister Kelly and I walked to the library and did things there (mainly, wrote
letters). I saw a bunch of the homeless people I know, too. That was fun. :)
For FHE, we played General Conference trivia. It was great! That didn't take
too long, however, and we then played sardines. After that, we had exchanges. I
was with Sister Snyder here and Sister Kelly was with Sister Scarr there.
We had a really good exchange. We tried to go see Rina, but
she wasn't available. On our way back to our car, however, we ran into some
Jehovah Witness missionaries. They ignored us. They usually do. :) ANyways, we
then tried to see Glenna, but she wasn't available either! (We call it, the
"exchange curse". That whenever you go on exchanges, the people you
plan to see cancel or aren't available.) After that, we got some lunch and
organized the area book. We then tried to find some former investigators. Then, we went and saw Tanya and her son. We shared President
Monson's talk from Conference. We then decided to go contacting along the
cliffs. On our way back, we ran into Liz! We talked to her and set up an
appointment for Wednesday. It was a miracle! After that, we had dinner at home
before going to see Krystal. We had a great lesson with her. We then went to
Watsonville to exchange back. It was a great day.
On Wednesday, we didn't get to see Liz (she rescheduled to
Thursday). We did some training and tried to see Glenna, but she still wasn't
available. We then saw Nicolette that afternoon. She is almost done with her
new member lessons! We then saw Anyaleese. We had a really great lesson with
her. We showed her President Monson's talk from Conference and she really
opened up to us about some things going on in her life. It was super good.
Later that night, we went to Activity Days. You read that right. :D One of the
Activity Days leaders asked us to come and answer questions about missionary
work. They have been following the blog/letters of one of the sisters in the
ward who is on her mission in Mexico, and they had a lot of questions for us!
It was super fun! :)
On Thursday, we had ZTM. We talked about applying what we
learn and we did role plays of teaching. Sister Kelly and I taught the other
sisters The Restoration and then the elders gave us feedback. It was really
good. We also got to give the elders feedback. We then had a fun game where we
had to teach a principle, but we had to use a random word in it. I had to use
the word "phone" as I taught about the Spirit World. It was so fun!
Our team was really good at coming up with random stuff XD After that, we had
lunch and then did training. We then went and saw Nancy Jo and then Rhonda. We
had good lessons with them. We were then going to see Tina, but things didn't
quite line up for us. After dinner, we met with Liz! We talked to her about
some of the commandments and agreed to wait a little bit before we set another
baptismal date. We invited her to come to Church and she said that she would!
On Friday, I had my doctor's appointment. The doctor said
that I have "severe sleep apnea". She showed me the data and I was
amazed! I didn't think that it was that bad at all! D: I mean, I knew it was
bad, but.... now I have proof! She wants me to get a CPAP "right
away". I was pretty stressed after that, thinking about it all. I am happy
to be getting a CPAP though. I want to get the sleep I need! After that, we had
weekly planning and I wrote in Sister Kelly's transfer journal (just in case).
After dinner, we saw Krystal again and had a fun lesson with her.
On Saturday, we were finally able to see Glenna! We talked
with her about Conference. I was happy too because her dog, Jackson, who is my
friend (the stress dog who cuddled me the first time I ever met him because he
wanted me to be okay) was there! After Glenna, we went home and did training
and lunch. This was Sister Kelly's last day of training! We then cleaned our
apartment (there is still a lot of stuff from previous missionaries. Plus I
wanted to de-junk my stuff in case I needed to pack for transfers). We then had
interviews with President Mella. He had texted that morning asking if we could
meet. I had a really good interview with him. (I hope you guys know how much I
LOVE President Mella!) After that, we went to SLV. We saw Alice, but she wasn't
feeling well, so we had to keep it short. We then went and saw Sister
Dallenbach. That is always fun. :) After that, we had dinner with the SLV ward
mission leader and his wife (I love them!). We then came home and planned. I
then got a phone call from the Zone Leaders saying that I am being transferred.
So, that night, I packed up most of my clothes.
On Sunday, I had to tell everyone that I was leaving. :( I
cried a few times. We did our big long stretch of church so I could see
everyone. Plus, we wanted to see Liz at church! All the meetings were great.
And... LIZ CAME WITH HER MOM!!!!!! So, we sat by them (they could only stay for
sacrament meeting though)! Also, Elder Pimentel from the Seventy came and spoke
to us, too! :) After Church, we had a quick dinner and then went to San Jose
for the Outgoing fireside (Sister Kelly was singing in it). It was super good.
Although, I had the horrible realization that I knew a lot of the people going
home and that my time is coming faster than I would like! I mean, I only have
five transfers (seven months)! D: That is quick for here! I also got to see
people from my last area, which was great!!!! After that, we went home and I
packed some more before bed.
Today has already been hard. We did our laundry and I said
goodbye to some more people. :( We have a good day planned, though. We are
going to go get groceries (I'm not getting anything), and then we are going to
the beach as a zone. It should be great. I also plan on getting some time to
pack because I will have almost no time tomorrow!
Have a great week. Sending you love from wherever I end up.
:)
Love,
Sara
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