Hello Family!
Hello from the north! :D
That's right, I have left Santa Cruz and gone about as far north as you can
without leaving the mission. :) I am in the Menlo Park Zone, serving in one of
the wards up there. We had a crazy week this week with transfers and
everything. Let me tell you about it!
On Monday, for P-day, I was
mainly packing for transfers. Sister Kelly wrote letters and read her
scriptures while I sorted through my stuff. We then went and got ice cream and
then we had dinner. It was so sad, knowing that this would be my last dinner in
Santa Cruz. We then had FHE with the branch. We played a game and had dessert.
Not too many people knew that I was leaving, but those that did said goodbye.
That night, the elders also helped me get my suitcases into the car because
they were heavy and we had to go down stairs.
On Tuesday, we went to the
elders' apartment and picked up some of their luggage to take to transfer
meeting (not enough room in their car to take everyone, plus stuff). We then drove
to transfer meeting and chatted with other missionaries in the mission office
until the meeting started. Sister Lytle was getting transferred, and Sister
Pattison is training! :) As you read, I was transferred to Menlo Park (up in
the north of the mission). My companion is Sister Hall. She came out a couple
months after me and started in the Samoan program (she was called Samoan
speaking). Now she is in the English program. She is from Salt Lake City. She
is so awesome! :) We went back to our area and got lunch before going to visit
people. That night, we had a missionary correlation meeting. It was a good
day.
On Wednesday, we visited a
woman named Patrice and shared a message with her. We also went to a senior
center and did service. We played card games with two of the older sisters. It
was so fun! We then helped them make cat toys to donate to the humane society.
It was super fun. We also have been looking for people to teach. We just got
told that we are now in one ward instead of three, and we are in the ward that
doesn't have much work, so we are looking for people! :) That night, we had a
ward council meeting.
On Thursday, we did service at
a food place kind of like the soup kitchen. They feed the homeless and have
food (usually produce) that the people can take with them. We helped sort and
bag produce. It was an adventure because we were working with women who spoke
only Spanish. So, I had to use what little Spanish I know and
communicate to Sister Hall what they wanted us to do! It was a mental
workout, to be sure! After that, we had lunch and another service that we went
to. There is this place where there is a TON of ivy growing, and they have
people come and pull up the ivy. It was fun. One of the main guys working
on the project is from France and one of the workers, who heard me telling one
of the elders that I was studying French before my mission, told him. We
chatted for about two minutes before Sister Hall and I left. Hopefully, I can
speak more French with him when we go back! :D We also picked up a new
investigator! Her name is Wilma. She is the mother of a recent convert in the
ward. :) We shared a message with her about Jesus Christ, and we hope to teach
her The Restoration this week!
On Friday, we went to Santa
Cruz for my doctor's appointment. I met with a RT and got my CPAP machine! He
went over with me how to take care of it and we fitted me with a mask. I got
the kind I used at the sleep study. It is called "Wisp". I really
like it. After about an hour, we had it all figured out and we drove back home.
After that, we had lunch and did weekly planning. It took a couple of hours
because Sister Hall had to tell me about everyone. After that, we visited some
people. Including the home of someone from my first area! That was crazy! It
was a good day. :)
On Saturday morning, I didn't
have to fight to stay awake during Personal Study! Thank you CPAP! After
studies, we had some appointments, and we also heart attacked one of our
members. She was going through a lot, so we bought her a treat and heart
attacked her door. It was so fun! :) We then went to the senior center and
played pictionary with them. They were so into it! It was really funny :D After
that, we visited some people who hadn't come to church in a while. One of them
was pretty rude to us. *sigh* After that, we had dinner with a woman named
Kathy. She is great! She has been through a lot in her life and she is VERY
open about it. We had a fun time with her. :) After dinner, we came back early
because Sister Hall wasn't feeling well.
On Sunday, we only went to one
ward! Only three hours of church! I couldn't believe it! We had an investigator
come, too! Her name is Jerri. She has a baptismal date for the end of October.
:) After Church, we had lunch and then we had a meeting with our ward mission
leader. Guess what? The ward mission leader is someone I met in my first area!
Remember that guy I met who speaks almost twenty languages and he works for
Google? He is my ward mission leader now! :D In case you don't remember, his
name is John Henry. He speaks 18 languages fluently and knows 27
conversationally, making 45 languages. He is soooo cool! :D He said the opening
prayer in Arabic and I said the closing in French. I am excited to work with
him again. After our meeting, we visited some people. We then had dinner and
went to an appointment. It was a great day.
Today has been good. We still
need to run errands and do laundry. We are also going to hang out with the
zone. It should be fun.
Have an awesome week! Love you!
Sara
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