President said there would be "VERY FEW CHANGES THIS TRANSFER" buuuut I think he changed his mind cause, um, wow, it's like the earth cracked open. Not sure I'll be able to get to
everything that happened this week, as well as the transfer, but I'm
gonna try.
1) Super sorry to everyone that I owe letters! They
may or may not get written today, because I have a billion and one
things to do.
2) The work: Almost all of our appointments fell
through at the beginning of the week, and then we had a couple of
really good days, and then back to almost nothing. But then at the very
end, we found three really awesome families with tons of potential, and I
can't wait to work more with them this week! Also, Aliny is struggling
with smoking again, and we think she's kind of avoiding us because of
that, so if you could all keep her in your prayers, that would be
awesome! We also had a really awesome (but sad) last district meeting
with our district leader who is heading home. He told us that we're the best district
he's ever had (because he's never had one with sisters, obviously) and
shared a couple of really cool things that he learned throughout his
time serving. Something really neat that he told us was that he already
has the feeling that the Lord accepted his mission, and everything that
he did here, and so he's ready to go home. The spirit was so strong in
the room, and that statement just really stuck with me. I hope at the
end of my mission I can have the same feeling! But not just my
mission--I want to know every day, every night, that I did the work the
Lord had for me that day. And I especially, at the end of my life, want
to feel that acceptance, that readiness to go back home to my Heavenly
Father. Do you know what God has for you to do today?
3) Funny
story about yams: Ok this is totally changing the subject, but I just
have to share it. I don't think I've ever seen a raw yam in my life
before my mission, but we got pretty acquainted this week. It all
started when Rita, our recent convert, said something about using them to
combat acne. Sister Farias already takes a spoonful of yam extract
every morning, but decided that that wasn't enough, and that we were
going to use them to their full potential. Long story short, I will
forever have a picture in my mind of her in mismatched pajamas, her
bright red towel wrapped around her head, with yam smeared all over her
face and a slice sticking to each cheek, kneeling on the ground painting
Sister Creswell's nails. And then when the slice on the left cheek
slipped off, she somehow managed to catch it, and literally slapped it
back on her face, which dislodged the one on the right cheek, which
landed on the dirty floor, and she ducked under the table, snatched it
up and slapped it back on too! My goodness I almost fell off my chair
laughing! She just gave me a weird look like "what?? I need my yams!"
hhahhhahaa. Anyways, that brings me toooooooo...
4) Me and my
companion: This week was a really awesome break after last week. I
definitely gained a testimony of companionship inventory. We managed to
figure everything out, and laughed our way through the rest of the week.
And seriously, Preach My Gospel isn't kidding when it says that unity
in the companionship is everything. We were working and teaching and
everything before, but the spirit just wasn't there between us like it
was at the end of the week. I'm sad we went so long without resolving
everything, because I feel like it would've made a difference with a
couple of the people we're teaching. But anyways, we got everything
figured out just in time--just in time for us to not be companions
anymore. Because....
5) I got called to train! I literally
jumped every time the phone rang yesterday, and finally, the very last
time, was the call for which we had been anxiously waiting. Not that we
knew it was going to happen, but just the possibility had us all on edge.
Ok, but back up a little bit. In my mission, no one finds out the
transfer until Monday morning (or whenever you go to do email) and then
you have p-day to prepare, because Tuesday is transfer day. But, if you
get called to a leadership calling (as a trainer, sister training
leader, district leader, etc) you get a call from President on Sunday
night, with the absolute minimum amount of information, because he's
like that. :) So anyway! I will be training a Brasillian sister,
Sister Rodrigues, and I will be staying in my same area :) Literally
don't know anything else, and I'm a little nervous and a little excited
and a lot humbled. I promise to update you all more next week!
As
far as the rest of the transfers, Sister Farias isn't going far. She
will be staying in the same house/ward, but will be taking over the
people that Sister Creswell and Lima have been teaching (which will be
great, because she's already been helping them a ton) and will have a
new companion. Sister Lima will also be training, and will be working in
Vitória. She could also probably use some prayers! She's not feeling
very ready to train, and especially not an American, and especially not
an American coming straight from the Provo MTC, and she's also super sad
to leave here, and super nervous to be going to a new area. Sister
Creswell will finally get to know a new area, and she'll be with an
American companion. There's lots of other random stuff happening, but
the only other applicable news is that Elder Boswell, from my MTC
district, will be training also! Can't wait to see him tomorrow!
Love you all and hope you have a great week! -Sister Kirkham :)
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