Transfers: So
today is transfers! President gave out so many hints at the Zone
Conference (get to that later) that everyone has been going crazy for
days trying to guess everything, but then in the end, only 3 people in
the zone are being transferred, and only 1 of them is in my district.
Also happens to be my companion haha. So I will be staying in Teófilo
Otoni with Sister Creswell, an american from Utah that I lived with for
the first few months of my mission. My comp is super sad to be leaving,
but she's also going to be companions with her best friend ever (on the
mission), so she can't be too sad haha. And then the two new elders will
be two greenies (the zone leaders were both called to train--should be
interesting!) so I don't know anything about them.
Mauro
was confirmed yesterday! He continues to ask really good questions, and
is an awesome missionary. We're going to eat burgers with him for our
lesson tonight haha.
We've also been working a
lot with Eunice. She was interviewed, and passed, but decided to delay
her baptism another week, even though she prayed and recieved and answer
that she should be baptized yesterday. And then she went out of town,
which might have been the reason.. Trying to think positive :P
Thursday
was Zone Conference!!! My first time being a part of a conference that
only includes one zone, and I loved it! The trainings were absolutely
awesome, and exactly what we needed. Our zone is the top zone in the
mission, apparently because of some experiment President was trying out,
but he's going to start spreading us out now to help the rest of the
mission now. We're focusing a lot on humility and unity, and we set some
crazy high goals for the next transfer. Like crazy crazy high. But
we're going to work and work and work and get as far as we can! Also,
president took us out to a super fancy restaurant to break our zone fast
(ok that part is normal) and then bought us ice cream!!! Lots of ice
cream haha. On top of the candy that Sister Mazzagardi brought. We ate a
lot of sugar that day.
Due to a
miscommunication, we weren't able to get the right bus to go back to our
area, so our entire district ended up staying an extra day up in
Nanuque, doing splits. It was super fun and crazy productive and we also
got to participate in the branch's Festa Julina!! (Fall festival). We
ate corn bread and various soups and pastel and desserts and chá and
lots and lots of yummy stuff haha. Oh, and we helped out :P
Ok I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but our mission has a weekly (usually
it's monthly or per transfer, but President Mazzagardi is a little
overly energetic haha) Padrão de Excelência (standard of excellance)
that moves up as the larger part of the mission starts to hit it. Our
zone has been 80-90% this transfer, but my comp and I have never hit it
personally. We knew this week would be hard because we would be spending
2 days (plus travel time) in another area, but we were determined that
this week would be the week. And guys, we were SOOOO CLOSE!!!!! I won't
tell you the numbers, because it's not all that important, but we were
so so so so so close. A little sad that we didn't make it, but just
proves that all things are possibly if you pray, fast, and work hard!
Ok I gotta go now, but I love you all! Pictures to come! (If I finish this survey in time).
-Love, Sister Kirkham
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