This is going to be a
quickie this week because the computers are broken! Hopefully more next week.
False Prophecies
Biggest and most important news as you can
probably tell is that I'm being transferred! I leave early Wednesday morning to
drive to Ellensburg! They have recently started a new Ellensburg Spanish group.
So I'll be transferring there and becoming a "Dad"! AKA “Greenie
Busting”, or in other words, being Hermana Shewell's first companion after her
trainer!
Okay so now a quick
run-down of my week.
Monday was awesome as
usual! P-day fun! Volleyball, soccer, etc. Elder Watt's last P-day!
Hermana Hull
AKA "Lonestar"
Tuesday we had the BEST
District Council ever. We roleplayed for some specific investigators who are
having some really tough problems. Brainstorming together for people with big
hurdles. It was a truly revelatory experience. Everyone was joking about me
leaving, too which was funny, and when we did transfer predictions, or "false
prophecies" as we call it, three people actually guessed correctly that I
would go to Ellensburg!
District Council
Wednesday we met a cool
family named the Greens. They have a lot of interesting animals they have
rescued! two baby deer, a skunk, and a tiny baby squirrel! We got to pet and
hold them. Then they told us all about their house's crazy back story. It used
to be owned by this crazy Nazi/KKK guy and they keep finding old letters
written in German all around the house and property. So crazy! We had an
AWESOME lesson with a member, Megan, that night. She shared with us her
conversion story and all about how the Book of Mormon changed her life. She
showed us a bunch of dark poetry she had written in the past, and then related
the Book of Mormon as her "Flashlight". She said "No matter how
dark it gets I will always have the Book of Mormon to light the way back up for
me."
Lilly the Skunk
Willow the Deer
Baby squirrel (She doesn't have a name yet.)
Cool old stuff at the Greens' house
Old German letters found on their property
Thursday we had a
great lesson with Raul and one of the youth in the ward, Courtney. It was
awesome. We went super deep into the Restoration.
Friday we found a new Hispanic
hub in White Salmon which had previously gone undiscovered by the missionaries!
Woohoo!
Saturday we taught
Raul again and prepared him for his confirmation on Sunday, which happened by
the way. Good thing! Saturday evening, we had a potluck at the church and then
got to watch the women's conference with the other Relief Society sisters. It was
AWESOME. I love going into Conference with specific questions and then seeing
how Heavenly Father will help me to answer and understand them through the
sessions. President Uchdorf's talk was perfect for me!
Saturday night we got
TRANSFER CALLS. I got a little bit of anxiety just because it's a change, and
I've gotten so used to being here. But it didn't last long because I've had six
weeks to prepare myself mentally and ,emotionally for this! I was pretty much
expecting it. I've met my new companion a couple of times very briefly and she
seems really sweet. So I'm excited. It's going to be SO hard to say goodbye to
Herman Hullheart though!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
Goodbye White Salmon building!
Yesterday at church
was a little bittersweet I can't believe it was my last week in the White
Salmon Ward! I've been here SO LONG. Some funnies from yesterday:
Brother R was teaching
Sunday School this week, and we were talking about some chapters in the
scriptures where these lawyers are tricking everyone, and Brother M in the
class is a lawyer! So of course he was getting a lot of teasing. Then Brother M
raised his hand randomly after we had gotten to a different part of the lesson
and said "Elder Holland and Elder Oaks are lawyers, I just wanted to point
that out!"
Also, at dinner last
night we were at the Taylor's house, their four-year-old son would not eat any
of his food, because he "didn't like it" even though he hadn't tried
it yet. So his dad was like "You are being a fibber when you don't try
your food but then tell people you don't like it! Do you want to be called
Pinnochio?" Then the little boy was like "*Gasp!* No I don't,
Daddy!" Then the dad was like, "Well then try your food before you
tell people you don’t like it." Then about a minute of silence went by as
we all continued eating. Then the little boy said, "Did you know that
(insert politician's name here) is also called a Pinocchio?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
We died laughing! The mom was laughing so hard she cried. The dad was like,
"I swear I did not teach him that!" Kids are so funny and so smart!
Goodbye Goldsalmon Members!
Well that's gonna have
to be it this week. Sorry it's a shorty! Hope you all have an amazing week! I
love you!
My cute companion
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