Well, transfer meeting last week was the saddest one of my mission!
Both of my trainers left me, and Hna Jeronimo! I love them all so much.
I might be biased, but I think it was also the best transfer meeting
(the missionaries going home share their testimonies and their's are so
powerful!)
As hard as it was to leave Ventura, I
love Santa Maria already! As soon as I got here I knew that it was
right. I mean, I still wish I had gotten more time in Ventura, but I
definitely wouldn't trade it for coming here. That seems to happen every
time I get transferred. The Lord always has a plan for us!
One
awesome thing about this area, is that I have actually met a lot of
people before, because I have been on three exchanges to this area, and
we had a lot of association with this branch when I served in Arroyo
Grande. So I already know some of the members and investigators. One
less active family that we started teaching when I was in AG is now
coming to the branch here! Yesterday, the dad got up and bore his
testimony. If you remember, he is the really sassy man that we taught
the word sassy to 8 months ago that always told me that I shouldn't eat
french fries. Well, when I saw him he remembered me and said, "Hermana
Sassy! I went to Idaho and looked for your dad's hotdog cart, but I
didn't find it!" We then set up an appointment with him and I told him
when we came I wanted to eat some french fries for dinner. He just
looked at me and said, "still? ay ay ay." hahahaha :)
Hermana
Hurley is my companion, and she is so awesome. She is from Minnesota
(shout out to Graham!) and she comes from a family of...PROFESSIONAL
CLOWNS! Guess what that means dad! I will become a much better animal
balloon artist this transfer. :) But seriously, she is so hilarious.
She is always cracking me up! oh haha and her family sent her this work
out CD that they made...funniest thing ever.
Anyway,
this week I actually got a pretty crazy cold...I think everyone in
California did. It ended up giving me an ear infection and now I am
dizzy all the time! But that's okay. It's getting better slowly...
We
had a cool experience this week with our investigators - la familia
Jimenez. They have been investigating for a long time and we talked to
them about how the spirit works, and then asked them to close the lesson
and say a prayer to ask if our message was true. We told them that we
would sit there for a few minutes afterwards to think about it. After a
few minutes, we all sat back up on the couch, and the dad, who offered
the prayer, said, "I felt nervous!" We asked when and he said right
after he finished the prayer! He continued to explain that it was like
an energy in his heart that he could feel all of a sudden! We asked the
mom how she felt and she said, "I felt so happy I just wanted to smile
and laugh so hard!" And the son said, "I felt like my dad and like hot -
like I was going to start sweating!" What a miracle. Every single one
of them felt a manifestation of the reality and truthfulness of this
message in their own unique way!
That is
something that I have gained a testimony of this week - the reality of
the Love that God has for us. It is amazing how much he leads us in our
own personal way. Hna Hurley and I were talking about it and it's like
when there are two best friends that have an inside joke that helps
create a stronger bond in the relationship. Heavenly Father is always
dropping us little subtle hints that later answer bigger questions that
allow us to know he loves us and is there for us. And my favorite part
is when you can look back and see the hand of the Lord in your life!
I hope you all have a wonderful week, and a wonderful year! Love you all!
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| and this is my new companion. :) |
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