Hello everyone! I don't have too much time left, sorry if this
email is short. But luckily I got to talk to you all yesterday as well!
:)
For all those I didn't talk to, here is transfer news!
I
will no longer be and STL, but will be transferred to Santa Barbara to
work with Hna Green for my last transfer! I am super excited. Hna
Johnson will be coming here to take my place. State street here I come!
;)
It was so wonderful serving here in
Camarillo with Hna Hemingway. It was a slower area, but it made us work
harder and appreciate all of the miracles that we saw! The Lord really
does have a plan. The new ward is on fire about missionary work.
We had a funny experience on Saturday.. So we are allowed to have a sports activity during the week once a week with investigators and or members, and so ours is Saturday
afternoon. We had a lesson right before, and on our way to the lesson
we met this 17 year old named Gilberto that doesn't speak English. We
started talking to him and asked if he wanted to come play volleyball
with us after we finished talking to his neighbor. When we came back
outside he was all weird and kept saying weird things to try and through
us off like, "I talk to the devil." We just ignored it and said, "So
are you gonna come play volleyball?" Well, he ended up coming, and he
followed us in his car. It was suppose to take 10 minutes to drive
there, but there was a ton of traffic, and so it took about 30 minutes. I
think he was annoyed about that...and then when we walked in, and other
8 missionaries introduced themselves. A all of them said, "I'm Elder
..." I just laughed because he was probably wondering why they're all
named elder. Despite the fact that we were all super nice, I think he
thought we were weird, and he just left... hahaha
Then
we had to practice a the song, "We are all enlisted" so we could sing
it for sacrament meeting, and I taught the elders how to harmonize! They
were like little boys getting trucks on christmas. They were so
excited. It was funny because we could hear them singing it down the
hall, in the bathroom, in the gym..they loved it! And it's even funnier
because the base line of that song has like three notes. But they were
just so excited that they knew how to sing harmony. I even had a dream
of that base and tener lines being sung that night. hahaha
The
song went pretty well yesterday. All of church was really good! Ialso
got to share my testimony with the ward, and that was really cool! I
told them how I had started my mission in that chapel about a year and a
half ago, and now I am going to SB to finish it off! I shared that I
have had seen so many miracles, and experienced the atonement so much
since then. I love all of them! I can't wait for you to meet them. :)
Obispo
Nunez has been spending so much time getting everything in order with
the new ward, and he still takes the time to tell us he wants to go with
us to lessons. The last bishop - obispo Quesada is the ward mission
leader. So basically, many miracles are yet to come! Maybe they'll have
to split the ward again back to how it was. haha. But really it is so
huge now!
I learned so much from Hermana
Hemingway! She is probably the most patient and humble companion I have
ever had. She really leads by example. I will miss her! And I'll miss
eating cereal on our beds together and telling each other stories. Cause
that was like a weekly endeavor. It's weird - every transfer there is a
food that I eat every day. This transfer it was cereal. Pictures to
follow.
I love you all! I hope you have a great week! :)
<3 Hermana Trystan Ricks
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