I found out that I was being transferred on Monday. So I tried to go and visit all of our branch members and investigators....super sad that half of them where sick with the flu so they didn't want us to come over...But I am so grateful that I have had the opportunity to associate with such awesome people. I most definitely had some family away from home in Pocahontas.
Especially Sister Land, she made sure that I was going to continue to keep in contact and said that she might have to come to my new area and go shopping with me on some p-day! (little did she know that I was being transferred to Warren...)
New Year's day was transfers....2 1/2 hour drive from Pocahontas to Bartlett Tennessee, and 3 hours from there to North Little Rock....and then 2 hours down to Warren Arkansas... (It was a SUPER LOOOOOOONNNNGGGG day of driving but totally worth it because my new companion Sister Sylvia Smith is totally amazing! We are in a zebra companionship (and she pretty much speaks fluently...sooooo, my tag is the one in Spanish....but she is the one that can actually speak and understand.) But I am super excited to finally learn and memorize the tenses in Spanish. Not to even mention that she has such a strong testimony and loves to just go and do! Not to mention we are able to truly laugh about how humorous our Heavenly Father is sometimes and how great this missionary work is!
I am starting to figure out where some of the streets are. And the members of this branch have such strong testimonies! This spirit of fast and testimony meeting was overpowering and completely energizing! And we were able to have 4 investigators at church! Boo-yeah! I am so excited and grateful that I have the opportunity to serve such amazing people in such an amazing place. I can't say that I know very many of our investigators yet but I am excited to work with them. And we have had the opportunity to go finding this last week. Spiritual harvesting is such an inspirited tool and Heavenly Father really is aware of each of His children and exactly what they need and when they need it. We were able to find a lady named Maria and her 7 year old daughter Maiah. They are so choice and I can't wait to go back and share more of our Heavenly Father's love for them and help them to develop that relationship with Him.
Oh, okay so I live in a second story apartment...super old...above a smoker...aaaaannnnddd there are cockroaches in the kitchen....(I have managed to only scream twice! an accomplishment that I am super proud of! But if you have any ideas of how to get rid of those...that would be super nice because they are really starting to give me the creeps.
To let you know the Own 1 a Day program is a thing that our mission president created where if we go through all of the scripture studies and activities in PMG and memorize 2 scriptures for each of the lesson points you receive a Liahona! If you only memorize the scriptures your receive a "hold to the rod" sculpture...(I have been working on it so that I can receive both before our mission president leaves.)
A little side note: Chapter 1 in PMG is so amazing. Our sole purpose is to help our family, our spiritual brothers and sisters who are struggling right now, who are searching for the truth, and who our Heavenly Father is reaching out to. I am really starting to realize how vital having the spirit is when teaching. And how silly it is to try to go it on our own. In John 16:13 (i think) it talks about how the Spirit is our guide to all truth. When we have the option of having a guide to teach us the correct principles and to help us pick out the truth why would you deny that help? He is never going to lead you astray.
Yup yup
Hermana Ives
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