Hello Family!
Man, this week has been
pretty crazy with transfers and everything. But it has been a really
good week too. The weather is really starting to get pretty cold. We
have got quite the winter ahead of us, folks!
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| Sister Kelley and me |
So...
what you have all been waiting for. My new companion is Sister Amanda
Kelley and she is absolutely amazing. She is from Riverton, Utah and
has been out for about 4 months. She went to BYU for a year before
leaving on her mission and is studying Public Health. She is the oldest
of 4 and they are all brothers. She served in Wisconsin Rapids before
coming to Madison. She is an amazing missionary. There is so much that
I can learn from her. We already get along so well and we have a lot
of the same goals and are both here to work hard. So I am grateful for
that. I am grateful that she is the companion that I get to spend both
Thanksgiving and Christmas with. We are going to have a lot of fun and
see a lot of miracles. I can tell. :)
But... Back to the beginning of the week.
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Saying goodbye to Sis. Hammatt
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| How we really felt about saying goodbye... |
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The quote wall the Sis. Hammatt and I created of all the funny things that were said this transfer.
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Tuesday was just full of goodbyes. Sister Hammatt had to say goodbye to all of the people here which was rough. So we spent the day saying goodbye to people and packing. It was really cool to be able to have one last lesson with Shay. The three of us have a special relationship together. Usually investigators go through a couple different missionaries before they get baptized because of transfers and stuff like that, but Shay was just so prepared that it didn't take her long. So Sister Hammatt and I are the only missionaries she has known. It has been quite the journey that we had together and I will never forget the things that we learned.
Wednesday was TRANSFERS! Crazy. I can't believe that another transfer has already come and gone. That transfer sure went by fast. We got up early in the morning to drive to the transfer point and then the moment that I had been dreading all transfer came... I had to say goodbye to Sister Hammatt. :( I really learned so much from her and I am so grateful for the amazing example that she is for me. I know that she is going to have an amazing rest of her mission in Florida. But still tough to say goodbye. Pretty much the duration of the day was spent waiting at the church for my new companion to get here. From the moment that I met Sister Kelley, I could tell that we were going to get along great. Still going to miss Sister Hammat, but excited about Sister Kelley. Also- I was thinking. I have had 3 companions in all of my areas. that doesn't usually happen. But it was nice because I had already had to introduce a new companion to the area before so it was a lot easier this time. We were able to go to Rachel's house for dinner that night so that was a lot of fun.
Thursday most of the day was spent weekly planning to teach Sister Kelley about the area. And then we were able to volunteer at the American Red Cross for a blood drive. So kind of a slow day. But still good. Later that night we were able to meet with Sarah. She is planning on telling her family over Thanksgiving that she wants to be baptized and she is super nervous about it. We brought the Bishop's wife to the lesson with us. She was Sarah's age and dating a member when she was baptized. And her family is super Catholic as well. So it was really cool to have her there to bear her testimony to Sarah and give her some tips on how to talk to her family. We are excited and nervous to see how this Thanksgiving goes for her!
Friday we spent the day visiting a lot of less actives in the area. We were contacting some people on our ward's "lost sheep" list and we ended up finding this 97 year old woman named June in a nursing home. When we got there she said, "I was wondering when the church would find me." haha. June is very active and has a strong testimony but is just too old and frail to come to church. So we were able to help the ward set up some people to take her the Sacrament on Sundays. And hopefully we will get to continue visiting June. :)
Saturday we met with Shay and we were able to teach her the first new member lesson. We were kind of nervous to see how she would react to a new missionary, but she LOVES Sister Kelley! So Shay is still doing so well! She even went to institute this week! She pretty much just dove head first into this gospel and has loved the blessings that it has brought into her life. On Saturday we contacted were contacting a potential and ended up finding a family! We have a return appointment with them this week so you can keep Franklin and Natalye on your radar. I so badly want to find a family with the months that I have left on my mission. I have been praying so hard for that miracle to happen and Franklin and Natalye could be it! :)
Over all, good week this week! Change is always hard, especially with transfers. But I am excited about the potential that we have this transfer.
I hope that everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving this year. I love this quote from President Uchtdorf from his talk 2 conferences ago about gratitude.
"We sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are solved, but how terribly
shortsighted that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?"
Thanksgiving is an amazing time for us to take a step back and recognize the blessings that God has given us. But one goal that I have for this Thanksgiving is to work on having more of an attitude of gratitude. God does not expect us to be less grateful during the hard times that he does during the good times. We need to continually be thanking our Heavenly Father for the things we have. Not just once a year on a Thursday in November.
D&C 78:19
19 And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall beadded unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.
I hope that you have an amazing Thanksgiving. Please know that I am so grateful for you and that I will be thinking of you on Thursday! Love you!!
Love,
Sister King
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