So I left Hogwarts and it makes me sad. I was only there for twelve
days!!! I absolutely LOVED it! I learned so much and made such great
friends. But it was a great experience that I will never forget.
I apologize for the quality of the phone call from the airport. I
promise I'm normal sometimes... So the plane ride! I so totally wanted
to place a Book of Mormon right? Well of course an LDS girl who went to
BYU sits by me. But funny. Her dad is Hermana Porter, Hermana Ferrell,
and Hermana Andersen's mission president in Chile! I was like freakin'
out. So I put in a good word for them and she called her dad after the
flight. I came in with 25 other new missionaries from the MTC. Nine of
us were sisters...and we were all the younger age. Apparently we are the
first younger missionaries in this mission. Everyone likes to announce
that I'm nineteen. Sigh. How.deee.... Joke. I am not in that part of
Texas and I am kind of sad about it. I am in a place called Flower
Mound. It is very wealthy and many people are transplants from other
states. Some have accents but not as many as I hoped. But flip, these
houses are HUMUNGO. You were here again Dad? I'm pretty close to the
airport! Don't visit me. My apartment is so nice. It is spacious and
even has a fireplace. It's kind of ridiculous thinking about how so many
missionaries are basically living in a hut. This apartment is
1980243784092384 times better than the Riviera. There is even a workout
room, that we go to every morning. Saayy whaaa? Yeah, I have to hop over
the giant pool to get there. I live in a gated community basically. I
love it, but someday I will go to the hick part of Texas. I will. I
WILL! :)
Sister Perkins is AWESOME! :) She is 21 and from Seattle
Washington. She actually finished her training when I got here and is
not training me. So she has been here about twelve weeks. She is so nice
and we get along great but our work ethics are COMPLETELY different. I
am like willing to break my body for this work. Don't worry Mom...I
won't. But I just want to work my guts out every single second of every
single day. This is the Lord's time and I'm not gonna waste it! I'm more
of a...we need to go out and talk to as many people as we can. We need
to go find those people who God has prepared!!! She's more of a go with
the flow....God will send them to us type of person. Honestly, I'm
starting to get frustrated because I feel like we do nothing. I haven't
even taught a real lesson yet. They say this area is hard and
slow...which to me translates as WORK HARDER AND CHANGE THAT. I don't
even feel like a real missionary yet. I feel like a lot of the time, we
are just wasting time. Every night, I come up with ways we can be more
effective missionaries and I tell Sister Perkins. She is awesome and
nothing I say is to complain about her...but things aren't working here
so we need to step it up! She thinks we are doing amazing, but I think
we need a lot of improvement! Every second I waste here, I am missing an
opportunity to help build the kingdom of God. So I have all these ideas
and I am determined to change this reputation. But I also feel bad
because Sister Perkins is my trainer and I should be following her
guidance. Guys...I like boss my trainer around. MY TRAINER. Who does
that?! Okay, not boss...but I give her suggestions on what we could do
to be more effective! But our views are just completely different. I'm
not saying I'm right and she's wrong or vice versa. It is all about what
God needs us to do. I just want to be the best missionary I an be. I
want to make Him proud. I want to work so hard that I wear myself out
everyday. I am just so ready! I just don't want to be held back.
I have been shaped so much already. I have realized how small I am.
I am small. But all things are possible with the Lord. How great our
God is! Miracles are possible! Christ is our Savior! I am His
instrument! This church is the only true church! I LOVE BEING A
MISSIONARY!!
This is my address...
5210 Long Prairie Road #1626
Flower Mound, TX 75028
PLEASE WRITE ME! LOVE YA'LL!
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