GENERAL CONFERENCE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness, best conference ever. ever. ever. ever. EVER.
Sister Wilson told me they are going to set up a baptism date with Kathy soon!!!!
So missionaries age standard?! right?!?!?! The
chapel was filled with 8 missionaries and 5 members. Jaws dropped and
then it took a lot for me to not start cheering. I'm stoked. There WILL be
more missionaries out. Especially sisters. Numbers are going to explode
for sisters. That sisters can go on missions and then come back and get
married before their 21st birthday. Yeah it doesn't surprise me that
Issaka and Emily are putting in their papers!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Love those
two. They were one of the many my mind immediately jumped to. I'm excited
to hear about the many more :]
This week has been a week of awareness. We are
so in the last days. Like LAST last LAST of days. And its the
missionaries responsibility to help sort the wheat from the tares before
the great burning. I am here to harvest the wheat! The world is ready
for a change and its obvious that with this new missionary announcement
we need to work hard to prepare the world for what is coming. It is
coming soon. We have a few things yet to accomplish, but we seem to be
beginning it all. Steps are being taken and the work is accelerating....
I'm so excited, i just cant hide it ;]
My first week in Carmichael we had an ASL
celebration in downtown Sacramento. We had a whole list of people sign up for
free dvds. Well turned out most were hearing we had to pass them off to
the elders. Its nice to be able to be a part of the finding though.
Anyways after a chat with Ramirio and friend across the walkway I was
able to invite them over to talk to me. We chatted and discussed the Book of Mormon. Well this week we were finally able to contact him, and
since we have taught him twice! He came to General Conference and says he
wants to be baptized! Because this is Sister Larson's (my companion) last
transfer we are going to do everything in our control to see that he is
baptized before the end of the transfer (Oct 31st). We will see what
happens. He is very language-less (bluebox is what we call it) meaning
he's more gestures than asl. We will see how this goes! We are relying on
faith so much that this can happen!!!!!! (picture of us at the
celebration above)
Contacted the Chords this week.... They moved to Orem, Utah. Shucks. This was the referral I received the day I got my
mission call at Tucanos (in Orem, Utah)!!! Funny how small the world is.
Being
in Carmichael we are in the stake where the headquarters of the mission
is. We stop by the mission office almost weekly, if not more, and its
been great to make relationships with all the older missionaries who
serve there. The APs and office elders are also in my zone because of
this. Its a nice treat :]
This week we had a zone meeting and they picked on
me to recite all of D&C 4 in front of 18 missionaries. It felt like
primary days when they asked me to recite the 10th Article of Faith in
sacrament meeting. Somehow it all came out tho. Hopefully in the right
order.
Well I just wanted to let you know how AWESOME my companion is. I
love her. I am not quite sure why the Lord has blessed me so much to
send my three amazing companions in my mission so far. Sister Furnell,
Wilson (Wink), and Larson (Laugh), are all super amazing!!! .. Which
makes me a little nervous for what is to come haha. Anyways sister Larson and I work well together, we have had high goals together and we
are hitting most of them! Over all mission work is fantastic. Such a
positive experience :] I think the only thing I miss are people (and
sleeping in past 6:30). My companion goes home at the end of this
transfer, and there is a new asl sister (Sister Acker) coming 2 weeks ahead of transfer! I have a feeling we will be serving around each other
lots this next year together.
Anyways, I'm jealous of the autumn you are having, it
is just beginning to cool off around here. I like to have a cardigan on
me when it gets dark. Which does earlier and earlier. I don't know
what we will do when it gets dark so early and people don't like us
knocking on their door when its dark.
Aww I still forgot pics of our title of liberty we made last week. Its super fly ;]
Love you all so much!!!!! You help me be so much better :]
Love,
Sister Elephant
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