New companion and warmer weather!

new companionship

Whelp. Another transfer done. I have two more after this. 4 1/2 months. Sister L (new companion) is the 3rd of 4, all the rest are boys. She's from Texas, which makes her fairly rough and tumble; which is great. No girly girls for me. She loves sports and is very easy going.  She had only been the temple twice so far, and since we had a member offer, we asked to go. I've been perhaps 10 times on my mission, which is way a lot (since we're technically only supposed to like 3 times? derp.) Hey, if I keep asking, and President keeps saying yes, is it wrong? (guess not….)

The weather here has been good so far; it’s been warm enough that I'm down to one layer of tights and my lighter jackets. It’s supposed to be in the 50s all week and it’s supposed to be all thunder storms. I like this much better than I like the snow. I could deal with this for the rest of my mission. (Too bad the summer is coming….)

Definitely the mission could be described as a roller coaster! I was asked to give a talk in sacrament two weeks ago, but I was so not ready, so I was glad to go to the temple and receive some guidance and inspiration the day before. I think that’s the first time I've successfully talked for my full 12-15 minutes? All the prayers answered. And a great companion, and a new GPS, and a good talk, and good weather, and a member drove us all over the parts of our area we never get to because it’s too far yesterday to see less active members we never see... It was a good week. But of course the stress comes with it. A lost hour for daylight savings, the usual rejection and Sister B is gone! All my sad!

 

One guy that used to call us a lot - we told not to talk to us again until he was sober and committed to staying sober. So needless to say we don't expect to hear from him again. Sad. (we’re praying that he comes around and calls them back…)

Still several people to work with, and with the weather warming up, people will have to come up with a different excuse than 'come back when it’s warmer'. But as always, all the knocking ahead.

It'll be good though. I'm pluggin' along with Personal Progress.(a personal improvement program geared for the young women of the church -  https://www.lds.org/young-women/personal-progress?lang=eng )   It’s far more enjoyable now that I’m older. Though I'm sad not to have Sister B to do it with anymore. ):

Anyhow. All my love.

Christine