So remember last week when I was all "blah blah blah
nothing new has happened blah blah blah I love Kearns blah blah no
pictures"?
Well guess what? This was an eventful week if I've ever
lived one.
Monday night we got a call and found out that Tuesday there
was a meeting for trainers. Guess who that call was for? SISTER HINKLE. THAT'S
WHO. I went to the meeting Tuesday and found out I'd be training a brand
spankin new, fresh from the MTC Sister. Assuming I would stay in Kearns, I was
pretty alright with that. THEN, I get home from this meeting to find out thatwe
got transfer calls while I was away and the Sister I just trained IS TAKING
OVER MY AREA IN KEARNS, AND I WAS WHITE WASHING AN AREA IN WEST JORDAN. WHAT?
UGH. I was SO. ANGRY. Then after crying for the rest of the day and taking lots
of pictures of me with a bunch of people that I love, I got over it and picked
up my brand new companion, Sister Arthur on Wednesday. She's from Australia,
and everyone likes us a lot because we're the first Sisters to be in this area
in like 4 years. The Elders that were here before us were even nice enough to
leave us with two talks in different wards over the next couple weeks (joke).
OH! I forgot to mention. I am over an entire stake. This is an incredible
stake, though! Everyone wants to introduce us to their neighbors and we
currently have 35 referrals to contact. My district leader was all "HOW
did you two get that many referrals?" and I was all "we're
Sisters" and that was a good enough answer for him. Hahaha!
I found out yesterday that I have reached the point on my
mission where I've begun teaching lessons in my sleep. I literally thought
people were making that up, but Sister Arthur told me she thought I had been
talking to her during the night and when she listened closer I was actually
teaching a lesson. Now I'm worried that I'm going to be one of those awkward
return missionaries when I get home that don't know how to interact normally
with people becasue I'm not used to real life and stuff. But whatever, I'm okay
with being awkward I guess.
So since I'm over an entire stake (5 wards and 2 branches)
am I constantly confused about who lives where and what time sacrament meetings
and ward councils are. I am also being forced to bike everywhere, because let's
be real here, it takes us FOREVERRRR to get anywhere. By the time we make it to
one part of the stake it's time to turn around for an appointment in another
ward. Just give us a couple of weeks and we'll be on top of it though. Some of
the members are even nice enough to give us bikes! We'll probably get them
today or tomorrow.
We woke up to snow on the ground this morning, and yesterday
was wiiiindddyyyyy as anything.
In other news, our P day was moved to today because we're
going to the temple today! Yahoo! I'm pretty excited.
This is a great area with a ton of potential. I am excited
to be here and I love these people already. I am working as hard as I can.
I love you, be happy!
Sister Hinkle
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