Week 14 A Bittersweet Week in Paradise

February 9, 2015

 WE HAVE TRANSFERS THIS WEEK!

THAT MEANS I WON'T BE TRAINING ANYMORE!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH... lol :D It' so exciting!

 

We got the call Saturday night about "transfer doctrine" :D I am staying here in the Centralia ward. But... the sisters are moving to Centralia, so... we both have to pack AND pack the apartment too... and on top of that we have to deep clean the apt.... its been crazy! It is so interesting how the Lord has shut the doors and is making Sister Eschenbrenner and I pack and clean. We have tried to go out and work... but we would have a list of 10 people to go and see (normally we are lucky if we see 2 or 3 from a list of 10 in a whole day) but then we go through the list in less than an hour... mostly because the people would be there and tell us that they are to busy.

 

In the District, Elder Dickert and Sister Eschenbrenner are leaving :'( Elder Dickert is going to the North Stake in St Louis and Sister Eschenbrenner is going to Fontiac, which is an area with a high population of Jewish people. She will hopefully be able to relate to the people in a way that is very unique to her, because she used to be Jewish! lol :) I will miss both Sister Eschenbrenner and Elder Dickert a lot. They are amazing missionaries and I look up to them so much! But with them leaving we have two new missionaries coming in... drumroll please.... My follow-up trainer will be... Sister Sperry! She seems like she will be AWESOME! She actually is currently training Sister Schow (from the MTC!) so I have no doubts that this new transfer will be amazing! And Elder Dixion will have Elder.... Followgo! He is Polynesian and will be District Leader! This next transfer will be fun :)

 

So... back to this week :) R is doing very well, considering she has the mind set that she is just learning about the church and has no desire to change... yet! She told us yesterday that she believes that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. So shes coming along, at her own pace. We also contacted a lady named H, who is so awesome and I am excited to teach her. Sister E and Sister Vance (Sister E's companion before me) had taught her once and so we retaught that lesson since it had been such a long time. And she is interested and open. Now we just have to try to caught her when she is not at work... :) and Joe is so close... he just has to commit to a date and come to church!

 

We had a crazy week of weather... on wednesday it iced and snowed and then by friday it was in the 50's and yesterday was in the high 60's almost 70's and then today is 32.... why won't the weather make up it's mind! lol makes life super interesting :)

 

Well... I know that this is a short one but hey... it's all good :)

 

Love ya!

-Sister Brimley