Week 25 - Leaving Paradise for the Promised Land

 

First off...MAY the FOURTH be with you (2015)

April 2015 Missouri, St. Louis Sister Missionaries

AND we got transfer calls! AND I AM SO STINKING EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so Sister Petrie first... she is staying but Sister Schow (from my MTC district and Sister Sperry's "daughter"-trainee) IS COMING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude she is going to be so great for these people! God is just pulling all the stops. And then..... I will be going to.... Marceline, Missouri :) I am so excited! Sister Montgomery (my "grandma"-Sister E's Trainer/"mom")" went there and I think I will be in her zone :) I am SO STINKING EXCITED! It will be so GREAT!

 

The area is booming and is still a branch and meets in a double wide trailer. I am SO EXCITED! This will be so fun! My new companion's name is Sister Rapp. So I can just tell she is going to be awesome!

I will tell you about yesterday because it was the BEST! So we had church and had a list of people that we wanted/needed to see. But... they were on opposite sides of town. So went with the list of more people on one side which had 3 investigators that we had to go stop in to try to set something up. So we hit the first person and they aren't home, then the next person's husband shut the door in our face and the next person wasn't home and the next house we couldn't find and for the next family it was super bad timing. So... once we had tried to see all of them we decided to go and see a less active member in Walnut Hill... 11 miles away.

We just went with it and were going to see a bunch of people on the way back. We got there and had to turn around because we missed the drive way :/ so when we finally pull up we say a quick prayer and get out. An older guy and a little girl start walking up to us and I ask if they are the S's, and that we were the missionaries. He said they were! and just invited us right inside. We ended up sitting and finding out about these people for a good hour and the kids (who are 11 and 13) WANT TO TAKE THE LESSONS! Such a miracle. God sometimes has to slam doors in my face so I can realize that I am not in the place I need to be.

BUT.... I have been learning how to listen before Heavenly Father has to slam doors in my face... :)

 

I am very excited to see you on Sunday :) It will be so GREAT! (MOM NOTE: Mother's Day Skype and we're excited, too!!!!)

There have many goodbyes and it makes me sad. But I know it won't be forever, and I trust Sister Petrie and Sister Schow to love them. :) And God will take really good care of them! God bless these wonderful people!

​Thought from the mission conference with Elder Cook (which was AMAZING by the way! I will tell you about it Sunday)- "​The FAITH of the missionary determines the SUCCESS of the work". And "we are successful when we open our mouths no matter what happens afterward"

Love,

Sister Brimley
(MOM NOTE: We'll have a new address for Sister Brimley next week.) 

Too much fun for one car!!