Guess what?! I became a mom in the
mission yesterday!! Wahoo!! I am training a new missionary and she is
awesome! Her name is Sister Wood, she is from North Salt Lake, Utah. :)
It is so great! On Saturday I was so worried they were going to call my
name on the conference call and take me out of Hazlehurst and then they
didn't and then they read the list of names of trainers and they called
my name! I think this was the first transfer meeting I was excited for
:) Two sisters came in this transfer, my kiddo is here to stay and the
other sister is waiting on her Visa for Italy. So I guess I won't be
learning Italian this transfer.... but it's all good! Hopefully I'll
stay for the full training here. Looks like I really will spend 7 1/2
months in Hazlehurst, hahaha. The scary thing is after that I will only
have three transfers left. THREE! Where does the time go??!! But anyway,
no looking ahead and worrying, I just get to enjoy training and being a
Mama :) This has been my wish for a long time and it is already the
greatest experience, I am learning/will learn so much. This will really
help me be a better missionary, I'm excited for the challenge!
This
last week was pretty crazy, the mission said goodbye to some awesome
missionaries, Sister Thomas included. She headed to Macon on Sunday so I spent Sunday and Monday
in Douglas with Sister Christensen and Sister Taylor and we had a
blast. I met some awesome people there that are so ready for the gospel.
On Monday
night Sister Christensen was saying goodbye to a member because she was
being transferred and we started talking and the lady said she knew mom
because of the Missionary Moms Facebook page so it was just another
instance showing us what a small world we live in! She took a picture
with me and said she was sending it to mom so I'm sure she's heard
something by now :)
I don't have a ton to
report on with investigators here since I was gone, but I will talk
about a few! We taught Rachelle last week and the lesson was kind of
'eh' but then at the end of it we started talking about enduring to the
end and she almost started crying--she had been having all these trials
and struggles just bombard her the days leading up to then and she said
she knew we came just for her to share that with her. Wow. Expect
miracles! Heavenly Father prepares people so well for us and we have to
know that He is doing that and expect to answer prayers every time we
talk with people, because most of the time we do! I hope that experience
will help Rachelle see that we are representatives of the Lord and to
really have the desire to learn and progress and come to church.
Brother
Martin and Brother Henderson from the branch presidency also came with
us to give Jean a blessing this past week. It was super cool. Her friend
Wanda was there as well who Jean gave to us as a referral but Wanda was
having a really hard day when we called and said she didn't want to
talk to anyone. When we met her in person that day you could tell she
has been through so much. When Brother Martin and Brother Henderson
explained what the blessing was and how it worked Wanda said she wanted
one too and so they gave her one as well. Wanda goes to another church
and when her child or someone was really sick she asked the Pastor to
lay hands on his head and give him a blessing because she knew that was
in the Bible and the Pastor said that that doesn't need to happen
anymore--Wanda knew that wasn't true though. She said she begged and
begged and the Pastor wouldn't do it. I hope when she got a blessing by
the priesthood authority that it sparked something, because it really is
true. We have an appointment to see her later this week so hopefully I
will have a good update for all of you next week!
I
don't have too much more to report on, but it was a good week! And this
week will be crazy busy just like it. Too much to do and not enough
time in the day to do it all :) I am so excited to be a trainer though
and see Sister Wood grow in the mission. She is really overwhelmed right
now and just trying to take everything in and I know exactly how she
feels :) haha. It will be great she is starting out in a very special
place with very special people :)
Oh, if I
remember, I'll send home a picture of what we did at our Relief Society
enrichment activity last night. We read the Parable of the Pear Tree and
its focus was on enjoying the journey and finding joy in every season
of life. We finger painted pear trees and mine looks atrocious,
hahahaha. I finger painted like we were supposed to but a lot of the
women just painted theirs and they looked super good... they're going to
hang them all up outside the Relief Society room.... hahaha. They had
us sign them and I really wanted to put a primary kid's name on it. Now I
know why my 8th grade art teacher wrote "good effort" on my sketchpad
we kept during the semester. Haha. But hey, it reminds me of a quote I
like: "When you accept your flaws, no one can use them against you." I'm
not an artist, therefore, I can laugh at myself. Same with cooking :)
Everyone has different talents in life, it's just up to us to find and
develop them! Parable of the talents, look it up. ;)
I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!! I will talk to y'all soon!
Forever and Always,
Sister Applegate :)
My time in Douglas!
I get to train! Meet my kiddo! :)
We did
FHE with this awesome family. Nathan just got baptized like 2 weeks ago
and he has an awesome wife named Amber. They have two kids, Logan and
Kira. Kira loves new people so I was the favorite that night and we had
so much fun! :)
Sister Christensen, Sister Taylor and I
Poem for Georgia. Seriously though....
I get to train! Meet my kiddo! :)
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