Tomorrow is Transfers and that is why my email is
late! Guess what!!! I'm being Transferred! How weird is that!! I have
only been here in Back Creek for 6 weeks and I'm leaving! This will be
Sister Isobe's 4th Transfer in Back Creek. She doesn't mind she could
stay here for the rest of her mission. I wouldn't mind staying in Back
Creek either, it is a beautiful place. So awesome. But the place I am
headed to is not to far away, in fact it is still in the zone. I am
headed to Bedford Virginia. Which is just about an hour east of where I
am now, I think. ha ha.
So this past week has been one full of fun! On Monday we had Empty
Nesters! which I got to attend twice!! for being here only one transfer
that is pretty good. It was super fun, Bluegrass, and I actually did
some flat footing. ha ha yeah... I love Empty Nesters it is so fun, just a
time to get together with friends and family, spiritual thought,
eating, playing music, and dancing.Can't get any better than that.
On Tuesday we went and saw a less active sister named Lynn. We
helped her paint her patio furniture and her picnic table. Well, we
spray painted her patio furniture! It was awesome!! Spray painting is
hard, I have a whole new respect for Graffiti artists. I wasn't to bad
at it, maybe I should be a Graffiti artist someday... Well... maybe not.
Lynn is a hoot! She is so funny, she can just talk and talk and talk!
Maybe my life just isn't that exciting, because I don't' think I could
just talk without someone talking back, but hey we didn't mind. Besides
we were eating papa john's pizza with her. It was good.
We had Specialized Training and Exchanges this week. Which I think
made this week super fun. It's not everyday that we get to see President
Pitt and Sister Pitt. So it was a real treat. It is the last time I
will see them till I get off my mission. They will be leaving June 30
and that is when the new mission President kicks in. It's strange to be
excited and nervous at the same time. That anticipation of the unknown,
but I know he is going to be good. Do you know what is weird though...
the Mission President's wife is a few years older than Jon. My oldest
brother 0.o werd.
Yeah, It was interesting. We practiced teaching our investigators
how to pray, and also how to prepare our investigators for anti. We also
learned about planning. So many things learned, and it went by so
quickly.
I'm going to miss President and Sister Pitt. They are two of the
most wonderful people I have ever met, and they have helped me out with a
lot of things. I'm sad that they will be leaving, but I am happy for
new beginnings, I love meeting new people, It is not a goodbye forever
but a momentary departure until I can see them again. They have touched
the lives of all us missionaries. Do you know what is strange that I
didn't know? They can't come to the mission for three years, and they
can't talk to or send messages to any of the missionaries for three
years (unless they get off their mission). I didn't know that! I guess
it makes sense so that there aren't any problems with missionaries
seeking advice from President Pitt or anything. It's just hard to think
that we have to wait till our missions are over to ever hear from him.
For Exchanges, I went with Sister Canova to Vinton. I always love
going on exchanges. Seeing new places, how other missionaries work and
everything. Sister Canova is an awesome missionary! She and Sister
Richards are both staying in Vinton this transfer so they will be my
STL's again! This will be Sister Canova's last transfer before she goes
home. Sister Canova is bomb at planning! I want to be like her when I
grow up! ha ha. Anywho, it was neat to be with her, we had a few miracles
and such happen. For example: After dinner we were planning on going to
an investigators house with a member, but because it was sunny the
member wasn't able to come out with us (because her kids had sports), So
we were talking about how we wouldn't be able to get our member
present, and then we get a text from the lady we were going to go and
see and she asked if we could change the appointment to Saturday and we
did. So we were getting ready to plan on what we were going to do
because our plans had fallen through. Then the phone buzzed and we had
received a voice message. It was from their Investigator Dorthy, that we
had just seen earlier that day (the lesson was really good and she told
us how excited she was for baptism), in the message she asked if it was
too late to back out and not get baptized. It was quite a shock! We had
no idea what had happened. But we know that everything fell through
that evening because Dorthy needed to talk to us. It was a neat
experience. Dorthy wasn't baptized this weekend, but hopefully it will
work out in the near future when she is more prepared.
When things need to happen, God prepares a way.
Speaking
of making things possible. we helped a less active member cut down his
Ash tree a few days ago and have been helping him stack and clean it up!
(We didn't cut it down, he did with a chain saw, it was awesome.
TIMBER!!!) It was so hot. It was definitely a Bright Sunshiny Day to be
working outside. But it was worth it, because they came to church!! YAY!
I also got to practice my Javelin throw too!
Well I am excited for Transfers tomorrow! I'm excited to go to
Bedford and serve with Sister Nielsen again! She was my MTC companion!
she is one awesome crazy sister. So hopefully all will go well with
transfers and such!
Congrats Julie on the new Baby!! He looks like a cutie!! :D
I
Love you all, and I hope you are having a great week as well as an
awesome spring/summer! Also, sorry for my random train of thought!! Ha ha!
Loves,
Sister Karen Call
"Let us be awake and not be weary of well-doing, for we “are laying the foundation of a great work,” even preparing for the return of the Savior. Brethren, when we add the light of our example as a witness to the beauty and power of restored truth, we will not sleep through the Restoration."
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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