Holla Familia!
It's that time again! Transfers week! You
probably could have guessed that because I didn't email on Monday... but
yeah... Guess What? I'm staying in Morgantown!!! I finally get to stay
in an area longer than one transfer! Yay! My final place of rest! Sister
Sullivan is being transferred to Virginia! She is going to
Appomattox in the Lynchburg zone. Her new companion is Sister Freeman - I
hear she is pretty awesome. Top of the mission to the bottom of the
mission. Literally the last stop. That is going to be one really long
drive. So my new companion is Sister Snow. I'm pretty sure she came out
the same time I did. She was just down in Salem Virginia with Sister
White as an STL. So I'm pretty sure she is going to be Boss. I don't
know anything about her, but I think it's going to be good.
Oh
how this transfer has flown by! It seems like Yesterday that I just
left Bridgeport with Sister Curtis. Now this Transfer is over and Sister
Sullivan is leaving. It's so crazy! I can't believe it. The day has
finally come. My Last Leg of the race. Thank heavens they have energy
drink vending machines here in Morgantown! I'll be able to run
forever! Don't worry I won't be spending my money on Energy
Drinks... They aren't very good, and they make me feel like I'm having a
heart attack. Oh the things you learn on a mission. Don't rely on
Substances to give you energy, they make you crazy, and very grumpy when
you don't take them. True Story.
Anywho, this week has been
pretty interesting. We went and pretty much said goodbye to everyone
because Sister Sullivan was sure she was leaving. We also got fed really
well this week! Everyone signed up to feed us! and some members brought
us out for lunch! Being here for six months gives you a strong bond
with everyone in the ward. So we went and did our normal stuff of
meeting with investigators, finding, less actives and so forth. But it
has been a rather emotional week for Sister Sullivan. I guess I am just
so used to going, but this is the only place Sister Sullivan has been
her entire mission. It is time for something new. It just made me sad to
see how sad she was to be leaving. I have always been one to be excited
about going, seeing, and trying new things. Of course I have loved
everywhere I have been, but I have also been excited to go and do new
things. I love meeting new people and listening to their stories and
sharing with them the awesomeness of the gospel.
So These last
two days we had our car in the shop. So we did a lot of hoofing it. My
legs hurt, but it gave me a lot of time to think about things. It
also gave me some more appreciation, once again, for having the blessing
of having a car. So I'll tell you a little story about Cars, PRTs, and
Walking. Cars represent people who have the Gospel in their lives.
Walking represents people who do not have the Gospel in their lives. Now
if I walked every day, my entire life without stepping foot into a car,
I wouldn't know the blessings and awesomeness of having a car. How
quickly I can get from one place to another, how I can stay warm and dry
when it is raining. There are so many blessing from having a car, but
there are also several things that we have to pay the price for when we
do have a car. We still have to walk around and be normal people living
in the World, but not of the world. We have to pay for gas and damaged
parts and more. This can represent Scripture study, prayer, church
attendance, temple attendance, callings, and more. We have to do these
things to keep our car running, pretty, and happy. We can't expect our
car to run on nothing. (now in reality times can get hard and we can't
afford to have real car - but if we earning spirit money points, then we
would be able to afford all things) Anywho, So we go throughout life.
We in our cars look at those who don't have cars and just wonder, why in
the world would you be walking! There are so many blessings from having
cars! Can't you see? But how can they know? When they have never been
in a car? Now a Public Rail Transportation - these super sketch train
cars that get you from one side of campus to another really quick. They
were really nice to have when we were walking these past two days. They
cost money to go on. Not very much, but it was a small price to pay. We
got to feel the relief of getting somewhere really quickly, but it was
for but a small moment. So the PRT is for people who have some form of
the Gospel in their life. Because all churches have some truth in it,
they can help us progress and get places pretty quickly, but they don't
have that fullness - they don't have cars. Now we can get very
comfortable riding in the PRT, because it is a relief from walking
everywhere. But we are stuck within the boundaries of where it takes us,
and where our feet can take us. We discover and see so much more when
we have a car. Now our job is to get people to come and ride in our car.
To see what it's like. Some people may get motion sickness the first
time, because it is something different. But after a while. They see the
blessings, they see how far they can go and how much they can do. Yes
some people get the ride in the car, and choose not to accept it because
it is so foreign, it's not what they are used too. But as we work hard
and have spiritual bonus points and earn our Spiritual Car. It is all
Worth it in the End. We have to understand what it feels like to just
walk. we have to have that desire to help people become more and become
greater. Everyone has a greater potential. They just need to be able to
see it. It is a hard path and it is a long journey to get there, we have
to work hard to get there. But it is all worth it.
I know
the blessings that come from living and being true to the gospel. Being
Honest with our dealings with God and with those who are around us.
There is so much that we can learn from this Gospel that I feel like I
haven't even tapped into the majority of it. Perhaps I never will until I
get to heaven, but I know the blessings I have received from being on
my mission, and from learning about the Gospel, and from reading from
the Book of Mormon. It really does make a difference. Sometimes we can
forget, and we fall into bad habits and run out of Spiritual Money to
keep our Spiritual Car running. But we can always get back on the path.
We can always pick up from where we are at right now and move forward.
We can do all things, because Christ made all things Possible. Through
Him we can do it, we can Become.
I love this Gospel, I love happy people, I love cars, and I love My Savior Jesus Christ.
I hope you too can see and feel the blessings that come from the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in these latter days.
Loves,
Sister Karen Call
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