Dear loved ones,
this week has been quite a crazy week! So Tuesday was my last day to say goodbye to members in my area, which was like leaving home again because I had gotten really close with many of the members, but they all wished me well and it was a good experience to see the support they had for me. The bishop "requested" me to bear my testimony that Sunday, so I felt pretty honored.
Wednesday was transfers obviously, we got taken, by a member, to an all you can eat Asian buffet which was DELICIOUS. A very nice 'welcome to Killeen' then we met our companions and got settled into our apartment. We went and met the bishop and asked if there was anything we needed to do for him, and got to know each other better.
Thursday was weekly planning which went pretty well for the most part. It was a lot of Elder fullmer teaching me about the area and the investigators and what not, and I came to figure out that his last companion did most of the thinking and deciding. He wasn't totally sure what was going on in most of the cases, so it feels like there will be a lot of learning together.
We got ready for the interview and the Durfee's took us to the church for it. All in all the interview went really well! I was very pleased with the outcome! I got to know him at first, he is a staff sergeant for the army, and we connected right of the bat because I did a H.A.T. camp with a staff sergeant during football season with a staff sergeant so it was cool to talk briefly about that stuff. Then we read a scripture and did the interview, and He was found worthy to enter into the covenant of baptism and it was all together an uplifting experience!
Friday we biked into a secluded part of our area and did some work over there, and we saw 6 black hawk helicopters fly right over head! It was amazing!!
Saturday we had our first District Leader Counsel which was just great. I got to see my trainer in action as a zone leader and we got to share a very cool experience counseling together as previous trainer-trainee companions about the needs of the zone as district leader and Zone leader. Then we ended up teaching 2 RCLAs and 2 other lessons which was the most the area has seen in about 3 weeks total! so that was exciting. We met a less active family who has 9 kids! I thought having 6 siblings was a lot! That was fun!
Sunday we learned a great lesson about being happy in elders quorum, and about how our spirits are truly what make us happy so we need to focus and learn about what will make our spirits happy and do them. I really enjoyed it. I felt like it was something I needed at that time because I was starting to slip into an " oh no" mentality but the lesson really helped bring my vision back up to where it needs to be.
I also collected numbers for the first time from my district which was kind of stressful, because I forgot to get a name from one companionship, then I wasn't able to get the baptismal record to the Durfees at the baptism so the bishop wasn't able to sign it so we have to do that today. I took confidence in the answer to my prayer I had gotten recently of " yep, this is the way it is, your not used to it now, but you will!"
Overall I am very confident that me and Elder Fullmer will get along very well! We both have a desire to follow the mission rules with exactness and work hard so I feel great about this upcoming transfer!
Love, Elder Judy
this week has been quite a crazy week! So Tuesday was my last day to say goodbye to members in my area, which was like leaving home again because I had gotten really close with many of the members, but they all wished me well and it was a good experience to see the support they had for me. The bishop "requested" me to bear my testimony that Sunday, so I felt pretty honored.
Wednesday was transfers obviously, we got taken, by a member, to an all you can eat Asian buffet which was DELICIOUS. A very nice 'welcome to Killeen' then we met our companions and got settled into our apartment. We went and met the bishop and asked if there was anything we needed to do for him, and got to know each other better.
Then we had a bible study class that the missionaries have been teaching that we went and participated in, but Elder Fullmer was feeling really sick so we went into the bathroom and he threw up about 3 times. When we got home he said he needed to rest and so he threw up again into the toilet and proceeded to rest, so I was left to plan our first day by myself.
About the area briefly: its borders are are right alongside the biggest military base in the world! So regularly we hear tanks going off and earth rattling booms! Pretty freaking awesome. We hear the trumpets for meals and wake up calls! Dream come true!! I love it!, but it is pretty much in the middle of NO WHERE right next to the no where that I'm used to.
So, I called the elders in my district to get acquainted with them, and upon calling elder and sister Durfee ( the military relations older couple serving on the base) they told me I had a baptismal interview that next day! I was feeling a little overwhelmed at this point to be completely honest! I decided to pray and got a feeling of peace, also a feeing of " yep, this is the way it is, your not used to it now, but you will!" so that was comforting.Thursday was weekly planning which went pretty well for the most part. It was a lot of Elder fullmer teaching me about the area and the investigators and what not, and I came to figure out that his last companion did most of the thinking and deciding. He wasn't totally sure what was going on in most of the cases, so it feels like there will be a lot of learning together.
We got ready for the interview and the Durfee's took us to the church for it. All in all the interview went really well! I was very pleased with the outcome! I got to know him at first, he is a staff sergeant for the army, and we connected right of the bat because I did a H.A.T. camp with a staff sergeant during football season with a staff sergeant so it was cool to talk briefly about that stuff. Then we read a scripture and did the interview, and He was found worthy to enter into the covenant of baptism and it was all together an uplifting experience!
Friday we biked into a secluded part of our area and did some work over there, and we saw 6 black hawk helicopters fly right over head! It was amazing!!
Saturday we had our first District Leader Counsel which was just great. I got to see my trainer in action as a zone leader and we got to share a very cool experience counseling together as previous trainer-trainee companions about the needs of the zone as district leader and Zone leader. Then we ended up teaching 2 RCLAs and 2 other lessons which was the most the area has seen in about 3 weeks total! so that was exciting. We met a less active family who has 9 kids! I thought having 6 siblings was a lot! That was fun!
Sunday we learned a great lesson about being happy in elders quorum, and about how our spirits are truly what make us happy so we need to focus and learn about what will make our spirits happy and do them. I really enjoyed it. I felt like it was something I needed at that time because I was starting to slip into an " oh no" mentality but the lesson really helped bring my vision back up to where it needs to be.
I also collected numbers for the first time from my district which was kind of stressful, because I forgot to get a name from one companionship, then I wasn't able to get the baptismal record to the Durfees at the baptism so the bishop wasn't able to sign it so we have to do that today. I took confidence in the answer to my prayer I had gotten recently of " yep, this is the way it is, your not used to it now, but you will!"
Overall I am very confident that me and Elder Fullmer will get along very well! We both have a desire to follow the mission rules with exactness and work hard so I feel great about this upcoming transfer!
Love, Elder Judy
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