I heard that Arizona got rain that has beat records from the last twenty
years. So, in the last twenty years, Florida gets the worst cold front and
Arizona gets the worst rain. That just makes me laugh!
All is well here! A new transfer will begin tomorrow and I am staying in
Boca with Sister Gardner! We're excited to continue the work here because
we have some great investigators we are working with! The Lord has truly
blessed us this past week. Of course not everything is going as planned,
but we are planting the seeds and now we need to have the patience to follow
the Lord's time.
Something silly that I am really excited about is the fact that I just
started my 100th page in my journal!! I feel it's quite a milestone for
me. I'm already halfway done with my first missionary journal! (And this
is the 8 1/2 x 11 journal pages!) Something I am really trying to do is
make worthwhile journal entrees. I'm learning each day how I need to
improve. I'm actually impressed by the fact that I have not gotten behind!
But it helps that I tally my Standard Works reading goal each morning in my
journal so that makes me catch up. (Which, bytheway, I've already read over
750 pages! It's so much fun! I actually will say there are a lot of
interesting things found within the book of Leviticus ... and I love how so
many of the D&C sections apply to missionary work which I can apply straight
to me as a missionary :-D
I just found out my bike will be delivered to me this afternoon, which I am
really excited about (Although we were hoping to get to go to transfer
meeting so we could pick them up at the Mission Home). We won't be on bike
quite yet - as Sis. Gardner's bike hasn't come yet. But I've been tempted
to get a bike since my second year in college so it's just exciting to
finally have one! Now we'll have to find out how to organize our area to
focus more on biking instead of driving. With a new senior companion and a
new driver - we both have gone over our miles - 1200 miles so far this
month! Ooops!
It truly is going great! I love it here! Lots of Love!
‘Make no small plans: They have no magic to stir man’s souls.’ This is the vision I have for the South. I believe that one day the South will baptize more people into the church than all other English speaking missions in the world together. There are great hosts of marvelous Baptists, and members of the church of Christ, Methodists and Catholics who are honorable people, and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and love him. As they see their church veering off to the right or to the left of these basic teachings, they will begin to search for the truth. And as pivotal teachers come into the church and have influence, we will see the time when we baptize hundreds and thousands, tens of thousands. In your day you will see a million members of the church in the South. There will be Temples plural in the Southern States. What a great call you have to serve with these marvelous people. ~Spencer W Kimball (1974)
