SURPRISE!!! I'm getting transferred! And, that wasn't only a surprise for me and my companions. It was a surprise to President as well! The Lord decided to move me last minute. Fun!
For my last transfer, I will be serving in the Waterford Lakes area with Sis. Snyder. It's going to be a blast! The area is hard - because it's another rich area with a lot of gated and No Trespassing neighborhoods. But we will also help with ASL work when needed and also assist at the Office. For Sundays, we will attend Oviedo at 9am (they no longer have ASL missionaries in the area), then go to Waterford at 11am. Fun, huh? It's going to be crazy, and the Deaf members are surprised at it, but things should work out well. It is the Lord's work. We all know this was decided by the Lord, not by anyone else. I have gained a strong testimony that the mission president truly receives revelations from the Lord. We've seen it time and time again.
My new address:
3821 Avalon Park East Blvd #418
Orlando, FL 32828
Also, did you get the white envelope I sent to you? I'm worried I put it in the wrong mailbox, and that had our Christmas gift and Picture CD and FOM Messenger, etc. Hope it made it to you in one piece!!! Also, I will be mailing out a large flat rate box today. It's full of randomness. No need to open it. Sorry it's so heavy - it seems I really am a collector. Hope it gets to you :-D
Well, this email was going to go on about the stupid German roach infestation in our apt, but since its transfers, it won't matter anymore. Plus, we just got a bait program started and it's killing them off pretty well - too bad it flushes them out before they die. Every time we do something different to kill them, they start showing up in more places more frequently. Roaches are my LEAST favorite insect. Ug! But they are really small, so not as bad. And I got use to it from the ones we see in AZ. It's my companions who freak out and think they are huge! They've never seen a roach before! Weird, huh?
The hardest part about this being the last transfer is the fact that I have finally started to really understand the full meaning of missionary work! I've gained that much needed faith that we not only can, but we will accomplish a baptism from each companionship each month. The mission is making new changes to double our baptisms, and I am so excited for them. They will bring about amazing miracles! I'm finally in the spirit of missionary work after trying to get here for the last year and a half. But now I'm about to leave!!! WHY!?!?! It's frustrating! But at least I have this last transfer to put my all into the work. It will be great!!
‘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)
