This week has been crazy. Yupp...CRAZY!! I mean I forgot that Mother's Day was Sunday and that I'd be talking with my family!! Again, I FORGOT ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY AND THE FACT I WOULD GET TO SKYPE MY FAMILY!!! It was so great to be able to talk to them. I mean how often do you get to meet a new sibling?! (JUST KIDDING!! Raini it was great to meet you though! And Jen...It was great to give you a "Tosha Hug"...Can't wait for the real deal!!)
Now for the rest of the week:
Monday Sister Wahlen finished packing. I'm going to miss that girl...but she is going to rock it in the Woodlands!
Tuesday was transfer meeting. This is where I got to meet my new companion! (Side note: I forgot my camera...So i'm sorry that there are no pictures!!) My new companion is Sister Ostvig. She's from Minnesota. She's the 7th out of 9 children, she's been out for 8.5 months, and she is waiting on her visa to Brasil Sao Paulo Interlagos. I am so excited to be able to work with her and get to know her. When we went out that afternoon and we were able to catch a less active that I had never really met. Dinner with the Bakers is ALWAYS awesome. I loved it!! That night we had a lesson with JR at the Malo's. He poured out his soul to us. It was so amazing. He is ready to change and ready to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Wednesday was family history day with Sis Burkhardt. I almost made a mistake. it was rather frustrating. When your earliest person to try and find goes back to like...1750's it's hard to track it down. We had dinner with the Ellis' and tried to meet more people.
Thursday was a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG planning day. It was kinda crazy. We were able to go and visit Mary. She's 90. We were able to sing her a song and to calm her heart some. She's grateful that we visit her because no other clergy do. After dinner we went over to the Mediros and then back home so I could cut "Momma Ro's" hair. Sis O and I came up the nick name for Sis Canfield. I like it a lot. She's so good to each of us Sister's who have the opportunity to live there with her.
Friday we had our last district mtng. our zone is being split and our district leader is now in a different zone! It's great...because that means the area is growing...but it also means that we loose/receive new friends. After lunch, we went to Sherri Fish's house. She's the one who got a blessing in the hospital. She is such a sweet soul!! She and her husband are quite the pair! I am coming to love them so very much! That night we had dinner with the Nielson's and a wonderful Texas rain storm passed right on through. Buckets I tell you...lots and lots of buckets!!
Saturday was a little off for both Sister O and I. Haha...that could be confusing. ANYWAYS, Sis O didn't feel well that morning and I felt like I might faint or something that night. We came home and both ended out sleeping till the next morning. It felt wonderful.
MOTHER'S DAY: A holiday for mothers and missionaries alike. A holiday 2nd only to Christmas. On Sunday we had the realignment of our ward boundaries where 4 ward's met for a sacrament meeting. Our ward now looks kinda like a 3 leaf clover. It's pretty interesting. We had a REALLY spicy dinner at the Ure's and followed that with a Skype session with the family. It's the best. After that we went over to bishop's to talk a little bit about the new member's in the ward. There's about 5 families. It's pretty great!
Today as I was on lds.org, I saw this quote by Pres. Uchdorf:
- We almost certainly will fail at least in the short term. But rather than be discouraged we can be empowered because this understanding removes the pressure of being perfect right now. (The Best Time to Plant a Tree -- Ensign Jan 2014)
The best time is right now. It might have been better 20 years ago...but if you start now you can look back in 20 years and know you made a great decision.
God bless y'all!!
--Sister Carling
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