HELLO EVERYONE!!!
So my new area is...dun-da-dun!!! BRENHAM BRANCH!!! I'm in the area just north of Sealy (the Turners live about 20 miles away!). Guess what else...It's the home of Bluebell Ice Cream. YEAH!! That stuff is the best!! Today we are going to tour the factory.
We also have another set of missionaries in our area: Elder Awong and Elder Hunter. Elder Awong was in my district in the MTC so we had class together. Elder Hunter is from Peoria AZ...along with half the ward. Most of our ward is from AZ whether it be Thatcher or the Valley or even up to Round Valley. I'll probably have a connection with all of them in one way or another by the end of my time here.
Porter Park ward: So the Plumb's who live on 8th (I think) are the grandparents and aunt of our branch president, branch mission leader and a young womens leader. Possibly even a couple more!! and there's a Bigg's from Lehi. and couple Peirce from Showlow. yeah. The ward is pretty much all related in one way, shape, or form, but it's awesome. The people here are great!!
My companion, Sister Davis, is pretty awesome. She's from Reno, NV. She's also a Sister Training Leader so we get to go on exchanges a few times!! I'm so excited to work with her. She and I are already starting to kinda read eachother's minds. It's gonna be a great time here!!
Oh...and we're in a car. Just a by-the-way statement. :)
Monday...it feels like forever ago...but also just like yesterday. Anyways Monday, We did the normal P-day stuff and then for FHE that night we went to the Zachary's with Mariah. What a great way to end my time in Parkway!! I'll miss ya'll...but I'll be back to visit. Just you wait.
Tuesday we headed down to the mission office. Bright and early. Everyone was there waiting in antisipation for the transfer sheets to be passed out. While waiting we tood pictures and visited with other missionaries. There are normally quite a number of missionaries there so I found the ones I knew haha. Transfer sheets were passed out and I am with Sister Hannah Davis!! Happy day!! We then followed the Calldwell Sisters out to brenham because we didn't have a GPS. It's super exciting to use maps. It's also kinda crazy. I now understand the statement, "Just pull over and ask for directions." Except we don't...Because we are too cool for that...haha After dinner with the Jensen's that night, we had a lesson with Priscilla. Priscilla was baptised on Saturday. She's so sweet and she has such a desire to learn. Anyways. She's awesome.
Wednesday was a full day. We went everywhere. I think my favorite was going to the Chappell Hill Museum. I love museums! We got to help clear out a room and help prepare it for an archive room. After that we went to "Kruze Villiage". It's an old folks home. We got to help out and play bingo and sing. I love old people. That night we did a little tracting. Sometimes people just need to say "I'm not interested" or give us some sort of straight answer. That's one thing I'm learning. I'm trying to apply it too. Straight answers are the best. We had a meeting with the branch mission leader and the elders. It was great. It's going to be a great time out here.
So my new area is...dun-da-dun!!! BRENHAM BRANCH!!! I'm in the area just north of Sealy (the Turners live about 20 miles away!). Guess what else...It's the home of Bluebell Ice Cream. YEAH!! That stuff is the best!! Today we are going to tour the factory.
We also have another set of missionaries in our area: Elder Awong and Elder Hunter. Elder Awong was in my district in the MTC so we had class together. Elder Hunter is from Peoria AZ...along with half the ward. Most of our ward is from AZ whether it be Thatcher or the Valley or even up to Round Valley. I'll probably have a connection with all of them in one way or another by the end of my time here.
Porter Park ward: So the Plumb's who live on 8th (I think) are the grandparents and aunt of our branch president, branch mission leader and a young womens leader. Possibly even a couple more!! and there's a Bigg's from Lehi. and couple Peirce from Showlow. yeah. The ward is pretty much all related in one way, shape, or form, but it's awesome. The people here are great!!
My companion, Sister Davis, is pretty awesome. She's from Reno, NV. She's also a Sister Training Leader so we get to go on exchanges a few times!! I'm so excited to work with her. She and I are already starting to kinda read eachother's minds. It's gonna be a great time here!!
Sister Davis and Sister Carling at the Jensen's
Oh...and we're in a car. Just a by-the-way statement. :)
Monday...it feels like forever ago...but also just like yesterday. Anyways Monday, We did the normal P-day stuff and then for FHE that night we went to the Zachary's with Mariah. What a great way to end my time in Parkway!! I'll miss ya'll...but I'll be back to visit. Just you wait.
Tuesday we headed down to the mission office. Bright and early. Everyone was there waiting in antisipation for the transfer sheets to be passed out. While waiting we tood pictures and visited with other missionaries. There are normally quite a number of missionaries there so I found the ones I knew haha. Transfer sheets were passed out and I am with Sister Hannah Davis!! Happy day!! We then followed the Calldwell Sisters out to brenham because we didn't have a GPS. It's super exciting to use maps. It's also kinda crazy. I now understand the statement, "Just pull over and ask for directions." Except we don't...Because we are too cool for that...haha After dinner with the Jensen's that night, we had a lesson with Priscilla. Priscilla was baptised on Saturday. She's so sweet and she has such a desire to learn. Anyways. She's awesome.
Fun to see mission friends at transfers!!
Sister Ririe and Sister Carling
Wednesday was a full day. We went everywhere. I think my favorite was going to the Chappell Hill Museum. I love museums! We got to help clear out a room and help prepare it for an archive room. After that we went to "Kruze Villiage". It's an old folks home. We got to help out and play bingo and sing. I love old people. That night we did a little tracting. Sometimes people just need to say "I'm not interested" or give us some sort of straight answer. That's one thing I'm learning. I'm trying to apply it too. Straight answers are the best. We had a meeting with the branch mission leader and the elders. It was great. It's going to be a great time out here.
Homemade Ice Cream at YM/YW on Wednesday evening
Thursday was planning and then we went out. We volunteer at another old folks place called "The Gazebo" We play a couple games and then sing to them. It's a great trade. We taught Priscilla another lesson before her big day on Saturday. That night we have sports night. It's pretty successful turn out with the youth and investigators coming to the church building.
Friday we had District Meeting instead of Zone meeting. We have Us, the Elders in our Branch, the Calldwell Sisters, and the Navasota Elders. and we're all branches. It's an adventure. That afternoon we went to help a potencial investigator write addresses and we got to teach the restoration. It was awesome!! I'm now feeling like I got a handle on everything. Like I feel like I know things now. I mean i would guess that by now that I'd have an understaning on things...and I do :) That night we had dinner with the Jensen's again. They have 2 kids on missions. Their son is in Ghana and their daughter is in South Carolina. It's pretty cool. We love getting to spend time with them. after that we had a lesson with Jordache, he's one of our investigators and he's 18. We taught the importance of scripture study and prayer. the spirit was so great!! His friend, a member in our branch, was there to to help us out. It was so great!
Saturday we went to Chappell Hill again to help out at the museum. I found a 1932 Composition book shoved in the bottom of a box. That was an awesome find. Sister Biggs took us out to lunch after that and we all headed to the church building. We taught family history and when that was done we started the water on the baptismal font. Such a wonderful sound to be coming down a hall to hear. Priscilla was baptized. She REALLY felt the spirit. She told us that she REALLY felt the forgiveness of her sins. That night we went out to another investigators house. She's building up her food storage and so she taught us how to do it and we helped her. We made pickles and blueberry jam. It was great!! A new skill added to my list :) Also. The high that day was 80. Pretty remarkable for August.
Sister Davis, Sister Carling, Priscilla, Sister Davis, & Sister Murphy
By Sunday, I had met almost all the branch. It was great to be there and meet them all. You can just tell that they love it all and eachother. We had dinner with the Jensen's (again haha) that night. I'm enjoying getting to know them better! That night we had a lesson and we wern't quite sure what needed to be said. So we planned on one thing and ended out teaching another. We taught about scriptures, in general, specifically the Book of Mormon. Such an amazing book. I have come to love and appreciate it more that I can express. Read it. Let it change your life. Let The Lord help you and guide you to his eternal life. Pray about it. If you know it's true...then all other things will come. But the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ. He lives. He sent a young boy to the earth to restore his kingdom. Joseph Smith is a prophet. If you know those to things with a surty, then all is well. Take the covenants of the Lord upon you and enter the fold of the shepard. He loves you. Understanding will come with time, but all things take a little bit of time. Again, if you know those 2 things...your set.We aren't supposed to know everything.
I love yall. I hope all is well where ever you are.
Have a blessed day yall!!!
--Sister Carling
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