Buenos Dias!
Esta semana ha sido bien ocupada
despues de las traslados! Como Hermana Training Leaders tenemos mucho
mas que hacer que antes. Pienso que vamos a tener que usar nuestro
tiempo lo mas eficazmente para que podamos hacer todo el trabajo en
nuestra area.
Ok... enough with the Spanish. :) I'm not willing to
actually translate the whole thing, and it's still faster for me to
write in English usually.
Monday
was good, but it already feels like it was so far away. Hna Anderson
and I ran around like crazy people getting everything done. I managed to
get everything packed into my suitcases, it's amazing how much stuff
you can accumulate in two transfers! I was proud of myself however,
because I also fit my pillow and my emergency bag (basically a first aid
kit and 24 hours worth of food and water) inside my suitcases as well.
That evening we were able to see H and A so that I could say
goodbye to them. We took a picture so I'll include that as well.
Tuesday
was transfer meeting, and that was so good. I am now situated in North
Hollywood 5to (Quinto) with Hna Barnes as my new companion. We were in
the same district in the MTC so it is fun that we get to be companions
now. :) Other great news is that Elder Linford is now one of the Zone
Leaders in El Camino (so I know he'll take good care of my old district)
and Elder Bowman is now my zone leader!!!! It's so fun to be in the
same district again, and to get to work together so much. I will also
attach proof that you can get a bike home from transfers without a bike
rack if you're good enough at puzzles. :)
Wednesday
we had Mission Leadership Council which is an all day meeting each
month where all of the Zone Leaders and Sister/Hna Training Leaders get
together with President Hall and the assistants and have a
training/council discussion. Basically he trains us on what he wants us
to teach in Zone Training Meeting that Friday.
It was such an amazing experience for me. The disadvantage is that it
doesn't leave us very much time to work in our area... :) We got home
just in time to eat with a member, read the Book of Mormon with a less
active member for a few minutes, and head to Correlation. However, we
still managed to contact several people on our way to each of those
things.
Thursday was a great day for me because I felt like I learned SO much during my studies. My three hours
of studies... YES no more 12 Weeks. I loved the 12 week program, but it
is SO nice to not have to do four hours of studies every day for the
first time in my mission. After studies we had an appointment that
turned into just a little bit of contacting time because our
investigator wouldn't answer the door. Then we came home for weekly
planning and dinner with just enough time to get a car wash before the
ward Noche de Hogar. Wheew! The week's not over yet.
Friday
we had Zone Training Meeting. We talked a lot about how we need to
be always working towards our purpose of baptism and how we can do that
through finding more. Hna Barnes and I got to do part of the training,
and I really think that it went well. I think that at least the Hermanas
were inspired, and I certainly left with more ideas of how we can use
our time more wisely to be able to find more. On the way home I missed
our street and had to turn around in a parking lot, and somehow I ran
over a giant nail that got stuck in our tire. That really put a dent in
the rest of our day since we had to go get that fixed before we could do
studies. However, after dinner we were able to go out and contact a lot
as well as try by our appointment. He wasn't home, but we were able to
contact one of our potentials and teach her with our member. It was such
a good lesson, and the member helped so much. He's a recently returned
missionary, and he really helped us apply the lesson specifically to her
life.
Saturday
we had more of a normal day with studies and a couple of citas as well
as lots of contacting time. We were also able to do a finding activity
with one of the companionships in our stewardship, and it was so cool to
work with them and see such miracles come as we focused on teaching
when we find so that people go straight from contact to new
investigator. The most exciting thing that night happened as I was
parking so we could go to one of our citas. As I pulled up to the curb
the car bumped like I had somehow run over the curb. I was a little bit
worried at first, but when we all got out I was plenty far away from the
curb. Then we looked a little closer and saw milk splattered all over
the side of our car and the sidewalk, and a crushed gallon milk jug
underneath our car. Someone apparently left a full gallon of milk siting
on the street, and I ran over it! So much for our car wash before Zone
Conference on Wednesday. :)
Sunday
was also a good, but crazy day. We did studies then church, then a
baptism for a whole family of 4! Then we ran to an appointment that fell
through, back to the apartment for Language study and dinner, and then
off to the first presidency Christmas devotional. That was great because
I got to see so many people I love, bust also the talks were AMAZING!!!
The spirit of Christmas really is the spirit of missionary work! I am
so grateful to be a missionary during this Christmas season and be able
to share Christ's birth, and why it is SO important with so many people.
Also, I found out that R
moved her baptismal date up. She's
getting baptized NEXT SUNDAY!!!!!!! AHHH I'm so happy!!!
I love you all, and hope that you can catch the true spirit of Christ(mas) this season!
Love,
Hna Marin Hardy
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