Just because it's SO COOL I have to explain the entire transfer situation. We got transfer calls on Saturday
morning. Then, we found out that both Hermana Ellingson and I were
being transferred. We realized later that that meant they were going to
close our area! :( We were SO SAD!!!! The fun part of the news was that
she went to bike and I went to car. This might be familiar to some who
have followed my story closely from the beginning. That is exactly what
ended up happening to my trainer and me. Then at transfer
meeting Hermana Ellingson got transferred to SYLMAR BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(which in case you didn't realize is where I got transfered after my 12
Week training.) I got transferred to Arleta Car which is the same
district as the YSA Hermanas which is the area (YSA) that my trainer got
transferred to. It's almost exactly the same as when my trainer and
I got transferred after my training! It made me so happy to find all of
the fun similarities and feel like I'd come full circle. :)
So now I'm here in Arleta with Hermana Christensen. We
have a car, but we also bike a lot. I LOVE IT!!! It is so good to be in
an area with so many Spanish speakers, and to be able to bike. My bike
is somehow broken... (Elder Wilson says the back bearing is off), but
luckily Elder Harris, my other zone leader, is letting me use his bike
until I can get mine fixed.
Anyway, this week getting used to Arleta has been
great. I love the area, the ward, and my district. We have some
wonderful investigators who are really progressing in the gospel, and
really seem to understand the importance of our message. We've also been
receiving a lot of support from the ward, and they do such a good job
taking care of recent converts.
I think that's all for this week though. I have lot's
of pictures to send, and I'll try to have more stories from this area
next week.
Love,
Hermana Marin Hardy
Pictures:
1-J (the dad) and
J (his son) In Santa Clarita we were teaching J and J as J
came back to activity in the church and J (who just turned 8!) as he
was preparing to be baptized.
2-R was a young man that we were teaching in Santa Clarita who
is going to get baptized soon. He is amazing and reads and prays every
day! (Yes Mom, I know my posture is terrible in this picture. It was a
sad day to say goodbye...)
3-Our Children! Hermana Ellingson and I spent a lot of time in
R's apartment building and there was a crowd of children who were
also always there. They always asked us for stickers, and they liked to
tell us when so-and-so did this or that. We loved to talk with them, and
teach them little things about the gospel and help them to start to be
more like Jesus.
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