This week has been crazy! In anticipation of transfers and also moving into the Bishop’s home we spent a ton of time cleaning, updating our area book, making an area book for the elders, and serving our members. Our Ward Mission Leader, Brother Marshall, is so amazing! We spent some time with him getting the ward prepared for an additional set of missionaries.
We had a miracle happen on Tuesday. A less-active moved into the ward from Georgia with her family who are not members of the church. A member called to inform us so we headed right over. We came a great time as their home had been broken into and they were worried about what they would do (they both are military veterans and felt that there would be better employment opportunities here but they had not gotten a job yet just applied to many of the government jobs). It was awesome serving them and getting the ward involved and they came to church and were very thankful for the help and also the friends that their children made in just one day of living here. Later on in the day one of our investigators,Gilles, got a Priesthood Blessing before heading into surgery and it was awesome to see him going from being so worried and scared to being calm.
On Wednesday we officially moved into the Bishop’s home and were greeted by both a mean little dog, Sasha, and… a garden snake! It was quite hilarious. On Thursday I got my new trainee: Sister Brittney Theurer (Tire) from Orem, Utah. She is so cute and so sweet. I am so excited to take over Aquia with her. We had a lesson right after getting home and dropping off her luggage with Trisha and it was great for Sister Theurer to go right into missionary work. We found out that the new Elders moving into our area are the new Fredericksburg North Zone Leaders Elder Worthington (DC South) and Elder Canova (Richmond). I am so excited they are amazing and maybe the split of the zone will mean the split of the stake. I hope so.
This week I have been studying Joseph Smith History and it amazes me how many times persecution or some word related is mentioned. I am so grateful that even though all of this persecution happened, he continued with his witness of Christ and God and getting the Book of Mormon brought forth. It helps me to know that I can do hard things and even though some people may be mean or rude I can still continue on with my witness of God and Christ and the Book of Mormon. It may not be the easiest thing to do but it is definitely the best.
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