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Aug 20th
Hey
y'all!
Guess
what?! I'M TRAINING A NEW MISSIONARY! Which means I'm a Mom! Frick,
man. I'm so scared. Haha! I haven't even finished MY training yet!
She came in from the MTC in Mexico yesterday! Transfer days are
pretty cray-cray so we didn't get to e-mail then. Her name is Sister
Luke! She is from Logan, Utah. She is a sweetheart! We seem to get
along pretty well. Hopefully I don't corrupt her too much ;) Haha.
It's funny, in the mission we have family trees, so Sister Seaborn is
a Grandma! And Elder Gerber is her daddy. Baby Daddy! What up. Hahaha
we have fun with it. :)
Most
of my friends were transferred to different areas in the mission, so
that was pretty lame. I may or may not have cried saying bye to them.
But it's all good, I'll see them again soon!
This
past week was pretty crazy. We did a lot of service again, painting a
shed at Habitat for Humanity! A friend of mine posted pictures for me
on Facebook. Hopefully you all saw them! It was super fun. We painted
a Cuban flag on it! Legit.
On
Thursday night, we (Sister Seaborn and I) sang at a Relief Society
social! They requested us. We would sing around the house and our
Member we live with, Sister Fox, thinks we're good and announced it
to the whole ward during fasting testimony meeting that we're
"Beautiful singers" haha. So the R.S. president asked us to
sing. It was nerveracking. But it was fun! Sister Seaborn plays the
guitar so we sang Count On Me by Bruno Mars and Drops of Jupiter by
Train. Classic, right? It was so cool! I think Sister Fox posted a
video or two on facebook. I don't think I did very well on Count On
Me, but I was satisfied with Drops of Jupiter. They all complimented
us a lot. Haha I don't think I'm very good but it didn't go too
badly! So that was...special.
We
also helped bail some hay on Saturday! LEGIT. Dude it was so fun!
Haha it was hard work, but lots of fun. Them things were heavy!
This
week we're in a trio. Sister Fillmore's companion won't be here until
next week, so it's nice to have someone that has trained before
during the first week I train. I hope to learn a lot and be able to
help Sister Luke. Pray for me, please. I really have no idea what I'm
doing. Haha it's sad. I told her that we will learn a lot together
this transfer!
Anyway,
that's my update for this week. I miss you all and love you lots!
Hermana
Wilson
Aug. 26th
Hey
guys!
So
this past week was pretty crazy! Sister Fillmore, who is in the YSA
ward for CSU, didn't get her new companion because Salt Lake screwed
up some sister's schedules. So we were in a trio! So we basically
were covering 2 wards this week. Busy stuff! It was fun hanging out
with the CSU students though. I forgot how much I missed being in a
student ward. The Zone Leaders are in that ward too, so we got to
spend time with them. They're super cool! Elder Coates is from
Concord, NC! And Elder Seawell is from Atlanta. So we all enjoy
talking about the south and Bojangles, Cook-Out, Cheerwine (which, by
the way, I WOULD not complain if someone sent me some...), and
lightning bugs. Haha! They had a mustache party on Saturday, I'll
attach a picture of the five of us with our awesome staches.
Sister
Luke seems to be adjusting well to being in the field. I totally
understand how she feels! This is all overwhelming for sure. Haha.
We
met with a woman named Shirley on Saturday after we went to Habitat.
Somehow we got her information, and she is actually in the Parkwood
Ward's boundaries, but we went and saw her anyway. She was telling us
about how her Mother has died and she hasn't been the same since. We
shared a lesson on how God is our loving Heavenly Father and the
message of the restoration of Christ's church. I could just TELL she
was feeling the spirit. After the lesson, I asked her if I could give
her a hug and she looked like she was about to cry. She told us we
made her day perfect and she was so glad we came by. See, it's stuff
like THAT that makes this worth it. I am going to contact the
Parkwood missionaries to see if she went to church. She was a
sweetheart.
We also all spoke in Sacrament meeting yesterday! Our Ward Mission Leader asked us if we would, and he was going to speak too. So since we have two sets of missionaries (and sister Fillmore) in our ward, all 5 of us spoke. Just like 3 minutes each. I talked about how you can't teach the gospel without love. And how all of us are examples to those around us and being a missionary, whether you have a name tag or not, is a responsibility of ours. We have the most precious message of happiness and love to share, so why don't we do it? Don't be scared, y'all. There's a scripture that says all you need to do is open your mouth and the Lord will fill it with what you should say. He did that for me when I spoke, because I definitely had no idea what I said when I got back to my seat in the congregation. Amazing.
We also all spoke in Sacrament meeting yesterday! Our Ward Mission Leader asked us if we would, and he was going to speak too. So since we have two sets of missionaries (and sister Fillmore) in our ward, all 5 of us spoke. Just like 3 minutes each. I talked about how you can't teach the gospel without love. And how all of us are examples to those around us and being a missionary, whether you have a name tag or not, is a responsibility of ours. We have the most precious message of happiness and love to share, so why don't we do it? Don't be scared, y'all. There's a scripture that says all you need to do is open your mouth and the Lord will fill it with what you should say. He did that for me when I spoke, because I definitely had no idea what I said when I got back to my seat in the congregation. Amazing.
I
have set a lot of goals for myself this transfer. I'm going to do a
lot better. Things have been crazy these past few weeks, but now that
it's all dying down a bit, I feel like I can really focus and do my
best. We're really focusing on ward unity, and Sister Luke and I are
really focusing on the barrier between the English and Spanish
sisters. Languages should not be the reason why we don't reach out to
people. So I'm going to talk to the Relief Society President this
week to discuss what we can do to bring the women together. I have a
few ideas, so hopefully it'll all work out! I'm feeling very close to
this ward, so I hope that they listen!
Anyway,
that's really all I have to say today. We are going to a couple
outlets in a little while. There's a Coach outlet. So we all know
what this means. I'm gonna cry because I'm poor. But it's all good.
Hahaha. And the Elders know that I've been waxing my eyebrows, so
they're asking me to help them out with theirs. Bahaha, let the
torture begin ;)
I
miss all of you! Know that Heavenly Father loves each of you very
much. I know this for a fact. :)
Hermana WIlson
Sept. 3rd
Hey
y'all!
So
this past week was crazy good! Well, mostly!
Hermana
Luke and I have been visiting people like crazy! Our Ward Council has
been giving us names of people to stop by and see and w'ere doing it
as much as we can! We're also doing a lot of projects and helping
Habitat for Humanity finish a house! Legit.
We
had a trainers meeting on Friday. I got to see Sister Seaborn again!
:) It was a loverly reunion with my Momma. And we also had a meeting
with 2 transfer missionaries. So all of the mishies I came out with
from the MTC were there. It was a nice MTC district reunion as well.
:)
There
are some AWESOME families in our ward that we're getting close to.
The Enriquez family are going to the temple next month! Shanelle and
Chris are getting their endowments done in a couple weeks. They had
been trying to get to the temple for a while now, and for some reason
the Bishopric just hadn't seen them yet. I said something during Ward
Council last week and after that, they saw them that day! So they had
their final temple recommend interview on Sunday night. I'm SO
excited for them! Shanelle asked if I would be her escort, and I
asked President Brown, but he told me that Elder Christensen wants us
to focus more on sealings, so President Brown said I could go to
their sealing in October if I'm still in CO. :) :) That would be
AWESOME. They're amazing people. They have tattoos like all over
them. Haha, Chris has sleeves and Shanelle has a half sleeve and
tattoos on her legs too. It amazes me to see people make such awesome
changes in their lives. I really hope I get to be there when they're
sealed to their family. They have 5 kids.
We
had dinner with another member last night, Sister Keesling. She is
amazing. I kind of expressed some struggles I'm having with adequacy
and feeling important in this work, and she started crying. We had a
serious heart to heart. She helped me SO much. And when Sister Luke
and I got home last night, she and I had a long talk too.
I'm so thankful to have such support around me.
Anyway,
that's really all I have for now. Here is a picture from the meeting!
Sister Seaborn, Me, and Sister Luke. And yes, my skirt is a
little big. (SCORE!)
Hermana
Wilson