Oh my goodness gracious I have so much to
tell all of you! This week ended up being amazing, well the end of it
haha, the beginning not so much. Well last Monday night, Sister Austin
and I drove around and said good bye to everyone. That was awful. Oh
before we went around though, we had dinner with the Karikers. Oh my
goodness I might cry just writing about them. That was the hardest
goodbye. We walked in and Sister Kariker immediately asks us "Do you
know?" Sister Austin tells her that she is staying, and I have already
started crying and I told them I was leaving. Sister Karikers eyes
started to get watery, and then I completely lost it. She gave me a huge
hug and I cried. They tried to comfort me and it as right before
dinner, and we always say grace with them right. So normally they pray,
and it is just one of the like 2 line prayers from the bible. Well they
asked me to say grace! I was able to bless the food and it meant so much
to me. I of course cried...hopefully they understood what I said haha.
We took lots of pictures and I will send them home :) Sister Kariker
said she will write me and I told them I would write them also. Sister
Austin sang for them it was really nice. Finally we had to leave, and I
gave them another huge hug. Then we were off.
On Tuesday we said good bye to more people and I took more
pictures haha, and then I was finally in the transfer van and on my way.
Normally I love car rides...this one was awful, I got so car sick and
almost puked about 4 times until we finally got to Lovell. In Lovell I
saw Elder Rust! He was being transferred
also. So we were able to talk for a while. I walked with Sister Avrrett
to the gas station where I got some mint gum to help me. It helped so
so so much. Tender mercy there for sure. Finally we got to Billings at 8:30
at night. My companion Sister Spencer was in an appointment and we
were early so I did not get picked up for an hour...but that was ok it
was nice to just hangout with the other missionaries at the church.
Finally they showed up. Sister Spencer's old comp, Sister Newell did not
leave till the morning so we all stayed in the apartment and I slept on
the love seat..bad idea! I hurt so bad the next morning haha. So then
in the morning, we dropped Sister Newell off and then had Sister Gray
stay with us till 4pm
(she is Sister Austins new companion) We all went to Cafe Rio for
lunch! So good! Oh my I have missed that. Then later Sister Gray left
and it was so nice to just be with Sister Spencer, it finally felt like
we were companions and it was becoming my area. We went on splits that
night with the ward..no luck..but oh well.
The next day, so Thursday
was pretty great. We did not have a ton to do, so we were trying to
find people and it was getting dark and we pulled up to this house and
it has a super long drive way and there is this scary dog, looks like a
rescue dog...we are getting sketchy vibes, so we decide not to get out,
and just slowly start driving away and right across the street this
scary guy comes out of his house with a chainsaw! What the heck! He
started walking our direction and it scared me so much! So we got out of
there. I know that he probably was not gonna do anything.. but still, a
chainsaw, in the dark, long driveway, and rescue dog..that is not a
good mix to me. haha.
Oh Saturday
we went up to Colestrip, (2 hour drive). We drove up to Hyshm and met
Liz, a member who drove us to Colestrip. Liz lives in this tiny town and
her driveway is like half a mile and complete mud. Our jeep almost got
stuck, yes we have a brand new jeep! It is so nice. Well we get in Liz's
car and she starts to drive us out of her driveway and she gets stuck.
We had to push her car out of the mud! That was so freaking fun!!! My
boots were covered in mud and part of my leggings and the tires were
spinning up mud and got it in my hair..but it was so fun. Finally we got
out and got up to Colestrip. While in Colestip we went to try a girl in
our ward and no answer, but behind and to the side of her house there
is this deer just squirming and can't get up. We walk over and it just
starts to go limp and it died in front of us!!! So freaking sad! I was
praying it would die fast though, cause it was hit on the highway that
was like 20 feet away, and there was nothing we could do. So I am
grateful it died...poor thing..I saw a deer die in front of me... :(
Well on Sunday
we had a wonderful meeting at church, it was so nice to be there
because i was able to finally put names to faces! We had a munch and
mingle after, total blessing cause I was starving. It is weird serving
in a singles ward cause they are all my peers! It is just different. I
love it, but it is different. We get to go to FHE tonight so that will
be fun. They had me bear my testimony yesterday in sacrament. Going to
church yesterday just solidified that this is supposed to be my area. I
am really excited. We have seriously like no work right now. I think I
might be here to help build the work up, kinda like in Riverton. We had 4
lessons my first week in Riverton and when I left we had 28. And we had
a actual investigator poor and lots of less actives. I am so excited to
help find people here. I know that I am here for a reason.
It is funny cause I have a really odd area right now, just
cause I am in a singles ward and I am an office missionary. I am still
trying to get used to seeing the president everyday and having him call
us and text us about things we have to do and what we need to get done.
It is so nice to just had him be himself. I am used to only seeing him
during zone conferences and here he is just himself and it is not as up
tight as I thought it would be. I really do love it. I am a little
worried cause I am not good with computers and we use a lot of word and
excel. I love Sister Spencer so much! She
is awesome!! I know we will get along really well, we already do. She is
great. We live in a ghetto apartment, it is a basement. The apartment
has no heating so we have heaters. We have like 2 outlets in the whole
place so we use lots of extension cords haha. The apartment is awful but
it feels a lot better since I have a companion I really like and so it
makes up for it haha This is the first time on my mission that I have
not lived with members. Well everyone I love you all so much and I can't
wait to email you all about what will happen this week! Have a
wonderful week. I love you all and I know that this church is true. I
know that we can apply the atonement whenever and wherever. It can bring
forgiveness but also comfort when we are scared. Our Savior understands
us individually and can help us individually and we can turn to him. I
have really learned that this week. That if we let him comfort us and
help us he will, he is just waiting for us to let him in. I love my
Savior and my Father in Heaven so much. Oh and my address is the mission
address so sent mail there since I am there for two hours
a day each day but Sunday. Address: 1848 Rimrock Rd. Billings, MT 59102
- Love Andrea
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