sister Peterson picked up sister pierce the last day she was
here haha
My new companion, Sister Hunt (: She's hilarious! And she's from Mesa, Arizona.
the polls... haha love them! Anthony, Luann,
Lula, and brother Jim
Ajulu and her family, Oballa, Odonga, Aconi and
her friends from Ethiopia
my Burmese friends, Byahmar, Tireh, Laylay and
July
So now its a new transfer, and it is going swimmingly! well,
actually I wouldn't want to go swimming in this weather... there's just a
little bit of frost on the lake, or maybe like three feet of ice. Not like we
can go swimming anyway haha I'm fine with that rule here!
Anyway, things are going great! Sister Hunt is my new companion
and she is awesome! she is from Mesa, AZ and she is quiet at first but then you
get to know her and she is hilarious!!
The area has been doing great and we've been able to meet some
new people! Two girls we met the other day when we were in one of our
investigators apartments knocking on their door and they came walking down the
hallway and we said hello to them and they asked us if we were church people
and we said yes and they asked if they could come to church, so naturally, we
said sure! why not! so we sat down in the hallway right there and taught
them about the restoration of the church and the blessing it is to have the
gospel. (:
We also had a lesson with the doctor at MAYO clinic, in his
office at the hospital about the 10 commandments and the Sabbath day. What a
great guy he is! He is a great example to me of sacrifice and willing to put
other things aside because he wants to learn truth. He had piles of work to do
and yet he wanted to meet and so he'd rather have us come to his office in the
hospital than not meet at all. That shows a willing heart if I ever saw one! He
is doing wonderful and loves the gospel.
Serious is getting baptized this week! woohoo! Her baptism date
is Saturday the 17th (: we are so excited for her
and we are doing the preparations this week to get her ready. The whole ward is
so excited!
We taught a lesson in gospel principles class this week about
personal work and responsibility. What a wonderful concept work and
responsibility is! I learned a lot in that lesson. I've learned how everything
God and Christ have done for us have been through their own efforts and work, I
think creating a universe was probably a lot of work...that and bringing to
pass the salvation and everlasting life of man. That's gotta be a lot of work.
I've learned a lot about work on my mission as well and what a wonderful thing
it is to have. It brings a sense of fulfillment into your life and when you
work hard, you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor!
And when you have a happy attitude and enjoy the work you do, it
doesn't make the work seem so much like work! We should all work together and
bear one another's burdens and make the work load lighter. I'm grateful for my
parents examples of working hard and laboring with all of their heart, might,
mind, and strength in all things physical and spiritual, because now I see what
a blessing it's been in my life and I want to be like them!
Work is a blessing, and I'm grateful for it!
So that's the main events of what's happened up north this week
(: Lots of fun! Lots of cold (: Doesn't get any better than this!
Love you all! Have a great week! Love, Hermana Ficklin
(Note from Mom: ONLY 37 DAYS UNTIL KAYLANI COMES HOME!!!!)
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