12/29/14
First things first, transfer calls came on Saturday.
Sister C was transferred to the desert to be a Sister Training
Leader. I freaked out a bit because that meant I needed to know and be
able to explain EVERYTHING to my new companion. I've only been out 6
weeks. I don't know even know the ward members, let alone how to teach
our investigators! I have to keep reminding myself that I may not know
the people, but the Lord knows them and their needs and He will help me
to know how to help them. I think this experience will force me to grow
way more than I would have if Sister C would have stayed. It will
also force me to rely wholly upon the Lord.
Transfer meeting was this
morning at 10. I met my new companion; her name is Sister K. She's
from Hawaii and has been out almost 1 year (in January). She's so fun. I
can tell we're gonna get along great! Also, she doesn't have a driver's
license so I'm the driver! AHHHHH. I had to drive home from Rancho with
only printed out directions & we only had to stop & ask for
directions once!
New Year's Eve we're eating dinner with a really cool couple, the Bs. I'm pretty positive we have to be inside by 6pm,
so I don't know what we'll be doing on that night. No plans yet for New
Year's that I know of. We probably have dinner, but I don't remember.
I'll let you know next week :)
Wednesday
was Christmas Eve! We went
caroling during the day: weirdest thing ever. so awkward. no wonder
everyone goes caroling at night! Then we had dinner at the M's.
Their home is up in the canyon and is gorgeous! President and Sister
Hobbs were there. After that, all of us sisters in the zone went
caroling!
CHRISTMAS! We woke up and opened
presents! I got a couple presents from members of the ward, you, Jake, Jeff, and Tess. Studied then went over to the M's. They fed us
breakfast and then we skyped :) Skyping was fun, it was good. It wasn't
hard saying bye, luckily. After that, we left and spent the afternoon at
home studying and other things.
We had a dinner appointment at 5:30 with the Ps. At 5:20
one of our investigators, C, called us in a panic. He was drunk
& depressed. He was in a very dark place. Sister C got on the
phone with him and I went into our bedroom and prayed for him & for
her to know how to best help him. It was pretty scary. Thank goodness
for the guidance of the spirit. We were able to talk him through things
and testified boldly of God's love for Him and that He has a plan for
Him and how this church and this gospel is what he and his family need
and how it will bless his life so much. We were
able to set up an appointment to go to his house the next day and get
him a priesthood blessing. After dinner we went caroling for the last
time with our zone!
Friday
we were inside all day until our lesson with C at 6:30.
President and Sister M came with us. We got there and C said
he'd had a long day and didn't have much time to talk, but he agreed to a
blessing. President M was the perfect person to take with us. He
explained all about the priesthood and how C needed the faith that
it would work. They also invited him and his kids to church
and to come to their house sometime. They have a couple kids the same
age as C's. The blessing was so powerful and the spirit was so
strong. We've never seen C smile, but after the blessing he was
glowing! It's amazing to know that man can hold a portion of God's power
and use it to bless the lives of others.
After the lesson it was 7:30
and we hadn't had dinner yet, so we decided to visit people for the
next 30 minutes and take dinner at 8. We went to visit the R
family, a less active family in our ward. Since I've been here we've
knocked on their door at least 4 times with no answer, but lo and behold
they answered!! Brother R told us that his brother just passed
away on Christmas Eve so he'd really like us to come by and visit them.
We set up an appointment on Tuesday to go back. We'll teach the Plan of Salvation.
Saturday. Transfer info came. Much of our zone is changing. Like I said, Saturday and Sunday
were kind of a daze, I think I was in shock. But anyway, we went to see
a less active member and talked to him for a little bit about
motorcycles, which I know nothing about, reason 1 I'll miss Sister C.
Then the guy across the street was painting his garage and I told
sister C that I LOVE painting! So she told me to talk to him
about that. So I did. Unfortunately he didn't need any help :( He
thought we were Jehovah's Witnesses at first. He was super friendly and
said we can come back whenever. Side note: he had the radio on and
Taylor Swift's new song 'Blank Space' was playing. GOOD SONG. It's those
little things that put a smile on my face :) we went to the R's
home for dinner because it was their daughter's wedding reception. good
food! after that we went home and Sis C packed and I worked on my
talk for Sunday! yippeeee..
Sunday
we had ward coordilation (coordination/correlation) with Brother
H. (OH I FORGOT TO SAY THIS LAST WEEK. last Sunday Brother H
aligned my neck. (he's a chiropractor) I figured it might help me have
less headaches. he felt my neck and asked if I'd been in an
accident...haha he cracked it a bit and when i stood up I thought my
head was going to roll off my neck. I had no idea my head could turn
that far! I'm still not normal, but he said I can get there eventually.
hahaha) Then ward council, then sacrament meeting where I got to speak!
eh, it was alright. I talked about how we can do small good things
everyday of our lives to be examples of Jesus Christ and have missionary
opportunities. People seemed to like it, idk they were probably just
being nice. Sunday
night we had dinner with the other P family in our ward. They have a
grandson named J who is my little buddy. He sat by me on the couch.
SO CUTE. I just want to hold him, but that's against the rules :(
Today
we drove to Rancho at 9 and met our new companions! that's about all I
got for today :) Ummm, I haven't picked a favorite scripture yet. I'll
try to do that this week and tell you next week. THERE'S TOO MANY GOOD
ONES.
I'll send pictures too!
love you and thank you for everything :)
xoxo Sister Viraldo
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