This week flew which is crazy because usually the first week of transfers tends to drag a little in my opinion, but this week was honestly so much fun.
First things first, my new comp, Sister Pope, is amazing. 🎉 She's so funny, is so hardworking, so dedicated, and we're having such a good time!! Her only flaw so far is her food preferences but we're working on that.
Second up, the area!! It's definitely different from any other area I've been in, due primarily to the fact that it's mostly white people which is a little bit tragic when we're trying to find Latinos.👎 But we're meeting members and the Elders in the branch took pity on us and sent us half of the people in their areabook, which is literally the nicest thing a missionary could do honestly. So, bless them for that one. 🫶
One fun thing about the area is that it's literally ginormous and the branch president took us on a 45-minute road trip on our first day to meet a member who lives pretty much just in the middle of our area.🚗 Our furthest member is 1.5 hours away and they apparently come every week, so kudos to them. It was such a good time though and I was so happy to be on a "road trip" even if everything was brown.
We had orientation for Sister Pope on Friday, and I won't lie, I wasn't super excited to hear the same presentation for a 4th time, but Sister Nielsen took pity on the trainers, and we had our own meeting with her. This of course meant we were just laughing the whole entire time and got sidetracked more than we should have. Gonna miss her and President in a few weeks. 🥲
We met a friend, kinda! There's this guy named Joel (white guy who's dating a member in our branch) and he's SO FUNNY. Like genuinely we were nearly crying the whole time we had dinner with them, but he would tell us how his experiences with the gospel and with members have blessed his life, but then tell us he wasn't interested in the church. He definitely is but just doesn't know it yet, so we're going to work on that. He DID come to church on Sunday which was a plot twist so pray for him to have an open mind. 🙏
Something I loved in my studies this week was Alma 22:18, and it says, "... and I will give away all my sins to know thee..." So many people we teach here have a hard time giving up worldly things, and those are the things that can separate us from God. It's only when we truly give those things up that we can draw near to Him!!
❤️ Hna. Pursglove
Photographs Below :)
1. Dinner in the mountains ⛰️(main photo above)
2. Funniest meeting ever
3. Get to walk to church cause it's behind our apartment 🤪
4. Road trip vibes
5. Sister Pope is not a chef🌽🌭
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