Dearest family,
Holy cow I am so shocked! A puppy yeah? She is adorable and I'm so excited! I was just telling Sister McLean, that actually would be cool if we got a dog because I could go running in the morning with it when I get home! And what do you know :) I'm really just so shocked but excited too! And can I train with y'all for the next spring triathlon when I come back? Let's just make this a family affair!
OK so it's been one of the greatest weeks yet since I've been up in College Station. Sincerely. So I have some news, I was made the new Sister Training Leader! It's like a zone leader but in sister form, and I get to go to Missionary Leadership Council on Tuesday with the Zone Leaders, and guess what else... Since Elder Andersen is still a ZL I will see him down in Houston!! I'm so happy about that! So that was great, and then it was been an AMAZING week of finding new investigators. We did our "Because of Him" board again, we redid the whole thing and it looks really nice, and the first guy we met, named J, asked to meet with us. So we met with him and he LOVED the Restoration, and we asked him to be baptized, and he said YES! No ifs, ands, or buts! It was so amazing! He seems like a really sweet guy and we are excited to teach him the rest of the lessons. Then we met another guy named R, and he also accepted the invitation to be baptized! Seriously we have been so blessed.
The craziest referral we got this week- are you ready? You will die. OK so this lady calls us from the Bryan 1st ward, at 9:30 at night, and starts yelling at us saying "the Traditions YSA ward better watch themselves because I sent someone to talk with y'all this morning to talk about church and no one answered her!" So backstory, this girl walked in on our ward council and asked when church started, and we told her and talked with her for a bit, and she said she would be back. We never saw her again though! So back to this lady, she was being super rude and had no idea what the situation was, but anyways this girl turns out to be an amazing referral, the lady taught her the Restoration and the PoS and everything, and the girl wants to go on a mission, meet with the sisters, etc etc she's so golden! We are going to meet with her tonight hopefully, so that was really exciting :) We've gotten a total of 6 new investigators this week, which is really amazing.
I found out this probably will be my last transfer here in CSTAT! So sad :( But I feel like the Lord might need me somewhere else, we will see! I might have two more areas before I go home. President Mortensen sounds like he's going to move people now every 3 transfers, so like 41/2 months. Not sure how I feel about it but I will do whatever he wants! He is a very inspired man and I'm stoked to have him as our new mission president.
So some funny stories, I cleaned the whole apartment last night because I finally cracked and had to just deep clean the heck out of it. SO DISGUSTING! It should be illegal to see how gross it is! But after I was done it was super sparkly and I feel so much better about it now :) And today we went to the Garlick's with Makell (Bro Garlick's daughter- love her) and we did our laundry and made crepes and got some new Christian music, and we danced around and had just a good ol' time. It's the simple things in life like getting your laundry done and sharing some laughs with other people that really make life worth living! I love what President Mortensen has been saying- "Look out the windshield when you're driving, not the rearview mirror. You can't look through the rearview mirror and expect to drive staright." So true! I'm just looking forward to all the good things ahead, whether in the mission field or being back at home. I know I am in the Lord's hands and I want to make Him proud.
I love, love, love this life I'm living, and this mission I'm serving :) I hope y'all have a good rest of your week and please send more pics of the adorable puppy! If you haven't named her at least ask me for suggestions... :) I still want to be a part of the family even though I'm miles away!
Love y'all and keep on keepin it real!
Love,
Sister Maughan
Eight months to go!!!
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