March 24, 2014
My Dearest Family,
So we had transfers. And I have to say that I am one of the most
blessed people ever. Last transfer was great and I loved being with Sister
Bobelenyi. I was worried that since God had given me such a great transfer last
time that this one would be harder. But so far it’s been amazing. My new
companion is Sister Rackleff. She has been out for a little bit longer than a
year and is amazing! We really just clicked. She's a great teacher and hard
worker, and I'm learning lots from her.
With the new transfers, they removed the elders from our ward. In
the past the arrangement was Elders teach the boys and Sisters teach the girls.
Since the Elders are now gone, we teach everyone. It was super exciting because
we inherited all their investigators. The not so exciting part... I am so
awkward around men! It’s embarrassing. We were calling a bunch of them to see
if we could meet up with them and everything. Talk about awkward. But we did
get a dinner appointment out of it so that was happy!
Lauren our recent convert came to a lesson with us this past week.
She testified and really brought the Spirit. It was so cool to have seen her
grown!
This past week was Persian New Year. Because the Persian Elders
cover some of the same area we do, we heard about their ward activity to
celebrate it. Obviously I wanted to go. We invited all the Persians we could
find. I don't think any of them were able to attend. We ended up going anyways, because there are a few Persians
that are YSA aged. We met one of them and she might be teaching a Persian class
for FHE in the near future. :)
Oh I totally forgot to tell you... we had a lesson with a new
investigator this week. It’s a friend of a member. I had never met the member
or the investigator. We show up at her place and she has people over and...THEY
WERE ALL MODELS! I was like HOLY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!!! Like seriously! The member
is a model too!!! Only in LA! And some of them came to church on Sunday.
Oh and I got to see the Burrows last night. I was soooo happy!!! The Visitors Center has special firesides,
which are called, "Why I believe Firesides." Last nights speaker was
a space scientist. I really wanted to go, but none of our investigators could and
we aren't allowed unless we have someone to take. So we went street contacting
instead around the temple. When we were walking back to our car, we ran into
the Burrows.
Instead of going to the fireside we tried street contacting at bus
stops. We got a new investigator!!! So stoked! And one pretty interested
potential.
As always, I have so much more to say but hardly any time. But just
know that I'm doing great. The Lord lives and is blessing us. The work is
hastening. Keep reading the Book of Mormon and being the light to everyone. The
missionaries need the members. They make the biggest difference.
I actually talked to President about when I will go home this week.
He said he can only extended my time by 30 days. So I could stay another
transfer but I would go home in the middle of it. (That's what some of the
missionaries have been doing here. Its weird.) But he also said that he's
thinking about shortening the November transfer and sending the missionaries
home a week before Thanksgiving. It’s my choice. I said told him I’d pray about
it and get back to him. But I'll for sure be home before December.
Love you lots!!
Sister Mik Pillar
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