Transfer calls came and there were some
interesting changes! Sister Crane is going to Northshore and I'll be
staying here! Weirdly enough my new companion is the sister who took my
spot in Victoria. So far I've always been companions with my previous
companion's current companion! Kind of weird! I'm sad to see Sister
Crane leave but I am excited for the challenges that lay ahead! They
just added another ward to my area! So now we cover Brookswood and
Willoughby, We also moved zones and districts and we're moving in with
the STL's! (Sister training leaders) It's going to be an exciting transfer! Also I'm slightly
jealous of this elder in my district who randomly got called to Spanish
work after serving English speaking for the past year or so. He wasn't
even called Spanish speaking to begin with! Talk about a cool challenge!
I'm super excited for this next transfer though and beyond grateful for
the opportunities Heavenly Father has given me and will continue to
give me on my mission.
I love the people in
this area SO MUCH! Let me just rave about one of the members of our
ward. She is one of the people who gave us Thanksgiving dinner. She is
always calling us, asking how she can help, hosting activities for us to
invite people to, making flyers for us, and introducing us to her
friends. Not to mention she feeds us dinner a lot. And she's not even a
ward missionary! I just wanted to take a moment to talk about how
amazing she is! The other day she was telling us that sharing the gospel
just felt so good that she wanted to do it all the time! Talk about
amazing! I want to be that type of ward member some day. This ward is on
fire though, there are multiple people like that who are eager to join
in on the work. I know that as people become more engaged in missionary
work their happiness and love for the gospel increases.
I
love the people so much, if I haven't already said that enough! I love
the people we're teaching, the people on the streets, the people in the
ward. I'm so grateful for the chance I have to be a missionary. It
really is a privilege.
Last P-day I had the
amazing opportunity to see Sister Beckstrand and Sister Fababier! Their
zone joined ours for a BBQ! I was so surprised to see her! It made my
day! Life is full of a lot of ups and downs but it's the ups that amaze
me. Heavenly Father could have just sent us to earth to suffer, but no
He loves us and has provided us with so many opportunities to experience
happiness. Happiness is not just for the next life, it's for right here
and now too!
It is so incredible to see the
gospel change people. I have seen people who were once hostile to the
church completely change and begin attending again. I've seen people in
extremely difficult circumstances turn around and give and serve others.
I've seen people bear their testimony of Jesus Christ despite the
difficult trials they are facing. It is incredible to watch people begin
to discover their divine potential because of the gospel. I know that
each individual has a divine potential that can be reached with the help
of Jesus Christ.
It's also amazing how much
Heavenly Father has a hand in the missionary work. If it weren't for Him
we could completely and utterly fail. The other day we were teaching a
lesson with our incredible investigators who are preparing to be
baptized. They were asking some questions that I was unsure of how to
address but words were coming out of my mouth that were not my own. It
was such an incredible experience! As a missionary I am not the teacher,
the spirit is and because of that I can learn with my investigators.
Talk about amazing!
Also funny quote from
Sister Crane: "If you had to eat cheeseburgers for the rest of your
life..... would you eat them?" I don't know if that's funny to you but
it's funny to me! Sister Crane is always asking me the randomest and
funniest questions! We're always laughing!
Have a wonderful week! Look for the miracles that are all around you!
Sister Bloomfield
