Sooo.... TRANSFER
NEWS!!! Are you ready?? Guess what.... I'M TRAINING! Crazy, huh??? I've been
out 6 weeks, and now I am training a newbie! Hermana Leon is being transferred
to Citrus Heights. She will be back in the Visitoer’s Center though, so I will get to see her lots still,
because we teach there pretty often. I'm sad to see her go though! It’s so
crazy that I am training. A lot of responsibility. I am super excited for it
though, but a bit nervous. Hnas DeMille and Mayorca are both staying, so at
least I will have them!
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| Sis. Mayorca |
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| Baking Cookies With Sis. Jenkins and Sis. Leon |
We are all like a little family and have lots of fun
together. I'm just scared she, (the new missionary she will be training who will be her new companion), won't speak Spanish very well and I won't have
any help understanding people. This area needs so much help, and it’s crazy to
think that it’s really, really in my hands now. I am really excited for this
new opportunity to start making some changes and get working even harder. I
have a good feeling about this transfer! I just hope to set a really good
example and show her the ropes. I want her to feel welcomed, loved, and confident.
So transfers are on Wednesday morning. One more day with Hna Leon :(
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| We got a car! I hope they don't take our car away with the transfer... but I think they probably will. |
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| Partying in the car wash! |
I am super
happy to be staying in this area. I love it so much. The people here are great.
The branch just really needs so much help. There are 40 priesthood holders, and
60 potential priesthood holders, just for an idea of how many less actives
there are here. I really want to make the less actives our focus this transfer.
I want to see this branch get strong, and I know that to do that, we need to
start with those who are already members. I have a feeling that as we focus on
the less actives, we will be able to find people through them that are
interested in learning the gospel. (People here always seem to have random
people living in their homes, so hopefully we will find some prepared people!) Prayers this week would be much
appreciated. I have a big job ahead of me! I just am so grateful for this
opportunity that Heavenly Father has given me to learn and grow closer to Him.
I know I will need to rely on Him so much, and that I will need to grow
stronger faith. I want to be more guided by the Holy Ghost so we can really do
this work the way God has planned for us. I know that this experience is going
to teach me so much. I know it will be hard, but it will be good for me.
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| Last district meeting. |
The Restoration has
been the focus of the week. I can't tell you how much my testimony has grown on
the Restoration! We have such a great knowledge, and so many people have no
idea what they are missing. I have just been realizing how important it is that
we teach that to people right away, so they realize how important this journey
is, and so they can see how this church and this gospel can really change their
lives completely. Every time you testify about Joseph Smith, the Spirit is
there no matter what. The coolest thing to me is after you have talked about
the Restoration, and explain dispensations, apostasies, and everything starts
coming together and making sense, it’s like people's eyes just open. And you
ask them, "what would this mean to you if this was really true?",
they tell you, looking full of hope, that this would change everything for
them. And it will. Because it is true. It’s what gives us hope. It’s how we can
be happy. It changes lives for eternity.
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| Hna. Leon and me outside the temple. |
Manuel didn't get baptized this week, but that
was for the better. Hna Demille and Mayorca have started teaching his wife, and
she seems really receptive They all went to a baptism on Saturday night, and
Manuel is so excited to get baptized. On Sunday he woke up really early, so
that he would be able to go to all 3 hours of church. He is making great
changes. We really want to make sure he
is ready and strong in his testimony.
We also have been
teaching Karen and her husband, John, who is less active. It's been going great.
Karen said that she has just really been looking for the truth, and that she
feels something different about this. She is reading the Book of Mormon, and
loves it. We asked her if she would be baptized when she knows it is true for herself,
and she said yes! John is very supportive too, and is very open to sharing his
testimony. I'm a little confused though because they seemed excited to go to
church, but they didn't come yesterday. Karen's dad, is awesome. He's this
cute, little older man who loves to be outside. He isn't very open to the
gospel, but he read a chapter of the Book of Mormon with us. He likes talking
to us a lot too, so maybe if we work slowly with him, he will start to be more
receptive.
Yesterday we had an
awesome opportunity to give talks in Sacrament meeting! Haha I was surprisingly
super excited about it, because it was such a great opportunity to talk to the
entire branch about something I am so passionate about - missionary work! Hna
Leon's topic was how she chose to go on a mission, and mine was the blessings I
have seen from my mission (what a great topic right?? I could talk for hours on
that!) We really tried to get the members excited about missionary work, and
help them see the importance of it and the blessings that would come in their
lives. I hope that some people were inspired from what we said! We could use
all the member help we could get!
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| Giant service project laying grass outside the Visitor's Center. |
I can't really think
of anything else big that we've done this week... Just always keeping busy! The
people here are so great. I love them so much. I love you all so much too! I'm
glad everything is going well with you too! Don't ever forget how blessed we
are to have this gospel, and how much every person needs it in their lives. Don't pass up an opportunity to share it
with people, but always share it out of love. I miss you all tons! It’s so
nice to know that I have all of your love, support, and prayers to keep me
going every day.
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| Beautiful sunset, |
Con amor,
Hermana Haynes
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| P.S.get me one of these for Christmas please! |
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