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| Declutter Day! |
Family and Friends,
We had an insane week!! I don't even know where to begin.
The beginning of the week was really slow because Sister
Stephenson and I were both sick.. It must have been a stomach bug. At our
lesson with Joakim later in the week I threw up and almost fainted when we were
leaving.. BUT luckily we brought a member from the YSA ward who is now Joakim's
good friend, Felipe, and he gave me a blessing and I'm all good now! Felipe is
from Brazil but he actually served in this same mission, Spanish speaking a
couple years ago! Small world. But I'm feeling fine now!!
Wednesday was the craziest day. We got a call from the
assistants and found out we were getting another sister added to our
companionship that night because a sister's area had to close suddenly. That's
all the information we were given. We didn't know who, when, or why. So Sister
Walton has joined us here in Sachse! It was all very last minute but we
are adaptable. We don't know how long this will last, but most likely until
transfers next week. It's very different being in a trio. It definitely comes
with its challenges. Living with one person who has differences is one thing, but throw
in another, it's a whole other story. Pray for us this week! It definitely has
it's advantages too, but trios are hard stuff. Nevertheless we are seeing
miracles every day! Sister Walton is an INCREDIBLE missionary. I know there's a
reason she's here, and I have most definitely learned a lot from her. She goes
home next transfer and she was Sister Training Leader for months.
Joakim is doing awesome, reading the Book of Mormon, coming
to church. Felipe is awesome for him. On Sunday, it was the
funniest thing. We had the most international bench in the church. We had
Felipe from Brazil, Joakim from Norway, us, Ally and her sister from Asia, and
a friend we brought for them. I love it! We are having way more luck with the
YSA ward which is sad because that's not even our ward! But of course it's all
for the Lord.
We found some pretty awesome investigators this week! My
testimony of tracting and asking everyone for referrals has strengthened so
much! We knocked on a house and a high schooler opened the door. His family
wasn't really interested but he told us to stop by a few of his friends on that
street when we asked who else did he know who would be interested. His friend
Jessie is awesome. We taught her the first lesson and she is just so great. She
and her family have a very strong Christian faith. She's reading the Bible in
90 days (13 chapters a day) and working on a devotional. She's a freshman in
high school. Yeah. She seemed really sincere and genuine. She just said she
might not have much time to read The Book of Mormon because of her intense
Bible study and homework. That's pretty understandable though. Luckily she only
has like a month left. She was definitely inspiring.
We also met a girl named Hope who was just walking her dog.
She really touched my heart! We saw her once and told her a little about our
faith, but she continued on. We saw her a little later and she came up to us
and asked us a few questions about what sets us apart from other Christians. We
told her, and she bore her testimony in telling us how she wanted us to really
look into it and pray about it. Sadly she thought we were mislead but she was
very young, and said she was nervous about 'witnessing' to us because she had
never done it before but that we were so nice she wanted us to have the full
truth. I loved her courage and conviction, it was very inspiring.
Elder Ellis' visit was so wonderful! It was a lot about
enjoying your mission, but doing your very best at the same time. He added even
more to my faith, love, obedience saying. He said Faith is the power, Obedience
is the price, Love is the motive, the Spirit is the key, Christ is the reason,
and Joy is the reward. His wife said "Sacrifice isn't loss- it's merely
preparation for something better". I really needed to hear that. They also
talked about different levels of faith and how important and powerful faith can
be.
Just yesterday we had a huge miracle. We found a family of 5
through tracting that we are now teaching! The son knows the bishops sons who
are returned missionaries, and has looked into the church before. So now we are
teaching the family! They are awesome. Super strong faith though and LOTs of
questions, so we are definitely having to research and study a lot. I'll have
to tell you more about them next week. I can't tell you how much I've learned
from all the people I've met on my mission. I love it!
So transfer calls are this week.. I know I'm staying though
because President Durrant told my Stake President to ask me to sing at
Stake Conference, and he did so I at least have another transfer here! Who know
who will be my companion though?? Crazy. Transfer 7 here we come... my halfway
point! Ah.
So today was declutter day for the mission. Our apartment
has had missionaries for 10 years... Everyone and their mom left stuff
everywhere so this is a picture of all the stuff we threw out today! Thanks a
lot RM's!;) At least it feels a lot cleaner now.
Love,
Sister Kristina Dalling
6360 Murphy Rd.
#123
Sachse, TX 75048
6360 Murphy Rd.
#123
Sachse, TX 75048
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