New Year's here in
the mission was kind of lame to be perfectly honest. All of our
appointments juked us and we were kind of fed up by the end of the day,
so at 8 we went to Dunkin Donuts, got some hot chocolate and muffins
and doughnuts, and then headed down to boulevard east and sat down and
looked at the view, ate and talked for about 30 min until we had to
head home... because we still had to be in casa a las 9. The ward party didn't start until 10 pm,
so we didn't get to go... because let's be honest, they're Hispanics so of
course the party went on all night. Hispanics never stop partying. I
love it. I was sad we had to miss it.
The rest of the week was pretty normal. Teaching,
finding, then more teaching. We found a really awesome Lady. We have
this inactive member that we see often, who is really neat and she is
from Cuba. She's like 83 and she has a really INCREDIBLE story... (I'll
save that for later, I'm sending her story in a letter to my sisters...
there is never enough time in emails for all of these cool stories I've
learned) anyways. We showed up at her house and her cousin was over...
So then we felt prompted to teach the plan of salvation, and this
inactive member doesn't know ANYTHING about the gospel... she is really
like teaching an investigator.... So as we were teaching the plan of
salvation she asked all of the right questions... it was amazing. We
could tell her cousin REALLY felt the spirit as she sat in on the lesson
and listened from the other end of the table... as the lesson went on
she just kept scooting closer and closer... then we taught her how to
pray. Yep.. we got a new investigator that night. We're going to keep
meeting with her.. then we went over to the same members house a
different day and she gave us a referral of her sister... basically this
inactive member is a GOLD MINE!! and we are helping her do her family
history too. So cool. A lot of neat miracles are coming for this
area....
BUT... I'm leaving. Yep, I'm getting transferred. Training calls usually go out on Thursday nights and the trainer meeting is usually on Friday. So we were waiting on Thursday,
we had the phone on loud and we were getting so anxious and antsy, but
no one called... SO what do we do? We have to do a little bit of transfer
gossip.. so we go to our source, Sister Schwendiman, who is friends with
the people in the mission office... She said she hadn't heard of ANYONE
getting training calls yet... hmmm. So, they didn't do training calls on Thursday because the weather wouldn't permit them to have the training meeting that Friday... So we were thinking maybe Friday night training calls would go out... But the same thing happened. So then Finally Saturday night came... we were a wreck by then. Were planning on Saturday
night, then we get finished... more time passes its 9:40... we figure
either the calls aren't going out again, or that we are safe because
president usually goes in order of zone and we are zone one... so we are
feeling a little bit relieved, Sister Orton is in the bathroom getting
ready for bed and I'm just sitting on the couch writing in my journal,
then we hear it... THE PHONE. ahhhh! I look down and there it is 0.0
President Jeppson. "SISTER ORTON GET IN HERE PRESIDENT IS CALLING!!
Hello, this is Sister Clark" "Hello Sister Clark this is President
Jeppson, how is your knee doing" then he goes on and on and on and we
talk and talk and talk... Sister Orton thinks she is safe so she just
kind of lets out a sigh of relief and I'm thinking... oh shoot I'm
training... then he says "Sister Clark may I please speak with Sister
Orton?" "YES, President, YES YOU MAY!!!" hehehehe Sister Orton is
training and I am safe!! woooooooo. I'm glad. I don't feel ready to train
yet. I would be a nervous wreck right now if I was training... I think I
might train next transfer though. Hopefully I'll be ready.
So Sister Orton is training in West New York and I
am getting transferred tomorrow. I have no idea where I'm going, it is
such a weird feeling. I have to say my goodbyes and pack up all of my
stuff tonight. I'm excited though! I get to see other areas of the mission and meet and find new people. It's going to be awesome. We are
thinking I might go to either Patterson or Dover... I don't really know
what other areas are opening up. Y'all will just have to wait until next
week to find out. CLIFFHANGER!!
Well, I love you and hope you have a spectacular week... Pray that I get a good area and a good companion!!
-Sister Clark
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