My Life is so Weird

What a week. I don't even know what to say except that this week was pure craziness... in a really good way though. My life is honestly just getting so weird now. I cant really remember pre-mission life... and I don't really like thinking about home. its so strange. I used to think about home ALL THE TIME... but like, it is just not appealing anymore.... in the least offensive way possible... Anyways. I just had to get that out. I just feel weird. So now, the moment you have all been waiting for! TRANSFERS! So Monday was Sis Haycock's last Pday and last day as a missionary. She still had  lots of MSF money, so we headed to Walmart after emails and bought like 7 galleons of ice cream to take to the zone activity. It was great! all the ice cream We had a lot of fun with our zone. Zone 1 had some good times together, I miss those missionaries a ton!  Zone 1 We just played soccer and we played the guitar. There is a lot of really musically talented missionaries in that zone, so I loooved that. Elder Perez (my district leader) and I brought our guitars and we sang with Sister Webb and Elder Aspinall. Elder Aspinall is the zone leader in zone 1 and he is Samoan and he has the most amazing tenor voice. It is so clear and beautiful, so us four sang together and it was sooooo beautiful. I loved every second of it. Elder Perez has a fantastic voice too... his voice is kind of old fashion sounding... kind of like Michael Buble but better. Sis Webb sang the Melody and I sang the alto. We sang the song "Angel band". It was sooooooo beautiful. I miss them! Needless to say it was  a great last Pday in zone one.  Elder Flores and Elder Perez Sister Haycock's bday party. We made her this cake! Then she shared it with Elder Perez because it was his Bday, tambien Our last dinner appointment with the Lazaro family. We had our last lesson in Passaic with the Mooney family. They are the part member family where the husband is really sick and he has been really humbled recently by his illness so he has been listening to us. It was such a good lesson.  Last Lesson in Passaic We have grown to love this family so much in the past few weeks that we have been teaching the husband. The spirit was so strong, and he had been reading the Book of Mormon! Marcial convinced him that he needed to read! AHHHH CLASSIC! I am so excited about that. Marcial is seriously the best member missionary I know. Tuesday morning we woke up and started packing. We packed until 10 then we went to McDonald's to get breakfast with the zone. Our last activity together. It was so fun. We all just talked, laughed, took pictures and signed each other's journals. Elder Obley is so cute! He drew some really cool Samoan flowers in my journal! I was super excited about that.  Elder Obley After breakfast we kept on packing and we cleaned the apartment pretty good for the new elders who were gonna come in. It took FOREVER!! Then we left..... It was the weirdest feeling.... I had never been doubled out before. I didn't like it. Its not the same as just getting transferred. When you get transferred, at least your companion is still in your old area, so you kind of trust them that they know what they are doing and that they know the needs of everyone you are teaching... But getting doubled out of Passaic was so hard because we just had to trust the Lord. We put everything we had into that area and we were blessed so much because of it. That area was blessed and we had really strong connections with the people. It was really hard to just leave it and trust some Elders that we don't even know to take care of it... Hmmmm. I still don't really know how I feel about it. Anyways. Driving to transfer conference was great. I drove and Sister Haycock let me drive on Her Tiwi card because she was never going to drive again so it didn't matter if she got red dotted... so basically we got to speed all the way to transfer conference. It was the best! I haven't sped since I was at home. It was thrilling. hahaha Tiwi was having a cow though. Transfer Conference was different. It was my first transfer conference with President Taggart, so of course he did a couple of little things different, but it was still a really good meeting. So many good friends left this transfer. I feel like I don't even know any of the missionaries in the mission anymore and that is kind of gross. Oh well.  When transfers actually start though, it is so stressful! Seriously the worst anxiety ever just waiting for your name so you can know your destiny.... and for me it was even more stressful because I knew this is probably going to be my last area... so it has to be good.... Oh I wasn't disappointed. It's definitely a good one. Get this. I am serving in..... UNION CITY Yeah. CLASSIC. Remember how I was born in West New York 49-62? Well, I'm back!! Hello Union City 37-49 I'm back on the lovely Hudson front and it is just as beautiful as when I left it. I have mixed emotions about this. Part of me is super excited... well actually most of me is super excited... then there's this other part of me that is like "Wow, God must have a sense of humor sending me back to a walking area in the winter.... yeah, real funny." GAH flip. I hate the winter. Just kidding. I am going to love it. But really though. It's gonna be so cold. I need some boots. Winter is sneaking up on us here in Jersey. It all of a sudden got pretty chilly this week. The weather is giving me whiplash. It was so hot 2 weeks ago that I had to shower twice a day and now I need to wear a jacket outside. Really Jersey? Over it. I am so stoked to be out here serving in Union City. My companion is great too. Get this, I am still the junior companion! YESSSSS. Been the Junior Companion my whole mission and I'm not even mad about it. I just like being a missionary :) My companions name is Sister Jorgensen and she is so great! Loooove her. She goes home this transfer, so I get the lovely opportunity to kill my companion again. Missionaries are going to start thinking I'm like a serial killer or something. Noooooone wants to be my compa. Sister Jorgensen in Passaic So Sister Jorgensen is from Vegas and she is 10 inches taller than me and she has glasses like me and she is super outgoing, funny and she is  a great missionary. Were gonna have a lot of fun together. I'm stoked. She started her Mission in Passaic and she stayed there for 6 months, too, so we are both obsessed with Passaic, which is fun because we can talk about the people and stuff like that. Also, on Saturday I got to go back to Passaic for the "Passaic day of service". It was so fun. Hna Jorgensen and I were so excited to see everyone. A bunch of the members of the branch showed up and were helping and 4 zones of missionaries went too, so we got to see all of them.  Mi compa Hna Joregenson Y yo Best part though, MARCIAL CAME!! It was so good to see him! It had been like a whole 4 days. haha. But really though. It was good to see him and to introduce him to my new compa and everything. He is the best.  Marical and me at Service (don't judge, I didn't shower before and it was windy) After service some of the other missionaries who had previously served in Passaic went over to the Bravo's house for lunch. She made us tacos. I seriously love tacos. Y'all don't understand. Real Mexican tacos are my favorite thing ever. She made such yummy tacos. It was so fun going down there and just chillin' with her family and some other missionaries over there.  It is fun being back over here on the Hudson because I have seriously seen so many people from West New York. I saw Hna Suarez and Hno Paillaman and the Obispo and Schoendorf families, and the Cedillos. The Cedillos literally live one street out of my area.... I might just have to go see them again for my birthday :) hahaha. hmmmmm. But really though. It might happen. I was so excited to see them. They all just gave me the hugest hug and they were excited that I actually speak Spanish now! I could barely say anything when I served there, but now we can actually communicate. It felt nice to talk to them. :) There is this West New York member named Hermana Teran. I don't know if you remember the story about how Hna Martin and I lost our phone and we were freezing cold and she came and saved us and gave us coats? Well, that's her. She moved to Union City so she is in my area now. We went to go see her this week, and when she came to get the door for us and she saw me, her face just lighted up. She was so excited! She squeezed me so tight and we talked for a long time. She was really excited about my Spanish, too. hahaha. AHHH I love this. My first day of church was great. Union City has a ward, which is different. I haven't served in a ward since WNY. It's definitely a lot of fun though. We have 2 really really good investigators here. I love them already. One's name is Byron and he is so prepared. He is this cute little short guy from Guatemala. He wants to get baptized so bad. He has been having some baptismal interviews and he is going to have to wait for a while... which is sad. We don't know how long he'll wait, but we have a feeling it might be for quite a while. But in the mean time, we'll just keep teaching him. The ward loves him too. We also are teaching a 16 year old girl named Sedney. She is so stinkin' cute. She is so prepared. She goes to seminary and she reads the Book of Mormon. She would be baptized but her mom wont let her, so she has to wait until she is 18. It's the worst. Oh well. It will be fun teaching her though. She is so cute. Other than that we are just in the finding stage. It is so different in a walking area. There is always 100 people within your vision, so you have to pick and chose who you are going to talk to and that is really hard. Ugh - it is so hard to contact here. It's going to take some getting used to. I love how everyone speaks Spanish here though. I seriously can't wait to bring you all down here to the Hudson.... oh it is so great. It is SO HISPANIC. Everyone Hispanic lives in either Union City or West New York. All of the propaganda and everything is in Spanish. I'm loving it. It's kinda sketchy though. My compa and I get along pretty well. I am teaching her how to play the guitar. It is way fun. Every night at 9:30, after planning, we just hurry put on our PJs and lay on our beds and play the guitar and sing and write in our journals. It's super fun having someone to do music with. You all know how much I love music. I taught her a Jimmy Eat World song and a Taylor Swift song this week. She is making good progress! Well, that's about all I've got this week. I'm just learning the area and the people and I am loving it. Change is hard, but it is good. Hope you all are happy and that you have a good week. Love you! -Sister Clark Sister Haycock's and Sister Webb's hotseat. It was a good one :)