´´just
face the strange, ch-ch-changin´´ that one goes out to all you shrek fans out
there.
SO. Big news. the end
of an era has occurred here in Itabaiana. Transfers are tomorrow, and both
the other sisters got transferred to different areas. Sister Barbosa got
transferred to be a sister training leader, and I am gonna stay here in
Itabaiana and train a new sister!! More news. There were 2 areas here in this
city because it is literally huge, but Presidente combined them and now i´ll
have to cover BOTH areas with the new sisters. Oh yeah and im gonna be in a
trio with Sister Davis, the other Americana that got here the same time as me.
But i am kinda confused because all the other sisters that’ll be training have
AT LEAST 9 months on the mission. and i have 4... so theres that. And to top it
all off, ill have to be the most experienced one here in the area when 1. i am
horrible with directions and am gonna be lost 97% of the time and 2. i barely
speak portugese. So this will be an adventure! I already had my little
breakdown and now i just feel like whatever happens happens. Obviously if the
Lord thinks i can do this, Im just gonna trust in Him and let myself grow and
help this new sister as much as i can! but i am also freaking out a little bit.
I am nervous about having such a huge area to cover when Sis B and i didn’t
even have enough time to visit all the people we needed to in our own area, and
now times that by 2... holy cow. I am very confused but very humbled to have
been called to get to serve another new sister, and i know that because i was
so so blessed to get such an amazing trainer who gave me nothing but support
and love and help, i get to give that to someone else now too.
so thats pretty much
all that i can even think of that happened this week, the rest of it was pretty
much just dreading this day and leading up to it and trying to be focused. but
me and sister b were just so depressed all week cuhs we knew we´d be separated.
she really has taught me so much and is one of those people that you know god handpicked
to put in your life to help you along your way. we are so similar its like she knows
exactly what’s going on in my head or im feeling before i even tell her. one
day we left a members house for lunch and they had forgotten we were coming so
there wasnt very much food. we left and i said ´´we gotta go to the market.´´
and she said ´how come? just kidding i could tell by your face you were still
hungry.´´ haha. in brasil they call the person who trains you your ´´mom´´ on
the mish and i was the daughter. sis b never called me that because it demeans
you and literally you cant treat someone like a small child and then expect
them to grow into a regular missionary but that is a separate issue. but having
to leave her will really be like having to leave my sister when i left sydney
and julia at home. but i know with the lords help he´ll help me see my new
purpose here.
so sadly this week i
felt like my world in itabaiana was crumbling. for one thing, our baptism with
irmao marcio fell through although we have no idea why. the day of his
interview our district leader came and we had called him earlier to check in
and he said he´d see us at the church at 7pm. so we all met there then,
but he never showed. we called and called, but he had turned off his phone. we
went all the way to his house, and his daughter said he´d never come home from
work. still today he wont answer our phone calls or come to the door if we go there.
so we are confused and sad because we have no idea if he just got scared to be
baptized, if he really didnt know the things were true he told us he knew, or
what. its just frustrating to me that he went through all that trouble with all
these shenanigans, when if he didnt wanna be baptized he coulda just said so!!!
but back to happier
things. we had a great family night hosted in Rio das Pedras with all our
investigators that live over there, because its hard for them to come all the
way into the city when we have one there. we have this great new investigator
Ronaldo, who literally asked me if he could be baptized this saturday. how
often does that ever happen in real life?? i had to explain he had to have a
few more lessons but that sure enough he would be. how amazing to meet someone
so ready to put everything on hold to follow christ!
dang i cant think of
any other cool things this week cuhs my heads filled with worrying about
transfers. i have to go to maceio tomorrow morning at 6am to
have training and then to pick up my new companion and then we´ll get back here wednesday or thursday ,
im not sure when. i know the lord is on my side right now and will help me
through every difficulty i have with this new part of the mission. good thing i
got comfy here because now ill be here for the next 3 months, totalling 6
months here altogether! yikes... but itll be great. know that the lord is on
your side too! he is ready and willing to give you all the capacity to help, if
youre doing whats right and if you ask. i love you guys!
sister walker
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