I think I'll start off with telling you about last Monday, so we are still in the Ulziiduuren transfer and everything makes sense chronologically. We finally got to carve pumpkins and make Pineapple Dole Whip. It was so much fun! Sister Ulziiduuren did not freak out at the pumpkin guts, as I was expecting. She got right into it and loved it. It was so fun! Sister Ogawa discovered that she LOVES the sound of a spoon scraping on the inside of a pumpkin. It makes her so happy. Sister Ogawa made me laugh with her pumpkin. She was bound and determined to make a "Japanese Jack", meaning she put very thin lines for the eyes. We took pictures later, and she decided to hold it up in front of her face for a picture, but then asks, "Do I look Asian?" I about died. Sister Ogawa is funny. It was a fun experience.
Transfers came on Wednesday, and I know I already posted about this on Wednesday, but let me tell you again. I got none other than the lovely Sister King, and oh my goodness, Family, this transfer is going to be crazy! She is so much fun! She is crazy bold and it is so awesome! I'm learning a lot from her, and we have so much fun together because we have the same quirks.
One of our first days together, we met a lady named Loretta. She was carrying in her groceries, and she actually accepted our offer to help! This NEVER happens! So we helped her carry in her groceries and we got to talk to her for a while. She said we were the first missionaries she had let in her house, so that was pretty cool. We talked to Loretta for a while and Sister King was always so quick to tie it into the message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Loretta accepted a Book of Mormon because she wanted to make sure her "bases were covered". She was a lot of fun.
We had a funny experience later in the week. We stopped be a less active member that is trying to come back to church. We knock on the door, and this is the conversation that happens before the door is even opened:
Our friend: "No one's home!"
Me: "I don't believe you!"
Friend: "Dang it!"
Friend: *opens the door and everything else goes on normally*
We've been working really hard to get to know the youth (and I may or may not have made my own little "squad"). We took an especially missionary minded young women out on splits with us. Her name is Alex, and I want her to be friends with Sarah. (There is also a girl named Kaitlyn that I want Sarah to be friends with, but that's a different tangent.) She was so excited to be out with us. We stopped by one member that is unable to come to church due to health reasons. I don't even remember what we talked about, but Sister King shared a scripture and then started talking about something else like Dementia or local honey (honestly, I think that was what we were talking about), and the wonderful gentleman that we were talking with was so grateful because somehow in the mix of it all, we had helped him hear what he needed to hear. After that, it was time to drop Alex off at home, and her mom and step-dad had some people over. IT WAS SO COOL! Alex's step-dad turns to his buddies and says, "Do you know who these girls are? Do you know what they do all day? They knock on doors," and proceeds to tell them all about missionaries. It ended up turning into an awesome discussion about the Word of Wisdom, and it was just a prime example of how to do missionary work when you're not wearing the name tag. It really showed me that it doesn't have to be awkward.
Seriously, Family, half of these miracles came because Sister King is just ready to kill it. I prayed the morning of transfers that I would get a companion that was ready to work, and that's exactly what I got. She is on fire! Sometimes I am just like, "Wow, I'm just trying to keep up with her," but she also said something really nice to me during our companionship inventory. She told me that when she found out that she was going to be killing me, she was a little worried about trunkiness because that's pretty normal among dying missionaries. But then she went on to say that has not been the case with me and that she hopes that when she hits her last transfer that she will be as focused as I have been. I am so excited for this transfer.
But going back to the working with the youth thing, we also got to go to a Bishop/Youth Discussion in one of our wards. It was at Bishop Hixon's house (and Dad, don't be upset, but I got adopted as an Honorary Hixon, too), and we had a missionary panel. Sister King and I, along with Bishop's son Chip and a few of his recently returned missionary friends, got to answer questions about missions that the youth asked. It was so fun and I just love working in this area. I am so lucky to be here.
I love my mission so much! I am so lucky to be here and I don't want it to end. I love you!
Sister Emily
1001 N Burk Street
Gilbert, AZ
85234
Sister Ulziiduuren was all about that pumpkin life.
Carving Pumpkins!
We also carved pumpkins as a Zone today, and this is Sister King.
Temple View Zone!
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