So we got transfer calls and . . . I'm going to die in Buena
Park! I'm kinda glad. I was praying that Heavenly Father would put me where
people needed me most, so it looks like I still have things to do in BP. Also
Sister Culala is going to Lakewood to be companions with Sister Le. So my
daughters are going to be companions!! I'm excited, I think it will be good for
them.
This week we worked hard and had a good end to the transfer.
We found a new investigator. Her name is Maria. A sister in our ward brought
her to the Women's General Conference and she really liked it so now we are
teaching her. We also got a lot of referrals this week which was awesome. We did
some more service for a member in our ward. We also taught Rex. He was getting
into some deep doctrine questions so luckily we had a knowledgeable member with
us cause I don't really know how to answer some of those things. It really made
me appreciate the simple doctrines of the gospel. It is always interesting to
hear Rex talk about what he has read and studied about the church and how it
has added to his testimony. But then when we teach our lesson, going over some
basic principles, that is when the spirit can be felt the most. There is just a
lot of power in really understanding and believing the simple aspects of the
gospel. We also committed him to be baptized. He was like "Of course I
will, I would be stupid not to." So we are super excited. as soon as he
moves back here and starts coming to church we can set a baptismal date. After
our lesson we were talking to Rex in the parking lot. I really like something
he said. "Well one day we'll be in heaven and we'll finally realize all of
the many, many people we helped in this life that we didn't even know
about." I think that his is so true sometimes you get to help a catholic
priest get baptized and sometimes you just talk to people on the street all day
with no results but the hope that they were able to feel some of Heavenly
Father's love for them.
We also had our zone conference this week. Sister Bauer told
me at the beginning "I heard we are going to watch Meet the Mormons."
I was like, no I don't think so, we are missionaries and missionaries just
don't watch movies whenever they come out. But it turns out we did get to watch
it!! All of the mission presidents got sent the movie and we were allowed to
watch it so we could encourage people to see it. It was really good. I like how
it showed the diversity in the church and how our church puts a lot of focus on
helping others. The last part about the missionary mom almost made me cry. I
remember my first day I came out in the field so well and now I am almost going
home. Speaking of which, my new companion is Sister Moesinger. She goes home
the transfer after me and so it is going to be fun to have her as a comp but
also hard to keep us both motivated and make sure we don't get trunky. I think
it will be good though. Also there are two other sisters in my zone that I came
out with so we will get to serve around each other for our last transfer. Well,
hope you all have a good week.
7 more weeks!
-Sister Washburn
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