March 4th 2024 email

Well I have been unbelievably busy so this week will just be a small recap email 

Tuesday we went to the temple with the Massillon sisters and Spanish elders. It was beautiful, profound and yet again everything I needed. As usual though disaster always strikes after the temple.

 

Wednesday: I gave a training in district council, woke up horribly sick. President emails and asks sister Haslam to go French and then we call him and they chat then he asks for me…. Well he starts with a pep talk followed with I want you to be a trainer….. 😨😱😭😖🤧🤒🤕🫢🫢…. That describes my reaction perfectly. Well we can't stop the grind and freak out, so we do some calls and stop bys and then head to service with the Elders. 

At this point the elders are in a trio thankfully because the extra person really helped. This inactive lady needed help packing and cleaning.

 Well we walk in and it's a hoarders house. My heart was so sad with the living condition she was in, but we went to work and went ham. We got most of it done when we had to get going. We ended the night with social media work and then we opened PBZ. Sister Haslam was going to Marble cliff to become a French sister!!! Woohoo for her. I was a wee bit jealous. Anywho I looked at all the new missionaries who were coming in and I already had a feeling which one I was training.

Thursday: We go back to help the lady finish packing and then we load it all up into a uhaul and head over to her storage until where we then unpack the uhaul and pack the storage unit. Good times. 

We packed sister Haslam up and did a bunch of stop bys to clean up our area book and called a ton of friends to set up lessons and such. Ended the night with one last district meal. 

 Friday- was a fever dream. We made the elders get up early to give me a blessing and then we all headed down together to Columbus. There might have been some racing followed with a few check your speeds. We had to arrive super early for me to sit in a trainers meeting. At this point my stomach is in a knot, But right before I got to hug Sister Heaton and absolutely maul her. Then we had a few minutes before finding out to talk to other missionaries. I tracked down sister Jacobson my mtc comp and mauled her with hugs. Then I took a walk with Sister Haslam who was also freaking out. We had a good debrief session. I am gonna miss that sister. The time came for me to sit in front of everyone and hear president announce the trainers and who they're assigned to labor with. Well I was correct with who I guessed… Sister Jordan…. I put on a fake confident face hugged that sister and Hyped her up. Well we moved sister Haslams stuff, packed sister jordan's stuff, and then mingled. I harassed our district leader that he better not become flaky. Hugged all the sisters. Everyone came and Hyped me up in front of sister Jordan( I paid them to) jk but I was thinking oh no she's gonna be disappointed ahahah. 

We Got some bippidi bop, Which is like a create your own rice bowl place. Sister Heaton was there and sister williams. Then we headed home. We got Sister Jordan unpacked. Went to Walmart for some essentials and did some weekly planning. By the end of it sister Jordan was whipped. She got ready for bed, and I cooked up some dinner and that was that. 

Saturday- well we did some role-playing for comp study on a lesson. We taught Michael with the elders which was a whole drama fest. Basically to sum it up the new district leaders companion came in and took over the lesson and it was not great to say the least, BUT I made Sister Jordan put him on date!!!! Woohoo..there will be some reteaching to clean up the mess, But let’s be positive!!! 

After we went to another lesson and I taught an entire restoration, but it was really good. I was so nervous to teach all by myself, but it surprisingly went better than expected. We knocked a ton of houses and almost all said yes. Great first day for sister Jordan. 

Sunday- well 6 friends came to church and we put Desiree on date for baptism!! I walked up with a friend so she could share a testimony. It was tender. We had an emergency call during second hour of ysa ward so we Ran and helped this sweet lady. Lots of stuff happening so busy.