Good morning everyone! The first item of business today is that I'm being transferred! Let's be honest, it's because I totaled a mission car, lost my driving privleges, and had less then 10 lessons in a week. It's time for me to go. I'm content with it. I was praying to get transferred because the wonderful people in this area deserve so much more than two m.i.a. sisters spending all their time trying to figure out the bus lines. Someone fresh will come in here and boost the work in this area.
I'm sad to leave, but excited for the new opportunities my next area will bring.
Mom, in response to your question, yes. Things are looking up. The second and final week of our grand adventure was a lot better than the first. We got things figured out to the point where we could get to a few people's houses easily, so we ended up getting a little bit of work done. Our attitudes and faith have grown so much over the past two weeks. I wrote in my journal this morning some things I learned from this experience: "I learned that I can do hard things. I already knew that, but I needed the reminder. I learned to ask for help and rely on others in time of need. I've always been really independent, so relying on others for every little thing was a humbling experience for me." I learned to have faith and I learned that Heavenly Father isn't 'bothered' by seemingly trivial things. He will always help us and bless us because He knows what's important to us. My faith was strengthened because of this, so I'm grateful for it. Phillippians 4:13 once again seems to be a theme: "I can do ALL THINGS through Christ; which strengtheneth me."
So there has been a lot of learning happening this week and although I absolutely would not choose to go through this again, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Another miracle: we got a new investigator this week! Her name is Arianna and she just turned 13! She is so sweet and so solid. She's been coming to church for a few months and no one cared to introduce her to us, so we found out about her on our own (seriously?). But I'm glad we found her because she is so ready to be baptized! She had a big list of questions that she wanted to ask-like deep, doctrinal questions about the gospel. So we were really excited! She believes and accepts everything and her mom is super supportive about the whole thing. She's going to girl's camp this summer! We're really excited for her! I'm bummed I can't teach her more, but I know she'll be baptized.
Justo is doing really well. He completely accepts everything we've been teaching him and wants his children to have the gospel in their lives. He's really prepared as well! Whoever the new sister is that comes in here is a lucky duck!
So I'm doing well. Things are changing and I thrive on change. So we'll see what the next transfer brings.
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter! Think about Christ and everything He's done for all of us. Easter is a time of reflection and is a perfect time to study about the life and Atonement of Christ; so I challenge you guys to do that. You'll build a stronger relationship with Him and have a more meaningful Easter season.
I love you all!
Fetaui Atili!
Sister Julie Catherine Harris
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