Week 27

Well hello family!

Glad to hear ya'll are doing well :) I am LOVING Chambers Creek!!! :) It is such a great area, and my companions....oh I just love them SO much!!! :) So I’ll just tell you about the week... :) this one might be short cuz there's not a whole ton to tell :) On Monday we did our p-day thing and I finished packing I had to say goodbye to the Brothersons and Mortensens! Which are two of my favorite families who I love SO much! :) On Tuesday we got everything ready and went to transfer meeting! There I got my 2 new beautiful companions!!!! So I will tell you about them! :)

Sister Packard is 19 almost 20 and she is from Huston Texas area! :) So yes she says "ya'll" haha I love it so much! Her accent only comes out sometimes and it's so funny :) She's a very bubbly and energetic person which I need haha and she's an AMAZING singer! I make her sing to me like all day every day :D I first met her my first day in WA she trained my friend Sister Scott and she came out with Sister Hall and she sang at my very first transfer meeting and I wanted so badly to be her companion! And the day has come! haha she's great! :) She also knows her stuff about the gospel, she's very inspiring to me and I look up to her a TON!

Hermana (Sister) Dean is also 19 but she turns 20 next p-day! (the 2nd) She is from Brigham City, Utah! :) So she knows a lot about that new temple :) she told us that EVERY night from 9-12 people go and clean every nook and cranny of that place! which I thought was cool :) Just goes to show that we need to keep our houses and bodies clean for the spirit! haha I love Hermana Dean! :) She is a visa waiter! She is waiting to go to Argentina! So she speaks Spanish! So even though I am not training anymore I still don't leave until 11 cuz she does language study! Sister Dean is also a very good singer! Which is AWESOME!!!! We sing alllll the time :) haha She came to WA the transfer after me but went to the MTC only a little bit after me! She is just a little firecracker! She is awesome!

So yes! I love my companions very very very much! :) They are my favorite! We are all working together in unity and there is already so much love within the companionship :) I am so excited and ready for this transfer :)

So Chambers Creek! I got here Tuesday night at 5 ish :) Haha Chambers Creek is the Tacoma/University Place area :) So the mission office is in my area! In fact it's just up the street from where I live :) There are a lot of stores in my area haha so it's pretty big because the stores take up a lot of room! :) I still have no idea where I am most of the time! haha I will get there :) There is a big span of types of people...you've got the ghetto's and the mansions here :) haha but I love it here so much already! :) This is going to be a great transfer! :)

So now to tell you the highlights of my week! :) On Thursday Jon Cooper got baptized in Chambers Creek! He's 27 he was a 7th day Adventist and he had a lot of addictions that he has overcome! And I love him so much! He’s a way chill guy and he's already strong in the gospel! :) He is awesome! The baptism was so great! Sister Hall got to come back and Sisters Packard, Dean, and I put together (in like 10 minutes in the morn) a little song :) we sang "Nearer My God to Thee" :) I can't even tell you how much I sing! haha I have always LOVED singing so much but never felt confident enough to do so in front of people! But now I sing ALL the time!!! haha It brings the spirit so much! :) But Jon is the best! I can't even describe how funny he is! You'll just have to meet him one day! :) Another highlight is Lillian’s baptism in Steilacoom! Oh man! Was it good to be back in Steilacoom and see Lillian be baptized! Brooke got her mission call!!!! She got it the night before so as soon as she saw me she ran up and attacked me crying! She's so excited! She is going to South Seoul Korea speaking Korean and she leaves in October! haha Lillian was so excited that I was back too! :) It was such a sweet baptism! I cried :) haha she was so excited to finally be a member of the true church! agh!!!! I just love that girl so much!!! (SO MUCH LOVE IN THIS E-MAIL!!!) :) I was also very excited to see my wonderful ward members! :) And they were excited to see me too :) haha Ah I loved it so much, and Sister Thompson is doing so good with Sister Stucki I knew she would but it's good :) my child is being taken care of!

So....Matt you've probably heard of this but there's a talk that all missionaries read about this missionary named "Susan Fultcher" who knows how to work the members :) haha and as you know I LOVE my Steilacoom ward members! So Sister Hall told Packard and Dean that I was a good "Fulterizer" or good at working with the members :) So I had an important mission in this ward. :) haha So On Saturday night we had a ward picnic! I went around to like everyone there and just got to know them and I wrote down what I learned in my planner so then on Sunday I was able to know some people and get to know others through them and oh my! I love this ward too! :) haha It's not anything like Steilacoom but it's special :) We do not get fed very often at all here but the members are still very awesome and willing to help us :) So I’m taking it as my job to get close to the members so we will get fed more ;) haha jk but it is very important to work with the members! We got 2 referrals yesterday and it was awesome!

The work here isn't as busy as it was in Steilacoom...we only have 2 progressing investigators because everyone is getting baptized! haha but I love them both very much! The first one is M....she's 16 and so ready to get baptized but her mom won't let her! :( But she's so sweet and I love her...then we have Terence littlejohn! I think I told ya'll a little about him last week but he's hilarious!!! haha Oh Terence...I enjoy him :) he calls me "dimps" short for dimples and he's just the funniest man ever! haha :)

Welp...that's about it for the week! I am loving it very very much! The adjustment has been weird but Packard and Dean are awesome and very very helpful :) So it's great!

Oh! I was going to tell you...being a STL is fun :) haha I get to go to the leadership meetings and go on exchanges with my sisters every week! So It's going to be a great learning experience :) haha I'm going on my first exchange this week and it will be fun! :) I'm just excited that I get the opportunity to server my fellow amazing missionaries! YAY! haha and I get to see president more! I love him! Today is his birthday!!! haha just a random fact for ya... :)

Also! Sister Hall is in Highland Hills so she's in my Zone! Which is awesome her and Packard are very very good friends so I am glad that they are still close to each other :) Anyways I think that's about it! I'm just adjusting and learning what my part here in Chambers is! Thank you for your continued support and love! :) I love ya'll very very very much! :)

Love always!

Sister Wilkins :)

Please send letters to Brittany's new address

Sister Brittany Ann Wilkins 
3517 73rd Avenue CT W Apt 5
University Place, WA 98466-4550

 Me and my little Bro Dudchus! He went home for a few weeks to get surgery and it was very sad :( I miss my bro! :) haha

 The Perkins family from Steilacoom :) I <3 them :) They are members!

 The Thomson family! I love them very much!

Members from Steilacoom! :)

Packard, Jon, me, Terence, Dean, Juan! My very favorite Chambers Creek people! :)

Just FYI to all those that read and follow Brittany's blog.  My mom and I are both in school full-time again starting today.  We are most likely going to be much slower getting e-mails sent out and getting the blog and Facebook updated.  We promise we will get it done though!  Thank you all for following and wanting to know how our beautiful Brittany is doing!