Week 14

Well hello family!!!! :) Sorry to disappoint but you won't be getting a long e-mail from me til tomorrow so get excited! I get to tell you all about R’s baptism and how I've been getting morning sickness :) talk to you tomorrow!!! :D love you!

love always

sister wilkins :)

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Is the suspense killing you??? :) I feel I have so much power right now.... :)

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Well hello my wonderful family!!! :) Well I guess I should tell you about transfers since it's probably driving you crazy! And dad said he would fly up here and whoop me :D You obviously don't understand mission lingo as much because morning sickness obviously equals having a baby! Yep...that's right! Your baby is having a baby ;) hahahahaha! I am going to pick up my new companion in about 3 hours who has come fresh from the MTC! aka I am TRAINING in STEILACOOM!!!! Holy cow...haha! On Wednesday we had interviews with president and he said to me "well you're the first to know (cuz I was the first interview) that there are 21 sisters coming in on Tuesday" then he looks me in the eye, puts his hand on my shoulder and says are you ready?" Well I knew after that that I was going to be training! I also knew some of Sister Hall's call :) Sister Hall is going to Chambers Creek with a sister named Sister Packard (she's super cute and came out in the same group as Sister Hall) and I'm getting a sister! Aka Sister Hall and Sister Packard are training also! (3 some) And Sister Hall and Packard are the very first Sister Trainer Leaders in the WA-TAC! I'm going to miss her so much :( but I can still call her and I will see her quite a bit still! So that's good :) STL's (sister trainer leaders) go on exchanges and do surprise studies so she could come and do that in our area :) But Holy Cow!!! I'm training! It’s a very humbling call...and I have been praying like crazy that the Lord will prepare me! I feel like He has been doing that all week! I know I can do it!!! :) I know the Lord will sustain me and that he knows what I need. I'm so excited!!!! Man...are you taking this in? I'm gonna be a mom! That’s a pretty big responsibility :) haha I still feel like a baby in the mission! But God trusts me and knows I know enough so I can do it :) haha I'm pretty much still in shock myself... :) But I couldn't be more excited!!! Lets get this show on the road!!! :) 

So on another note this week on Tuesday we went and said bye to the P family (11 from heaven). (Sister Hall was pretty sure she was leaving) and we had chili and carrot cake! It was yummy! Then we went on a walk and it was so much fun! I love that family so much! I hope one day the seeds we planted will grow. But that was pretty much the final goodbye... I know that we made an impact on each others lives :) Oh man on Tuesday night we ran into this lady knocking, her name is B., and she told us she had been praying and waiting for us to come and asked if we could do her dishes. So we told her we would come back after knocking. So we go back at 7...and HO-LY COW that house was a mess!!! We spent an hour and a half cleaning up the kitchen and it's still dirty..bless her heart the poor lady just can't clean her house.. It was sad. I'm just gonna say I'm grateful for a clean house growing up :) but she's such a special lady! We’re gonna go back and teach her this week hopefully :) so onto papa R’s baptism!!! Oh my goodness it was amazing! So it was on Sunday at 7 and it was so spiritual. He came to church that morning and all 3 of us (R. Sis Hall and I) were crying through all of church (half because Sister Hall is leaving and half because it was so spiritual!!! They had Sister Hall bear her testimony in sacrament and it was like someone turned on the faucet for everyone in the room) haha then Sister Hall and I taught Sunday School on faith and miracles and cried...so it was an awesome church day! Man the spirit was so strong! At the baptism Sister Hall gave the talk and I gave the missionary message and there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Then papa R. got baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah! I was so happy for him! So while he was getting dressed I was giving the missionary message and he came out while I was still talking and comes up behind me and slammed a bunch of tissues down on the pulpit. Haha! He knows me too well :) then he got up and bore his testimony. It was so powerful and sweet! ah! My heart just melted! He said "I'm gonna make Heavenly Father proud!" awh man...bless his heart! I love that man!!! :) haha it was SO amazing!!! :) Also in his testimony he said that when he was driving home from church amazing grace popped in his head (of course my favorite song) and he said if he had one wish he would poof the MOTAB choir there to sing it. So after he sat down 2 of our ward members (Brooke the bishop's daughter/my best friend besides Sister Hall :) and Tati one of the islanders) looked the words up on their phone (thank goodness for technology) and sang amazing grace!!! OH.MY. GOODNESS. the spirit was SO strong!!! I’m surprised there wasn't a pool of tears on the floor afterwards. Man it was so amazing! There was about 30- 40 members there to support him! it was so sweet because Papa R. really needs support, and they all came up and gave him a hug afterwards! (I’m in the huggiest ward ever :) ) He really appreciated it! Man...I LOVE being a missionary!!! Every single door slammed in my face was worth that moment. :) After the baptism we went to bishops house and it was a great end to the day his daughter Brooke (my BFF) goes to BYU-I and left this morning so we were saying hi/bye to her and Sister Hall told her air plane story and had the whole family rolling on the floor laughing. Ah! I love my life! :) Those moments are so fun :) 

   Sister Hall has given me a lot of advice this week, and the #1 thing she has said is "just have a heart full of love, and God will take care of the rest." And it's really true...when you have a heart full of love everything falls into place. I'm still working on it, nobody's perfect. But I know as long as I can keep a heart full of love this transfer will be the most amazing and growing time of my life. I'm so excited for things to come! It is going to be amazing! Anyways I will try to write you a letter soon and tell you how great training is going! until then keep a heart full of love and God will take care of the rest!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!! :D 

Love always Sister Wilkins :)

P.S. tell people to send me letters I got 2 last Monday and 0 since then I'm feelin like an orphan child ;) haha <3 although I realize it's mostly due to transfers and everyone getting married :)