Brittany and her new companion Sister Baird
First off before I forget...I broke my glasses....I’m not really
sure what to do about that...but I think I have an extra pair in my room
somewhere :) (look in the second drawer down on the right side when you're
facing the dresser) and If you send me that you should send me that Cracker Boy you got for me. :D Anyways so life has been a little blurry lately :) I'm
thinking I should've just gotten some contacts before I left but I
didn't....woops :D Thus is life! Anyways other than that motherhood is going
great!!! :) My companion is awesome! Background on her: her name is Janessa
Baird from north Ogden Utah went to BYU Provo and is almost done with her
public health major :) she turns 22 in like 15 days! woot woot! I'm a mother to
someone older than me :) (Michele I put those woots in just for you :) ) It's
been an awesome/ hard week! Taking over Steilacoom hasn't been the easiest
thing I’ve ever done in my life (not gonna lie) but I have learned and grown so
much this week! Honestly, I was terrified to train, but I knew that God knew
what I needed better than I did...so I just accepted it :) anyways so Tuesday
was a crazy day and it feels like forever ago....haha! But Sister Hall got sick
that day with a cold/cough (which I now have) and so she wasn't in her tippy
top shape (even though she tries her hardest to be) haha So I drove to transfer
meeting and as soon as we got there I started shaking! haha I was so nervous! I
stayed stuck to Sister Hall's side until they forced us apart!!! :P But I ran
in and met my new companion and I loved her right away!! :) haha She's awesome!
that night we went tracting and she started talking on the 3rd door! I was a
proud mama :) Oh man motherhood is so fun cuz you learn so much from your child
:) haha! I really have learned so much from her already! Like how to follow the
spirit in a lesson...I'm one who likes to stick to the plan and Sister Baird
likes to go with the flow which kind of freaks me out because sometimes I have
no idea where she's going with things (and I don't like surprises :D ) but
she's already a great missionary! The first night when we were ready for bed I
read a little note from Sister Hall (I made a testimony book in the MTC and I
made my district write in it and I'm going to make all my companions write in
it, so Sister Hall wrote in it) and it was so nice! I miss her! But she
believes in me so much and it really strengthens me, just like all of you who
believe I can do hard things lifts me up :) haha I haven't really gotten the
chance to really miss Sister Hall though because I saw her Thursday called her Friday
and Saturday and saw her Sunday :) hahaha! So It's been good :) President made
fun of me yesterday cuz I was following Sister Hall around again I'm just so
used to it!!! :) Anyways she's doing great over in Chambers Creek :) Hold on I
have to send this cuz the computer is flippin out :)
Sister Stuki my alto buddy in Jesus Savior Pilot Me and my best friend! :) haha
Alrighty I'm back :) haha So the picture I sent in the last
e-mail is me and sister Baird :) But about this week...on Thursday we had a new
missionary meeting/ training meeting and it was way fun! I've become friends
with this cute group of girls and we're all training! They're Sister Peruch and
her children :) haha Sister Bevan, Logan. & Stuki I LOVE THEM!!! But we had
a little trainer party and it was so fun :) I love getting together with the
sisters! It's so fun!!! :) haha and Sister Baird is friends with their
companions so it's great! :) Anyways so that was fun :) President taught the
trainers about basically just going and doing the things we're supposed to! :)
It was good! So that was fun! On Thursday and Friday we went finding on this
street called Cambridge and we found a bunch of new investigators! It was
sweet! We didn't have any doors slammed in our faces! We've gotten it pretty
easy lately :) but it's been great! I've learned how to love tracting! I really
have....it's the weirdest thing I just all of the sudden enjoyed it! I think
it's because I was forced to come out of my shell and actually talk to people
and such :) And I’m a weirdo (I know this I can't deny it.) and people love it!
haha jk but I learned how to do that from Sister Hall she was always herself on
every doorstep, not some weird missionary robot :) So yes! Training is going so
good! The work is moving along :) We're improving every day :) it's nice
because Sister Baird and I are just open and honest with each other so it's
been way good :) because that way we know what we need to work on :) It's been
a really great adjustment so far! :) Man I have thought a lot about you guys
this week wondering how you're doing! Since I only get to know how some of you
are doing on Mondays :) So let me know! haha I am going to get better at writing
letters on of these days :) we'll all work on it! Deal!? haha Anyways so
yesterday was a super awesome great day! We went to church and Sister Olsen was
there (an investigator) and R. got confirmed and bore his testimony! It was so
cute!!! :) haha he said that ever since he was baptized he can feel a different
peace in his life! It's awesome! Then we had another singing missionary
fireside! This one was in Olympia and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!! :) And SO
SPIRITUAL!!!!! So I told you the story about R. and the song amazing grace
right? Well we invited him to the fireside last night and he started CRYING
when we sang amazing grace! awh! It melted my little heart! :) He also cried
when I sang Jesus Savior Pilot Me with my little group, and he was SO Excited
to see Sister Hall again! awh! Everyone in the ward misses Sister Hall too!
haha She is such an amazing missionary! It’s crazy that I have the responsibility
to step up and take her place now, but it's been the greatest learning
experience of my life and it's true that when you have children you're love for
your mom grows! haha because I now know why Sister Hall did everything she did
:) ah man, good stuff :) I may say that line a lot :) there's this awesome Polynesian
guy in our ward named Sam Stowers and he always says "good stuff, good
stuff" and the elders say it ALL the time because they love Sam and so now
they've got me saying it! haha but anyways that's just a random side note :)
Last night Sister Baird and I talked (with the lights off aka following the
rules) til 11:30! haha because we've been so busy this whole week we haven't
even really had the chance to get to know each other! We’ve been working SO
hard and my brain is going a million miles per hour all the time. :) It's fun!
haha but being a missionary/ trainer is SO amazing! It's not easy, but I have
learned SO MUCH and grown SO MUCH already!!! :) I just LOVE being a
missionary!!! :) And I love the song Jesus Savior Pilot Me not only because the
alto part is pretty and I like singing it but because the lyrics are awesome
and the scriptures that go with it! You should look it up! It’s the last couple
verses of mark 4 :) it's awesome! AH I'm running out of time!!! :) but I love
you guys SOOOOOOO much!!!!! I hope you are all doing AMAZING and keeping
your heads up! We can do hard things! :) I LOVE YOU SO MUCH Read Isaiah
40:28-31 :) I like it! And tell me what you think about it! Anyways I LOVE YOU
SO MUCH!!! Have an amazing week! :)
Sister Logan aka my best friend. I have lots of best friends these days. :)
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