Hello
Family! Well this is going to be my short e-mail because I have been DYING to
tell you about my transfer call! :) I'm not good with suspense :) haha! SO
Saturday night we get a call from the AP's and to tell you honestly I am still
in shock! haha I was not expecting this one! AT ALL!!! :) But.....*drum roll* I
have been called to serve in the Olympia 1st/5th ward and I am TRAINING!!!!!!
we are getting doubled in tomorrow! :) I am way nervous but so excited for this
new adventure! :) I know this will be a good way to start the last 7 months of
my mission. I am ready to work hard and I'm excited to have somewhere that's
fresh and has lots of new doors for me to knock on! :) I already know I am
going to learn a ton this transfer! I have heard that the missionaries there
now weren't the hardest of workers...So I am preparing myself to start
basically from scratch. I know one of them was way good, but the other one
didn't like to get out of bed :) haha so anyways, I am just praying that my
baby will be a good one that will work hard and be obedient! But, I am ready
for whatever challenge comes my way. I am SO excited! :) My new address will
be:
Sister Brittany Ann
Wilkins
4124 Huntermill Lane
NE
Olympia, WA 98516
I will be living in a
POOL HOUSE! :) haha in the back of a members house :) I have heard that the
house is like a fish bowl, lots of windows and it's out in the forest! Olympia
is known as a place with a lot of granola people (aka hippies, hobo's etc.) I
am ready to just hit the ground running and take on this new challenge that God
has given me! I am so humbled and grateful that He is trusting me with this
sacred opportunity. :) I have also heard that the capital is in my area! so
that's really cool! :) haha Sister Chipman was in Olympia in the ward right by
my new one! So she's told me a lot about it :) And I also found out that Sister
Logan is finally going to be in my zone! YAY! :) I'm excited :) haha Oh! Also I
am going to be serving over a YSA ward and a Family ward! :) So that will be a
lot of fun! Lots of members to work with! :) haha I have no idea what I’m going
to be doing but I know that God will strengthen me. This morning I was reading
in 1 Nephi 17:3 which says "and thus we see that the commandments of God
must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the
commandments of God, he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide
means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them;
wherefore he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the
wilderness." Which is also like 1 Nephi 3:7 "And it came to pass that
I, Nephi [Sister Wilkins] said unto my Father [Mission President]: I will go
and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord
giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way
that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." I know that
God will help me on this new adventure :) I thank you all for your love,
support and especially prayers :) Please pray for my Greenie! :) haha
This
week just flew by! I'm not really even sure what all happened, I've been
distracted a bit with goodbyes and finding new people and packing! haha that's
pretty much what we've been doing :) But, I will try to give a good accounting
of everything :) Tuesday was a pretty good day! :) On Monday night our
investigator named Faith had her car broke down. Faith is searching so hard to
find faith. Kinda ironic, but she is so sweet, she has a lot of health
problems, but she still works her butt off to provide for herself. She's a
personal assistant and when she's not doing that, she's doing housekeeping.
She's hardly ever home. But her car broke down so on Tuesday she was really
stressing out. She had to go the doctor for her skin and bone disease and this
doctor has a long waiting list, and she didn't have money for the bus and she
didn't have money for food for the next couple of days, she usually goes
shopping every 2 days, because she's never home and doesn't want things to go
bad. So we went over there and talked to her and got her a ride to the doctor
and stopped by Fred Meyer and got some bread and milk, and then took some extra
stuff we had at our apartment over there later. It was very sweet though, just
to be able to serve someone makes my heart a puddle! It brings so much joy and
helps you feel the love that God has for that person :) I love Faith though!
She was so grateful and she was just crying because people don't ever give her
things. It was a very precious moment. :) I am going to miss her so much. That
night we asked Sister Weaver to come to a lesson with us, but she broke her
nose and was having a hard time so she couldn't come, so President came
instead! haha I was nervous! But the guy wasn't there :( Then President starts
talking about transfer calls and he told me he was going to send me far far
away and then Sister Weaver told him "she can't go far away sweetheart!
She sings!" haha so I was saved from opening up the Sisters area in Adna
:) haha! :) just kidding, I don't know where he was going to send me. But
literally I am still a little in shock :) Then that night we went and saw Daja!
We now have best friend’s necklaces! I LOVE that little girl so much! It is
going to break my heart to leave her....But I hope that I can come back for her
baptism. :) I'll only be about 45 minutes away from Chambers Creek :) So that's
not too bad! Just a drive up to Alpine from Springville :) haha I made that
drive a billion times! :D Then on Wednesday we had district meeting and at the
end we did this little spiritual thing where Elder Hughes had us think about
why we came on a mission and why we are still here. And then he took us to a
room with a candle lit under a picture of Christ and he talked about how a
candle is one of the only forms of light that can give light and it won't dim its
own light. And he associated that with the light of Christ. And he gave each of
us a little tea light and asked us to bear our testimony and share what our
thoughts were about why we were still here, and then light the tea light and
set it on the table. So it's this really great and awesome spiritual moment and
I am of course crying :) (yes everyone has seen me cry...its fine :) ) And a
few of us have said our testimonies and Sister Chipman bears her testimony and
then goes to light her tea light and freaks out because she feels the fire from
another tea light and her candle falls and extinguished the light of Christ! :)
haha it was so funny! Everyone was laughing :) Yep, that's my companion :)
she's hilarious; I'm going to miss her dearly! :) Thursday was an interesting
day...I went on an exchange with Sister Ryser. She came to Chambers. And I was
a little bit afraid about this exchange, Sister Ryser and I did not get along
in the MTC. I don't think I really let on about how much I was not enjoying
that companionship. haha, but it was actually a very nice exchange :) we had
fun! Sister Ryser struggles a bit, but I love her nonetheless :) That night we
went and saw Daja and we started teaching her 16 yr. old Uncle Shabaz! :) haha
he's way funny and he's a hip hop dancer so I was excited and talked a ton
about dancing and taught him how to do whacking :D But little Daja sang and
danced for us! She's got some soul! She's so not even a 9 year old. Haha she's
so smart and way talented! AH! I love that girl SO much! :) During tracting we
got a call from President Weaver and he asked us if a sister could come with us
the next day while her companion went to the temple (her companion is going
home tomorrow) and we of course agreed!
I'm gonna send this
and then try to log back on because I'm on a one hour computer :) LOVE YOU! :)
Be right back :) haha
Ok
good! I got to log back on :) haha you just get a lot of emails from me :)
Anyways so Sister Tanner comes with us in the morning and I decided we should
play a prank on sister chipman :) haha so we go to pick up Sister Chipman and
exchange back and I have Sister Ryser and Sister Tanner go in and I'm standing
right outside the door and Sister Ryser hands Sister Chipman the keys and says
"oh! by the way sister Wilkins had to get emergency transferred to
southworth so sister Tanner is going to be your new companion!" And she
totally bought it! :) haha this goes on for about 2 minutes and then I give in
and walk in and say "just kidding!!!" :) haha It was SO funny though!
I think I may or may not have given Chipman a heart attack :D It was way funny
:) I'm still laughing about it :) Then that afternoon we got to go to the
Rodney's house! :) and it was a lot of fun :) We watched the restoration movie
with them and the spirit was there and we took a picture :) haha That night we
had a lesson with Luis and Timothy! I love them SO much! you don't even know. Saturday
was like, the greatest day ever! Juan had us over for dinner and he had all the
recent converts come! (Jon, Kyle, Terrance, Anthony, Luis, timothy) It was SO
fun! We had dinner and just laughed and had a good ole time! Then they showed
me this video where all of them had said something to me! And it was SO sweet!
I laughed, I cried, it was amazing! :) Man, I love those guys so much! If
there's one thing that is going to make my heart break when I leave this place
it's them. I can't even express the love and appreciation I have for them. I am
NOT going to enjoy leaving these men. But, I know that God has more people for
me to love. I swear, every time I leave an area it's like having a farewell all
over again. Michael Brandon was crying and Myk was crying. That just broke my
heart! AGH! It is always so hard to leave a place that has owned your whole
heart for the past 6 months. These men are the evidence of my assurance. I love
them more than I can express! But then I think about all the people in Steilacoom
who I love so much and miss like crazy! But, I never would have met these people
in chambers creek if I hadn't of left Steilacoom. I had to give my testimony
yesterday in Sacrament and I was bawling, and I’m pretty sure there wasn't a
dry eye in the room. I am going to miss this sacred space. and the amazing
people who are here. But I am also looking forward with faith and positivity. I
know whatever happens will be what I need for my own Character and growth. I am
SO EXCITED for this new adventure! I was exhausted yesterday because I couldn't
sleep Saturday night! My mind was running thinking about what my baby is going
to be like, and what I’m gonna do in Olympia and planning stuff like that. And
so I couldn't sleep :) haha that's how excited I am! :) GO SEAHAWKS! yay! :)
haha yesterday we were on lock down from 3 to the end of the night. Luckily our
zone got to go to the mission home! All the zones did a potluck and a scripture
bowl from 4:30 to 7 :) It was a lot of fun! :) then Sister Chipman
and I also got to be live at conference call because we lost our phone! :) haha
(it is found now :) ) It was a great day! :) This morning we went and ran the
narrows bridge and I ran the whole thing, but on the way back my (what i think
is an ovarian cyst) side acted up and I was in a lot of pain so we walked the
way back :) I felt so bad...but I could not run. But I’m fine now :) haha Then
on the way home the power went out for who knows why and so we had to get ready
and study in the dark! :) haha then we went to the mission office to pick up
sister Stuki because her companion is leaving to Brazil today! So we get to be
in a 3 some until tomorrow! :) and that's why this is shorter because we gotta
go! :) haha but, I love you so much and I hope you have a great week! Remember
you can do hard things! You can do all things through Christ! :) Love love
love!
Love Always
Sister Wilkins
:)
P.s. I read this talk
this morning and absolutely loved it! SO you should read it! :)
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| Chambers Bay :) |
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| The Hartzells! :) I love these people! Doesn't brother hartzell remind you of Elder Eyring? :) |
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| My Chambers Family! :) |
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| The rodney family! :) |
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| LONG roads with trees that line the sides :) This is by our bishop's house :) |
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| Meconi's is the BEST sandwhich shop in ever :) haha better than quizno's even! And we are going there today after e-mail! I have been hooked! :) Jessica when you come to WA you HAVE to go! :) |
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| Our poolhouse :) yes our bedroom is in the same room as our kitchen and living room :) nbd :) |
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| I look really creepy but it SNOWED! |
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| Juan jon Anthony and kyle making me cry all over again! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!! :) |
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| I just took this in the library :) haha we've been too busy to take pictures! :) but this Is me and my new baby! :) |
