Guys so much is happening and this new transfer is about to be the craziest one yet! Transfer 3 has come and gone, and was by far the quickest 6 six weeks of my life.
I'm still in good ol' Enumclaw with Sister Deruvo, but I'm also training again! Basically I'm training someone else within training Sister Deruvo so this is going to get interesting. Our apartment is pretty small already and we have to fit another sister in there but we are determined to make it work. We are going to have a lot of fun! Sister Deruvo will leave Dec. 18th to go back to Temple Square so we only have 4 more weeks together. Then it will just be me and my cute little trainee the rest of the transfer. Honestly so excited because the more the merrier right? Especially around the holidays! We also get a bunk bed in our apartment...lucky us right?!
This week we didn't have too much success. J'nell and Rod have been rescheduling our meetings every time due to Rod's unpredictable work schedule so we haven't seen them for quite some time. They still have not made it to church sadly so keep them in your prayers. Mike and Chelsea sadly dropped us so we will not be teaching them anymore. We still have not seen or heard from Joel, but the ward is doing their absolute best to reach out to him. We spent the majority of our week working with members and finding new people to teach. We made it a goal to go knocking on doors at least 30 minutes a day. It's definitely not our favorite thing to do, but we know it shows our Heavenly Father we are willing to work hard to find those elect people. We've actually seen some miracles come from it. Quite a few asked us to come back after Thanksgiving when life isn't so crazy, so hopefully we will have lots of new friends to teach soon! We've also seen a lot of rejection. One lady literally told us to "take our religion and get off her porch." It's moments like that when you and your companion just have to laugh and move on.
I'm still in good ol' Enumclaw with Sister Deruvo, but I'm also training again! Basically I'm training someone else within training Sister Deruvo so this is going to get interesting. Our apartment is pretty small already and we have to fit another sister in there but we are determined to make it work. We are going to have a lot of fun! Sister Deruvo will leave Dec. 18th to go back to Temple Square so we only have 4 more weeks together. Then it will just be me and my cute little trainee the rest of the transfer. Honestly so excited because the more the merrier right? Especially around the holidays! We also get a bunk bed in our apartment...lucky us right?!
This week we didn't have too much success. J'nell and Rod have been rescheduling our meetings every time due to Rod's unpredictable work schedule so we haven't seen them for quite some time. They still have not made it to church sadly so keep them in your prayers. Mike and Chelsea sadly dropped us so we will not be teaching them anymore. We still have not seen or heard from Joel, but the ward is doing their absolute best to reach out to him. We spent the majority of our week working with members and finding new people to teach. We made it a goal to go knocking on doors at least 30 minutes a day. It's definitely not our favorite thing to do, but we know it shows our Heavenly Father we are willing to work hard to find those elect people. We've actually seen some miracles come from it. Quite a few asked us to come back after Thanksgiving when life isn't so crazy, so hopefully we will have lots of new friends to teach soon! We've also seen a lot of rejection. One lady literally told us to "take our religion and get off her porch." It's moments like that when you and your companion just have to laugh and move on.
We had a really successful discussion with our friend Arianna. Usually her kids are there every time we go over and as cute as they are....they are a major distraction. This time when we went over, her kids were in daycare still so we were able to talk with her one on one. She opened up A LOT and we finally know how to help her progress. She has been to our church once befote and really liked how she felt there, so hopefully we can get her to come again!
I have truly planted my heart here in Enumclaw and nothing makes me more happy than getting to be with these people for the holidays. They have become my family and they will always hold a special place in my heart.
I hope you all have an amazing Thanksgiving and remember to take some time to just realize how blessed we are! God is so good to us!
Love you,
sis. smith
Last district council together
Yep that's us
the ZONE
sister Deruvo and I have consumed way too much sushi lately
Look at this sunset, wow we live in a cool place!
How we feel about transfers
Sisters who make pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes together in their pjs are the best kind of sisters
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