This was a week full of lots of emotion, both high and low. Fist things first. I don't know if anyone remembers a few emails ago I talked about the golden wheel and golden plunger, which is a prize that goes to the Missionaries with the cleanest car/house. Well, we won both of those!!! So practically our greatest dreams came true. 😂
We had interviews this week and this is how mine went:
President Nygaard: Sister Beutler! Are you sick of your area yet?
Me: No! I love my area!
President: Well, I'm going to move you.
Me: *shocked face*
So, he told me that he really felt it was time for Sister Anglin and I to be split up and felt that I was the one that needed to move. He also told me where I am going and everything. He didn't keep anything a secret! So..... On Thursday I will be heading to Parma, ID with my new companion, Sister Hartshorn. She has been out for one transfer so I will be training. Sister Anglin is staying here and getting a new Sister to train as STL and Social Media Specialist.
So, my life is going to slow down a lot this next week. I have cried a lot this last week. I feel like Sister Anglin has become one of my best friends and we really do feel like Sisters. Also, I LOVE this area and am going to miss everyone! It doesn't even seem like I have been here for very long. While I was complaining in my head and being sad for myself I remembered a few things. I thought back to when I first came to this area in Boise and that was also pretty hard for me.
I cried a lot when I was assigned to serve in Boise again. I was leaving a fantastic area that I had only been in for one Transfer. Why was he taking me away and bringing me back to a place I had just come from?? I didn't learn the answer until much later. I met so many wonderful people and experienced miracles along with some really hard trials. And now, I look back and see that God was trying to bless me all along. He allowed me to be in that past area for a transfer and he let me come here with all these amazing people. Now it is hard to leave them. I see now what I didn't see before..... God knows me, he is blessing me - even and especially during my trials. His plan is perfect and I know that my tears won't last forever, in fact I can find joy in my tears.
So while it is still hard to leave this area and even harder to leave Sister Anglin, I know that it is all for a reason and that I will love the people of Parma just as much. I am excited to see what this next transfer brings and the things I am going to learn.
Updates with people we are teaching:
Kristina: she is still on date for this weekend and is so excited!!!
Natalya: we did not get to meet with this week because she has been traveling but we have been messaging her and she has been reading from the Book of Mormon every day with her mom!
Craig: he called in to our Book of Mormon class for the first time this week and invited his mom as well!! He is also, still strong at going to church with a family in our ward.
Rachael: we had a sweet moment this week when Rachael was teaching her husband about the Plan of Salvation!! She is growing so much!
*Also, as a happy side note- we had almost everyone we are teaching at our Book of Mormon class (over video call now). We had 12 people there which is the most we have ever had so far!!!
We will see next week how things are going so until then, I love you all!! And hopefully you are all staying sane!!
Love,
Sister Beutler
