It's been a while!
It feels like forever since I last wrote, even though it's
just been two days more. Before I forget, Happy Birthday tomorrow,
Joseph!! And I'm way jealous of your NY trip. You'll have to take me when
you go again (:
Good bye, little home
We've had an awesome week! As I said last week, I got
transferred! It was so sad to say good bye to everyone, and I actually got to
see everyone that I wanted to except for Bran and Marsha. So I'm now in the
North Point YSA ward with Sister Manzer! We're right in Atlanta (: This place
is crazy! Sister Manzer has been out 11 months, I think just one more transfer
than me. She's from St. George and played tennis, and she's an awesome
missionary! She's been an STL before, so she's helped me out a ton! We get
along great, and I'm excited to see what will happen this transfer! So
Hotlanta... It's great. First of all, it's obviously way more fast paced than
Barnesville, but I love it! You can go street contacting anywhere, anytime, and
always find new people.
Keyword: Chili's)
Sister and Elder Benich, Elders Herrera (DL), Eldridge, Head, and Compton.
They don't always wear mustaches...
Unfortunately, I have like zero street
contacting experience! But I'll just apply a little Ether 12:27, rinse, and
repeat! I think I've been a little culture shocked, because Sis Manzer will go
talk to someone and I can barely keep focused! My mind is still trying to take
in all the different varieties of people, traffic, and buildings. There's
so many Asians here though! I'm so excited to actually get to use my zhongwen
(: I've been studying 9 months for this! Strike!
Ahh, Jenny Curl
Being in the YSA ward is a little weird.. I love it
though! We get to go to FHE and institute and everything, and I love
that. The ward has little stereotypes of everyone like the bug guys
(selling pest control for the summer), Georgia Tech, GSU, and Emery. Everyone
knows where you belong. It's not bad though, and everyone is so good with
fellowshipping new people! I think it's a great ward. We actually cover
all the way to the top of the mission like Sandy Springs and Smyrna, down to
Dunwoody, Atlanta, and Stone Mountain. Don't get me wrong, I have no idea
where any of those are. Good thing I'm riding shotgun and we've got a GPS
(: We also get a ton of dinner appointments! compared to my last area, we get
fed almost every night! I love it!
Some investigators that we're working with right now... We
have Ada, she's from Nigeria! She's on date for some time in June, but I'm not
sure how legit that is. She doesn't have a car so it's hard to get rides
for her, but she loves coming to institute and stuff! Colo is Melanie's (a
member) boyfriend, and he's from some island I've never heard of. He's
muslim, and it's cool to see the little bursts of light he gets when we teach!
Derrick is awesome! I don't know too much about him, but he loves coming to
church and making friends. Jordan is also incredible. And
hard. He's Baptist and a philosopher, so that's been quite
interesting. He met the sisters a few weeks ago, and they just gave him
little pieces of the restoration, and he came to church and heard pieces of
lesson 1 again and lesson 2. He has a million questions, and we finally got to
teach him the full resto, which brought up more questions and
doubts. He has to have everything make perfect sense, and has
trouble trusting his 'feelings' to get an answer from the Holy Ghost.
Yesterday we were talking with him and somehow slipped in the Plan of Salvation
and it answered a ton of his questions. When we brought up the kingdoms
of glory and temples, he just soaked it all in and had nothing to say. I
hope he won't let his philosophical mind get in the way.. But he's great!
Dinner with the
Albanes family! Adriana (YSA), Bellen, mom and dad. Bellen went to temple
square and knows Nichelle, Ellen, and Kirsten (:
I've been thinking of how I'm going to apply my mission to
when I get home and am a member missionary.. Especially seeing all these RM's
be so awesome at it. Even the bug guys occasionally will bring up the
gospel while they're knocking doors. But I realized I've seen mom do it
all my life. I remember sitting next to Clixie, Lexi, and who knows who
else. I don't even remember if they were new, less active, or what, but I
appreciate your good example of always being someone that shows love to new
people!
I was also reading in 1 Nephi again, since I just finished
the BOM. In chapter 11 where the angel asks Nephi, "Knowest thou the
condescension of God?" that made me really think hard. Haha first of
all because I didn't know what condescension meant. It's something like
humbling yourself and going below what you normally would do. I thought
it was really cool to think about that. The Savior descended below all
things, even though he was the Son of God. He didn't have to do that. But he
was so humble and loved us all so much that he had to do it. I love the gospel
(: Every day I strengthen my testimony, and there is no way that I can
deny the truthfulness of the restored gospel on the earth today. What a
miracle.
Love, Sister Facer
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