well hello!
thank you
for all the news. california sounds fun and i am happy to hear some stories. i
am glad my nephews are growing up to be such great kids!
so is erin
having a boy or a girl? and when is she due?
are you
ready for mothers day calls? i am thinking maybe i will get to call next sunday
around 8:00 here. (6:00 your time, right?) i hope that works for you. i hope
that is what i end up doing.
well a lot
of great things happened this week. an eventful week for sure. first off, i
found some roller blades. i found them just before we were going to walk home
to retire for the night. it was perfect. on our way home, i saw pete! the
christmas miracle man. so i stopped and talked to him. he was nice this time
and even shook my hand. he did tell me that i am an idiot. but he was really
nice :) but those roller blades are so cool! i found them outside robin's
house. they were in a big pile of free stuff. i have been using them for
exercise in the morning. it has been a blast!
so s berg
has to do this defensive driving thing because she got in a bad accident before
her mission. she was watching it the other day and all the sudden she comes
over to me saying "oh my gosh! tell me this guy doesnt look like stanley
from the office!" it was him! hahaha it really was him! what is he doing
in the missionary driving dvds? hahahaha oh it was great. we had a good laugh.
so there is
an elder in my district named elder nelson. he is going home this week. i guess
he is going home early because of health issues. i dont really know what they
are because i feel bad asking. but he is a great elder. and guess where home is
for him!! orem utah! i asked him to go say hi to you (especially sam cuz i
think they would get along). he said he would! i wasnt going to tell you just
in case he forgot or if he thought it was weird or something. but he called me
a couple days ago and told me to email you and give you a heads up that he is
coming! great huh! i am so happy for you to meet him. he is a fun elder. oh and
he requested that i tell you that he is NOT apostate. he is only going home
early for medical reasons. so look forward to that :)
so last
monday night i got a call from the assistants telling me that i was expected to
be at the very first missionary leadership counsel (or something like that)
which is replacing zone leader counsel. the meeting was going on the very next
day.. (those BLASTED elders always tell us everything last minute!) so that
night during planning we rearranged our tuesday and stuff. then we hear some
trudging up the stairs... sister caffall and sister jensen burst through the
door!! man oh man what a surprise!! they were staying at our appartment
for the night so that they could go to the meeting too! (those BLASTED elders
always forget to tell us things!!) but. it was fun to be there and it was
interesting. i think they just invited me because out of all the sisters, i
live the closest to the building they were having the meeting at. but sister
berg didnt go. she went on a mini exchange!
so on sunday
the elders had a baptism! they have been teaching a couple and they got
baptized at the same service. it was wonderful to see.
alright
alright its time for the new of transfers. i did get a call on saturday night.
it was president wilkey who called (that means it was a special call). he told
s berg that she would be staying in bedford and receiving a new senior
companion. he then told me that he wants to extend the call to me to....
train again. and "basically open a new area." and also.... be a
"sister training leader". crazy huh?! my goodness. this mission has
never had one before so i dont really know what that means. we talked about it
at the meeting on tuesday but it is just so foreign that we were pretty much
all confused to some degree (president too). when we were talking over the
phone on tuesday he told me that i would basically be zone leader, but
different. good thing i know what that is supposed to mean.. not! hahha so
hopefully things go well and hopefully they all keep in mind that i... might
need a little help.. but i just try to remember d&c 112 :10 and also
jeremiah 17:5-8. those scriptures help lots. so this means that i will be
moving of course. i dont know where. they will tell me at the end of the
transfer meeting tomorrow. :) so that means i dont know my address. but
the mission office address works just as well.
i was just
fine after the phone call. i was just fine during church. i mean. i was nervous
and all that but i didnt even cry or anything! then sister earnshaw found out i
was leaving. she was so sad! oh it just broke my heart. she hugged me and then
looked me in the eyes and told me all these sweet things and it just made me
cry. gosh. it was kinda embarrassing but it was tender ya know? that family has
done so much just in the short time i was in this ward. they are so kind to
everyone and they are very missionary minded. i love that family! after s berg
took pictures of me with them, brother earnshaw snuck me a hug! hahahaha that
silly man! it was a sneaky side hug and then he walked away saying that he
would never hug a sister missionary because he knows its not allowed. hahaha oh
that man is great. i would be surprised if any of my future ward mission
leaders are as great as him. he sure is wonderful.
it was
difficult to say goodbye to some people but i have mostly kept it on the dl
because i dont like goodbyes and all that. but it was a good week and sister
earnshaw remains the only one who has made me cry over transfers. although i
spose there is a chance i will cry when i have to leave s berg. i really love
that sister and we have had such a great time together. president always tells
us that companionships usually go through 3 stages- the rah rah rah stage where
they are all excited to go and do. then the red hair stage where everything
about their companion bugs them.. even their... red hair!! ah! then the last
stage is charity where they just come to grips with each other and love each
other. i feel like s berg and i went straight to the last stage. it has been a
wonderful transfer!
well i
really have to go now. thank you for everything! sorry i dont know my new
address!
talk to you
on sunday!! i love you!
love, sister
lani buxton :)
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