So my new companion.... where to start.... She's one of
those enthusiastic 19 year olds. Literally JUST turned 19 :) Next thing I
should mention - I LOVE HER! I've gotten along with all of my
companions, amicable relationships and all :p but my new companion? Much
more than amicable. Five days and I feel like we've been best friends
for a lifetime. From day one I felt like I could just be me. Silly and
goofy; like I usually am. She loves to talk and has
more energy than most people know how to deal with. In a good way of
course :) I have never met someone so enthusiastic about missionary work
before. We are going to be doing great things here!! I"m sure I'll tell
you lots more about her as the transfer goes by.
All Thursday we spent trying to organize what
information about the ward we do have and get put together in everything
- like obtaining a map. That was important! So we were literally inside
all but three or so hours of the day. On top of that I had a pretty
awful cold. I couldn't blow my nose fast enough, my throat hurt, and after a
few hours my head felt like it was going to burst. DayQuil and
Pulsatilla helped me function. (And now I am doing fine!).
Friday I had a leadership training in Sparks with
all the other mission leaders. Which meant that we left our greenies
with each other to fend for themselves for the day. They were all pumped
and ready to hit the streets and work when we left. And hour or so
later though they called somewhat frantically because my companion shattered a glass while doing the
dishes. Oh, and there was a lot of blood! Two hours later - just as much
blood. At first Sister Hermansen thought that it would stop on its own
but I think two hours of bleeding is a bad sign. So, Sis. Hermansen left
the meeting to take my companion to the doctor. She is quite the trooper and she thinks of it
more as an adventure than a burden. ACTUALLY we hold our pinkies up now
whenever we think something great is going to happen because at the
doctors office my companion got a referral from the doctor. A pretty
solid referral :) I'll keep you updated on that!
Saturday... ugh! Saturday... We found out somewhat
last minute that we would be hosting a mini-mission. Meaning we would be
given two potential sister missionaries (seniors in high school) for a
whole day. We needed to divide our work into two so that we could
accomodate four missionaries and we needed to help them get a feel for
mission life so they could determine if that was what they wanted to do.
AH! We don't even know this area let alone have lessons or
investigators...I honestly felt
like crying throughout the day because I felt like such a failure. I'm
senior companion. And I'm training. All three of them were looking up to
me to know what to do and I was just as lost as they were. :s So,
needless to say, My companion and I were quite humbled when we dropped
off the young sisters and got back to our regular routine. We recognized
that if anything was going to happen it would be all the Lord's doing.
So we went to work. And that night we found and set THREE appointments
for this week. :) It turned out alright in the end.
Sister Lexi
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