Transfer!

Attention Attention....we have an update!

Sis Redd has been transferred! I know! Oh snapdragon, right?! 

Yeah, I about passed out, we both cried!!! I thought about packing and calling it a day but...I pulled up my big girl tights and said "bring it!" On Monday I drove Sis Redd out to meet her new companion and picked up Sis Seyboldt, my new companion. Oh, did I mention 6 weeks in and I'm a trainer! That's right I'm a ROCKSTAR and you KNOW it! :)

Sis Redd and I went together like peas and carrots...my heart hurt to lose her so soon.
 

I was a little nervous to meet my new companion, what if she picks boogers and flicks them on the floor? What if she snores (louder than dad)...what if she has IBS and we have to drive everywhere with the windows down? What if she bites her toenails...mom, what if she....squeels like a baby pig when she's hungry? (HA! Inside joke)

Okay so now that my crazed rant is over....my new companion is AWESOME! She is the peanut butter to my jelly and you KNOW how I feel about peanut butter! LOVE!

On our first day together we found 4...that's right Four...F-O-U-R new investigators! If they all come on Sunday, that will double our congregation :)

Oh, I should say that Sis Seyboldt is totally normal...whewww.
 

I LOVE being a missionary!

Today I realized that I am not perfect and I will mess up, but as long as I am obedient and work hard, I have nothing to worry about! Being a trainer is exactly what I needed. 

Before Sis Redd left, she told our mission President that I was "a powerful instrument in the hands of the Lord." WOW! I was so blessed to have the honor to serve with her. 

One of our investigators is D-- he is married to an active member. We left him a Book of Mormon and he read the intro, by HIMSELF. I know that it will take a while before he enters the waters but, it's going to happen...I can feel it! I can see the gospel changing peoples lives! It's Amazing!

 

My next talk is on enduring to the end...after this week, I feel like a part of it is so appropriate...

 

In 3 Nephi 15:9 is says “Look unto me and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.” 

What powerful words....what a powerful promise, what a powerful blessing....if we but endure to the end we shall be given eternal life...

We must always stay faithful, we must always stand true, we must hold true to our faith when we feel that all of our strength is gone...for it is then that our true self shines through....we must endure each day, each week, each year....we must endure each trial until we reach the next and then we must press forward. The end is not “the” end, it is not the stopping point, it is the transition between now and whats to come...and then....once we are there at the”whats next to come”.... we must endure to the end.
 

I love you ALL and can't wait to talk to you on Christmas. Oh what a joyful time :)

Sis Z