Apparently they're having to move in two sisters with amazing singing voices to serve at the Joseph smith memorial for Christmas. Maybe I'll be transferred back here once Christmas is over....who knows. But even over the phone, President Stoker apologized directly to me because he "knew I loved this place and I was very happy here". Ugh. Goodbyes are the absolute worst..it was like leaving home all over again. I didn't even realize how attached I got to some people until it was the time to tell them I'm leaving and we are both in tears. This place is truly special..
Besides all that, the past week has been completely insane. We had the social media splits so if you put #socialmediasplits or #lds into facebook you might be able to see me in action! It was super stressful to set up specific appointments and align our schedules up with member's schedules but we did it.
I had my second lobster experience the other night which was....yeah. I'm still not a fan. She also gave us big artichokes where we had to peel off the leaves and slide them against our teeth to get the layer of skin off. Ummm...
Our investigator Jay is really good at reading people and basically seeing into their soul. Every time we visit him (oh my gosh I'm going to miss him too) he tells me more about myself and the walls I have and all that strange stuff. He predicted a lot of different things about me and he was very right about all of it. Creepy. He also knows I struggle with homesickness so he said he's going to give me a small box that he has where I can write out my thoughts or prayers or whatever I want to put in there and lock it up until the end of my mission. I thought it was very nice of him!
A guy that came home from his mission about a month ago is working at the JSM and I guess he overheard one of the senior missionary couples talking about my homesickness (why does everyone know/talk about this?!) at the memorial so he came up to me the other day and gave me advice. He told me to HAVE FUN and to make everyone laugh and to make every experience or appointment fun somehow. See what I'm having to leave?!
Believe me, I didn't let Heavenly Father get away too easy with all of this though. I had a lengthy lecture with him after I got the call about the transfer letting Him know I was not happy with Him. He kindly put into my head the talk "Grateful in Any Circumstance" by President Uchtdorf that we've been sharing with members for the past week. It's about being thankful in the midst of trial. Point taken Heavenly Father.....woops.
Sorry this email isn't long...I don't know what else to say. I hope everyone had a great week, I'll let you know where I'm at in the world next Monday.
Our last weekly planning...
Brother Sypher knows I don't like vegetables so he surprised me with putting all fruits into my salad instead I'm going to miss him so much it's ridiculous :'(
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