Sister Brianne Watson: Stayin' Down in G-Town

Transfer calls are in, and I'm STAYING in Georgetown!! This will be my fourth transfer in this area, and my third transfer with Sister Brown. I seriously feel SO blessed! I was convinced that I was leaving since President Stoker didn't like keeping missionaries in areas for more than 3 transfers but our new mission president likes it, so here I am! I really was starting to think that I couldn't handle another six weeks in this area because I feel like I've done all I can and I'll start getting bored of the same people, towns, etc. but as soon as we got the text that said we're safe, I felt an overwhelming confirmation that my work wasn't finished and the Lord needed me here a bit longer. I'm excited to see what lies in store for the Georgetown Sisters!

This past week was CHAOTIC. Half of it was spent in West Newbury which is in the elder's area. We were extremely low on miles, we aren't allowed to proselyte in their area, and ALL of our plans fell through. It was pretty rough, but of course we saw a pretty cool miracle. One of the members in the ward has a granddaughter named Haley who isn't a member. She will be 17 soon and she loves coming to church and being in the primary with her grandma. Since she lives in West Newbury, we decided it would be fun to take her out to ice cream and get to know her better. We are hoping that down the road she will be open to taking lessons and progressing further in the church. It was a great visit! She really likes us AND we were able to join the young women that night in painting her room for a service project. There is great potential with her :)

Yesterday Sister Brown and I were out tracting/street contacting in Ipswich for two hours but within those two hours, great miracles happened!

1. We walked up to a house and knocked on the door and a woman answered. After we did our door approach she looked at us and said, "you know I'm a Mormon, right?" WHAT? Ummm no, we didn't. Apparently she used to live in Newburyport but she moved and the church lost contact with her. It was a huge miracle that we were able to find her! It doesn't sound that cool, but trust me...we were super excited.

2. As we were walking in downtown Ipswich, we ran into a man named Donald for the THIRD time. In my few months in this area, I have met with him twice and again last night. The first time, he took a Book of Mormon and we set up a return appointment. I guess he told us the wrong address or we wrote it down wrong because we couldn't find his apartment. The second time we met him, we made SURE that we had the right address and set up another return appointment. Again, we couldn't find his apartment. Then, we found him again last night and I straight up asked him where he lived, how far away he was, what he lived around, etc. I was not about to lose Donald again for the third time. None of his New Englander directions made any sense to my mind so we just set up an appointment to meet on the River Walk instead. He has a deep love for Jesus Christ and he's already read some of the Book of Mormon. He is so eager for Jesus Christ to come down and be in his presence someday and when I told him that Christ came down to visit the people on the earth in the past, he was stunned! We are going to read 3 Nephi 11 with him tomorrow during our appointment because there is so much power in that chapter. Anyway, yeah, it was a miracle that we found Donald for the third time and set up a solid appointment at a location we are familiar with. Obviously he's prepared if he was put in our path THREE times!

JESSICA IS HAVING A GIRL!!!! Many of you have probably already heard, but my older sister Jessica is having a baby, and she found out that it will be a little girl this past week :) :) :) I am seriously so happy for her! This will be her first, therefore my family's first since she is the oldest. Luckily, I will be home for when she has her baby so I'm not missing too much. Since I thought it was my last week in Georgetown, I went a little crazy at the thrift store I serve at in Gloucester and I got a whole bag full of girl's clothes for her. I'm going to be the beeeesssttt aunt in the world.

I really really don't have a lot of time and I am SO SORRY. We have a lunch appointment soon, then a dinner appointment, then a family home evening lesson with a less active family (woo!) and we've gotta hit the road. I sure love you all though!!

Feel free to write me, ya know, since I'll be here for another 6 weeks :)

88 High St
Apartment #3
Ipswich, MA 01938

I love this gospel, and I love being a missionary, and I love this area, and I love my companion, and I love this ward, and I love New England, and I love being able to stay here longer with Sister Brown.

Remember, "this gospel WORKS. And it works wonderfully." -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Love, Sister Watson