Mechanicsville, here I come!‏

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net) .
Sent:	Wed 9/04/13 1:22 PM
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HELLLLLOOOOO!

 

Sorry that the email is a little late! It was already sad enough that we had to wait an extra day to email and then yesterday the internet was down at all of the libraries that are around us! Twas a sad day. But never fear! The email is here!

 

So I got transferred to Mechanicsville! It was a very sad phone call when they told me that I was being transferred because I love absolutely everything about that area, but I knew it was right. And I love it here! My new companions are Hermana Olsen (Who is waiting for her visa to Argentina) and Hermana Bingham (Mom, that's the one girl that you were talking about!) They are awesome! They have both been out for 6 weeks. Yep that's right, I am training them! When I found out that I would be finishing their training I was pretty stressed out. And when I say "pretty" I mean really. But I got a blessing and I felt nothing but peace. I knew that everything would be ok. The stress was completely gone! Hermana Chambers and I had a sad parting, but I am so extremely grateful to be here in the little town of Mechanicsville! And Hermana Bingham and Hermana Olsen are AWESOME! They are WAY more advanced than I was at 6 weeks which I am so incredibly grateful for! We are really excited to learn and grow together! We are also in an english ward which is SUPER different. We got to church on Sunday and I realized that I don't know how to act around white people anymore unless they're my companions or other missionaries. But it is such an amazing ward! They are so pumped about missionary work! It really is sooo incredible. And they feed us a lot! Its delicious and brings joy and fat to my belly. It was really nice to not have a headache after church as well. I am very grateful for this ward! There are 7 missionaries in this ward and basically everyone on Sunday bore their testimony aobut how pumped they were about all of us. It was so great. There are a lot less Hispanics in this area. This area was actually only opened last transfer so we don't have a whole lot to work from, but we are excited to make it an area with lots of Spanish lessons to teach! Also, I live in a little blue town house. Looks like the cute little blue places are the way for me.

 

I am so extremely grateful for the faith of the people in Virginia! Last Monday we taught our dear sweet Elba. She told us how she lost her job because she told them that she wouldn't work on Sundays anymore, it is pretty hard for her, but she knows that the Lord will bless her and help her out. I have never seen such a change so fast in someone before! She just gets it. She knows that this gospel is important and she is willing to sacrifice for it. It is so amazing!

 

In Mechanicsville, we are teaching a man named Osbel. He is trying to learn English so we kind of teach him in Spanglish. He is awesome! We watched the Restoration DVD with him and after he asked, "How can I know for myself that this is true?" Who even asks that? He is golden! And later he asked us to bare our testimonies which was such a good experience. He just kept expressing gratitude that we were teaching him, even though it originally started out as just English Classes.

 

I am very grateful to be here in cute little Mechanicsville! I know that this is where the Lord needs me right now. As sad as it was to leave Midlothian, being here just feels so right! I love being a missionary. I love the feeling of getting lost in the work. And this is a saying that is becoming true for me, "When lose yourself in the work, that's when you truly find yourself."

 

I love you all! Have a fantastic week!

And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.