Adios Woodbridge
From:
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Callie Horton
(callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
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Sent:
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Mon 6/16/14 9:46 AM
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My dear
family and friends!
Well, that
sad time has come again where I will be getting transferred. And even sadder,
Hermana McBride is getting transferred too. So there will be 2 new hermanas
coming into our area behind us. We have been stressing a lot since we got the
calls to get everything ready for the new hermanas. This is a pretty sad
transfer. I have loved my time is Woodbridge SO much. I have grown so much
since I have been here. Saying goodbye to the ward yesterday was pretty hard
for the both of us. I have never felt so loved so fast by so many
people. And I have loved serving with Hermana McBride soo much! I love
that I have been able to meet some of my bestest friends on the mission. I just
feel so blessed. I will surely miss my time here. And I have also been
called to be a Sister Training Leader. It’s like a sister zone leader kind
of. I'm excited but nervous because I feel so inadequate for the job, but
the Lord has called me so He will help me!
So Vanessa is
baptized!! YAY!! It was such a beautiful baptism, but holy cow one of the most
stressful days ever. Everything started kind of falling apart last minute, but
with the help of the Lord, we got it all worked out. Satan was trying real
hard to pull us down and not enjoy the day, but its ok because Vanessa was so
happy and her happiness made us so happy and made the stress all worth it.
Vanessa told us a couple of days before her baptism that her dad wasn't going
to be able to come unless we moved the time to that evening, which was sad
because we moved the baptism date just so that he could be there. We
couldn't move it because there was already a baptism of another ward
going on at that time and we had already planned everything for the morning.
She was pretty sad about it and so were we. So we were just praying so hard
that her dad would somehow be able to make it, and then we got a call from
Vanessa Saturday morning and she said that he would be able to come! It was
such a huge tender mercy. Everything worked out perfectly in the end. And now
she is a member of the Church and nothing brings me more joy than knowing that.
We had
another really cool experience that day too. We were fasting to know how we
could help our investigator Corina because she knows it’s true and she wants to
be baptized, but she has kind of lost the flame and won't set a date and
we haven't been able to see her lately and she hasn't been coming to church. So
we were fasting and it was seriously a trial of our faith a couple of times
because of how stressful that day had been. And then that day we were eating
dinner at the bishop's house and the Elders were coming to eat there
after us so they showed up while we were finishing up eating. The Elders were
talking to the Bishop about this one member in the ward, and they said,
"Yeah, he is so great. If there is someone that won't set a baptismal date
you definitely need to bring him." And then this light bulb just went off
at the same time in mine and Hermana McBride's head. So we just looked at each
other and starting tearing up because we knew that Heavenly Father had just
answered our prayers. I have the strongest testimony of fasting. It works every
time. Fasting has helped me soo much on my mission. The Lord ALWAYS blesses us
when we make sacrifices.
I have seemed
to collect a lot of stuff on my mission so I will be sending home a couple of
boxes today. Just put them on my bed and I'll go through them when I get home.
I hope you
have the best week ever! Remember that I love you! Adios amigos!
And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.
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