This is Sister Poulsen's mom:
I got a quick email from her this morning telling us her Itinerary for tomorrow's flight to Virginia. Yay! What a fun surprise! It was just a business letter with times and such for her flight and financial needs for the baggage, etc. She leaves the MTC at 3:30am. Yep! That is an early start to a long ol' day so pray for her.
I spoke with the Mission Office this morning, to get an idea about when we will find out her new location. The sweet office secretary recognized the caller ID and expressed enthusiasm about Sister Poulsen's arrival. She loves her calling and has a tiny accent. I think that Tara, *ehem* I mean, Sister Poulsen, won't notice the southern accent as much because the drawl sounds a little like folks from Lewiston. *laugh*
This neat sister explained that Sister Poulsen will arrive tomorrow afternoon and be picked up at the airport with her fellow MTC companions. They will be driven to a nearby chapel and fed dinner. They will each have an interview with the Mission President and then have a teaching opportunity. They will stay the night there at the Mission Home and then they will get their first assignments and meet their trainer companions and travel to their new areas.
We will hear from her next on Monday, March 7th. I will get an email from the office staff by the end of the week, with the information about her new area and photos of her with President and Sister Baker and her new companion. *big smiles*
Also here is a neat tidbit. She found the very skirt that we looked and looked everywhere to find in the months of shopping. We tried to find a tan colored skirt everywhere, but all we could find in January were black and gray winter clearance things. Ugh. And then she found one today. It was right there in the MTC gift shop on the day before she leaves. My first thought was that the Lord provides at the very moment of our need. Right? Trust in Him, after all that you can do. *grin* Who knew that a sermon could be preached from shopping trips, huh?
At the very end of her quick note, she added this:
So, I'll share something cool.
With one of our investigators, the one that was so sad. Well, for the first few lessons, she didn't want to pray at the end. She just didn't feel like she was very good at it. But by the 3rd lesson, she finally mustered up the courage to do it. WOW! When an investigator prays, the room just fills with the spirit. It is so cool! "The spirit of God like a fire is burning" is pretty much an exact description of the feeling. You could feel the love from Heavenly Father just poor over us.
So there is my cool story for the day.
I don't have a ton of time to write, I've gotta go pack!
Getting pretty scared. But also excited! I just have no idea what to expect!
Peace and blessings. Write me soon,
Loves, Sista Poulsen
Awesome. In the actual sense of the word.
Tomorrow she will be standing in Virginia.
~ Lisa
