And the last transfer begins!!My new companion is such a gem! Her name is Sister Fahey! She is 23 years old, hails from Blanding, Utah, is super sarcastic, loves people, is a great gospel teacher, and just loves to have FUN! Everything you would want in a companion! Oh and bonus, she LOVES Lord of the Rings too :) This is going to be a LEGENDARY transfer. That is my theme for this transfer. MAKE IT LEGENDARY.
So I was with the Poquoson sisters for a bit after sending Sister Nelson off! She will be missed! That was a fun few days! The L's helped us conserve miles a bit and so we got to be with them for a few hours. We called it the party truck, because it was quite the party! They are wonderful :)
We have a pretty new district so we got to meet them on Friday! Sister Jones is training a new sister, and a few of the elders got switched around as well. We did some really fun activities, including playing with play-dough. YUP. Missionary work is fun :)
We had dinner with a less active and his son one night. We had these delicious steak, broccoli, and mushroom kabobs :) But it is so fun to teach these people, and see the light of the Gospel start to fill them again. Ugh I just love being a missionary can't you tell?!?
We got to attend ward council Sunday morning, it was AMAZING. I can't stop bragging about this AMAZING ward that we are a part of!! They just understand what their callings are, and they execute them to the fullest. They understand that we should be focusing on individual families and people, and that is such a relief for us! It takes the burden off of our shoulders. We are so concerned about so many people, so when the ward council steps in and helps out, it is such a wonderful thing!
Something super strange and hilarious also happened! So sacrament meeting had come to a close and just before the closing prayer the high council brother jumps up (literally) and says "Brothers and sisters the bathrooms have been clogged and are not working so there will be no more meetings after this. You are free to go home, thank you." WHAAAA? We totes thought it was a joke at first, but NOPE is it some city rule that if the bathrooms in a building are not working no one can be there. SO church was pretty much cancelled for the rest of the day! HAHA crazy right?? We felt bad because the elders has so many investigators there and we were going to be talking about baptism in the next class! But hey, what do you do :)
Other than that we are just meeting some crazy but wonderful children of God! I am trying to introduce Sister Fahey to people so she can feel confident taking over this amazing area!
Again, if I have not said it enough. I love being a missionary. I love teaching. Serving. Growing. Learning. Something neat I learned from District meeting that I wanted to share for my thought for the week is this:
"You don't have to understand it all to feel it all."
Sometimes people worry that they want to know EVERYTHING about the church before entering into the waters of baptism. Or people want all their questions answered before trying to come back to church. The list goes on. But, what truly matters is how the church and the gospel of Jesus Christ makes you feel. Do you feel His redeeming love? Do you feel the peace from the Spirit? Do you feel your sins are forgiven as you repent and take the sacrament? Feeling is the key :)Love you all!!! I love the church!!! I love My Savior!!!
Have a blessed week y'all
Sista Poulsen
Bonus from the Question Email:
Q: How's the weather?
A: Man the heat has been interesting! IT is super nice today, but the humidity that last few days has been killer. It will take me a minute to adjust to the humidity. I don't mind the heat, it's just the feeling of being in a sauna that kills me. :P
Q: What is your last new companion like?
A:She is FAB. Such a funny human, and she just likes to work hard but have TONS of fun all at the same time! It is going to be a good transfer :) She likes to eat junk food and loves lord of the rings :) She's pretty rad.
Note: Tara's cousin is leaving next week for her LDS Mission to London, England. Kristen will be in the MTC for a few weeks and will fly out on the very day that Tara comes home. They will most likely pass each other in the air going in opposite directions.
Tara says: Kristen is going to do so good as a missionary. I have a letter for her sitting on my desk right now! I am going to miss her so much! :( Still praying for a miracle that I can see her at the airport?!?!?) I just love her!
Q: Did you get a homemade/grilled hamburger yet?
A: HAHA almost! Someone said that were going to make us turkey burgers, but ended up last minute not :( SO SAD! Hopefully soon :)
