Hey Y'all,
Hello everyone! So by my title you are
probably wondering what happened or oh no! There is no cause for alarm just
trying to show the best way of how stressful this first week in Hope Mills has
been! So like I said last week I am in Hope Mills with one of the MTC
companions and we are both new to the area, we are covering two wards and we have
no idea what is going on!!!! Yes! It was a very stressful week lots of hours
looking at papers with lots of name from the wards and not a lot of connecting
with faces. I have never been more grateful for members when we come for dinner
and they write down people in the ward who would be good to take out with us,
people to contact and not to contact, and other information about the
ward!
Tuesday was a hard day for me as we had to say
good bye to Dunn and say goodbye to Emily! We had breakfast with her that morning.
We had our car that was going to help us get all our stuff to transfers cancel
and so we got all our stuff into our car and Emily's. It was hard but we did
it! We had ice cream at Sunny Skies which is a very famous place here in North
Carolina. It like Farr's Ice Cream but not opened all year round! We got a ride
to Hope Mill from two great sisters from Hope Mills 1 and 2 ward. We had a
coordination meeting with 1st ward WML and it went great and we had a lot of
questions. It will be great and love Brother Pinegar already!
Wednesday we had Zone Training which I
thought was weird it has been a long time since we had Zone Training after
Transfers. It was nice to stay in the Zone but hard to see so many of my
missionary friends gone. Its time to make new ones now! We had a lot of
instruction on being Bold and committing those to baptism. Sister Bingham had
a great experience when we got to teach together for the first time and we did
very well. We were unified enough to get to the purpose of the role play and
the other Elders noticed! We saw one of our investigators who is great and has
been meeting with the sisters for awhile.
Thursday we pretty much were
inside working on the area book and other book work and trying to set things up
and meet people. We still are trying to figure out who is in which ward and
which investigators go to which ward! Its been a roller coaster of confusion. I
am starting to get a hang of it. We have a great big open apartment which helps
to feel home and we are able to use the space we need! I even get to sleep on a
bunk bed!
Friday we meet our Recent
Convert and she is just amazing she is getting married at the end of the month
and then once she goes through the temple she will be sealed. Her year mark is
in June! She's getting ready for the temple and is loving everything she is
learning about! She is so open to new things and is such a missionary herself!
We had lunch with some sweet older ladies in the 1st ward and we went to
Grandsons which is a Southern Buffet restaurant! I loved it! Lots of fried
chicken, fish, fat back and any kind of southern food you could think of. I
loved the banana pudding which I will make forever now for myself.....oh so
good!
Saturday we spent a lot of time
in the apartment setting things up and putting names in the GPS and getting
things ready to start working with there was just so much needing to be
done!
With being over two wards
means to 2 church services. I was excited to be able to have two sacrament
meetings and 2 Sunday schools, and 2 relief society but by the end I was so
beat and ready for the day to be over! We didn't even go see people we were
just sitting and listening! I loved every minute of it though! We got to
help teach the Laurels in the 1st ward and that was great! I miss The Young
women program sometimes! We had dinner with the 1st wards Bishop's family and
they gave us lots of info which really helped and took a lot of stress from us.
I am glad I experienced this before started brand new in an area like in Cary!
It is helping me know I can do this!
With everything that has
happened this week I am amazed at how much I miss Dunn and the people there! It
is so different here, but I am falling in love with Hope Mills too! I miss all
my areas and the people but so glad that it is never goodbye for good! I am
excited to see all the good we do here! One thing that has been great and
rewarding is being with Sister Bingham my MTC companion and seeing how much we
really have grown. I remember being so quiet she had to get me to talk on our
trio at the MTC and now I feel like I talk to much! I can see how far I have
come to this point and see the person I have become! Its amazing what service
to the Lord can do to one person! I never thought this would become who I am
and then help to be the person I want to be. It has truly put my priorities in
perspective and what really matters to me. I can see how much I really want to
help people and teach others what I thought I was losing before. I thought I
was losing my testimony a year or so ago and now its never been more strong! I
know I have been blessed not because I have deserved it but because my Heavenly
Father has truly seen my efforts and my desire and has blessed and others I
have taught and more importantly my family! Crazy to think how short this year
has been but how much it has done for me which will go with me into eternity! I
love this Gospel and I love this work and I especially love the chance to share
what is true and what my Savior has done for me and others! I love my Heavenly
Father!
Have a great week!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
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