Hello everyone,
I hope this email finds you well. I am doing great! My new area has been so awesome, and I just love Sister Dees. She is from Orem, she has flaming red hair, she has been on her mission for 3 months, and she is just tons of fun.
Monday was my last full day in Miami Lakes. That night we had a Family Home Evening activity for less-active and recent converts. There was a ton of ward members that came, and they were all so concerned at the possibility that Sister Smith and I would be transferring out. We were also so happy when Alideisy came. She is a little shy, but I think she ended up having a really good time. We had a lesson, then played a game where we set up a huge circle of chairs in the gym with a blindfolded person in the middle. Then someone would have to make an animal noise and the person in the middle had to decide who made the noise, it was pretty hilarious. Thankfully the animal noises are the same in English and Spanish, so Sister Smith and I were set. That night we had transfer calls. They made TONS of changes. They ended up combining the Miami Lakes missionaries so instead of having a set of Elders and Sisters there will only be Elders in the area. The ward was sad to hear that we would be leaving, and I will miss them. They are just so awesome!
On Tuesday we packed up our house, then went to the church for a last zone activity. That night we went to say goodbye to Alideisy. She was sad that we would be leaving, and we were sad to leave her. I just love her so much, but we assured her that the new Elders would take care of her.
On Wednesday we finished packing then went to say goodbye to a less active member that we have been working with named Jaqueline. She has been through so much stuff, especially in the few months that we have been visiting her. She was sad to see us go as well. She has a hobby of making candle bowls, she dumpster dives for old candles that stores throw away, then melts them all together in a bowl. She gifted one to Sister Smith and I, it was super cute. I told Sister Smith she could have it though, not exactly sure what to do with that.
Thursday was my first full day in Silver Lakes and it was great! Sister Dees and I have been working a lot on organizing our new area. We saw an awesome miracle that day when we were knocking. We knocked on a door and an adorable lady answered the door, didn't even wait for us to introduce ourselves, and with the usual Latin hospitality ushered us in. Once we were sitting on her couch with a glass of water and some cookies she allowed us to state our purpose. She immediately accepted a message of Jesus Christ in behalf of herself, her friend who was visiting, her daughter, and her daughter's friend. We ended up teaching all of them. It was so awesome because she told us that she has always been really confused by all the different religions, and all the corruption that she saw in her Christian churches in Venezuela. We were able to answer all of her questions, and then we shared the first vision. At the end she just told us that she had never felt anything like that before. She and her daughter both accepted to be baptized! Her name is Carla, and she arrived from Venezuela just 5 months ago.
That night I was able to meet a recent convert from Sister Dees and her former companion. Her name is Patricia, she is an adorable old lady from Colombia. She works at a shop called NothingBundt Cakes, so every time I have seen her since I got here she has given us cake or cookies. She is so sweet. We were going to try to go to the temple that night to do baptisms with her, but due to a lot of unforeseen circumstances we will have to postphone that to next week. She is just awesome though.
On Saturday we went and did service with the other sisters that we live with. Their names are Sister Cook and Sister Cardoso. Sister Cook is from New Mexico, and Sister Cardoso is from Mexico but they are working in the English ward. We went to help one of their members with a garage sale. We put up signs all over the neighborhood to advertise, and helped her set out all of her things. This lady had SO many shoes, bags, clothes, etc. It was crazy. Her sweet mom, an adorable old lady, was helping us too. She went off for about 20 minutes about how material things don't really matter, and how family and God is what will bring us happiness. It was so cute, and we completely agreed with her.
On Sunday I got to go and meet the branch! Our branch mission leader is Hermano Suriel, he is from Dominican Republic and has a fake leg. He is awesome. Most of the branch members are old ladies with non-member or less-active husbands, which gives Sister Dees and I a LOT of work to do. They are all so sweet and I already love them. One of my favorite parts was that we called Patricia that morning because she hadn't arrived yet. She told us that she would not be able to come because she was having really bad pain in her back. We were surprised when she walked into Relief Society. The look of relief and joy on her face was so adorable, you could tell that she was so happy to be at church. It reminded me of what a blessing it is to be able to go to church each week and feel the spirit. Sometimes it is hard to focus at church, or we are hungry, or tired, but if we think about what a blessing it is to really be there-it becomes the best part of the whole week.
Anyways, that is all for this week! Love you all!
Love, Hermana Monson
My new address:
12941 NW 2nd St #1-104
Pembroke Pines, FL 33028
Jacqueline - I just lover her! She made us this candle melt bowl.
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