Well everyone! This week has been one crazy one. Every time something crazy happens everyone just says only in Rancho. There is definitely a different demographic here than my last ward, but it has been a really fun learning experience. Sister Hunter is great, and I'm excited to get to know her better. STL life is a lot busier which is super fun.
Tuesday: Today we really just met the new zone and unpacked. It was stressful but exciting. Afterwards we went to mutual and they taught a self defense class. Which was soooooo fun. Sister Hunter and I got a little too into it and ended up crashing into and rolling through the gym doors. That was my first impression to the youth so basically, I've gained their trust in one fell swoop. The leaders loved that we really got into it. That took up our short rest of our night so we went home and slept really good.
Wednesday: We started off our morning at the Just One project which was unloading pallets of food and packing them into bags for four hours. I definitely gained some arm muscle later. We also did way more studying and contacting. We did some door knocking which was super fun and I learned how to make a gospel ad. Other than that it was a lot of learning about the area and the people we are teaching.
Thursday: Today we had some Facebook meetings to get our page all set up for the transfer. After our meeting we had an amazing lesson with Sarah (a member) and her friend Frank (not a member) and it rocked. We talked a lot about the enabling power of the Atonement which is always my favorite thing. We ended our night as shift leads at Centro Hispano where we tried diffusing the fires of the first week of the transfer chaos. We made it through and knocked a few doors to no avail before we crashed yet again.
Friday: Today we had correlation breakfast with our new ward and it was so fun. We have 3 sets of missionaries and we ward share with the AP's which is super fun. Our leadership is super missionary minded and I'm way excited for that. Sadly all our lessons for today canceled, but it ended up being a blessing because we had so many things pop up that we had to do. We planned exchanges, did a new Facebook ad, set up lessons and really finished weekly planning that we didn't have time to do last night. So a little slower but nice to breathe.
Saturday: Today we had the craziest lesson of my entire mission. Rhoda was almost in a diabetic coma as we were driving (with a member) to drop her off at her house. We were stressed and didn't get to share too much a a message, but I learned a lot so, what can you say? It's simply Rancho. After that crazy lesson we had another one! We felt like we should knock this non members door and we pull up to a literal drug bust, but, the Lord told us we needed to go, so we prayed and went to an inactive members house instead. She has 3 unbaptized kids that we are now teaching. Crazy the way the Lord slowly prompts you to eventually get your will aligned with his!
Sunday: We had church which was super fun and we had the Bley family show up after our crazy lesson Saturday! We were super excited and can't wait to keep meeting with them. After church we went and had a lesson with Ellie at the swap meet, which is like an indoor flea market. She is super sweet and we are hoping she comes to church next week.
All in all it's been a crazy week! Learning lots and growing lots, what more can I ask for? Also, sorry again on the pictures. I've had so many good weeks with pictures it was about time I forgot ;)
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