Week 1

First week of the transfer! We had so many new members and friends to meet. Except we didn't get any of their contact info to update in our area book until halfway through the week. So that was interesting. 

We went to the dog shelter on Friday and got to walk some dogs:) some of them don't have names so I like to name them just for fun. But my most favorite dog actually has a name. Her name is Sadie and she's the sweetest pitbull on this planet. We became friends a few weeks ago and then she was back at the shelter this week. But she's getting adopted!! So happy for her.

Hna Johansen and I found ourselves at Bucees twice this week🤷‍♀️ it's like Disneyland. 

This week my favorite scripture has been Deuteronomy 8:2 "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no." Heavenly Father gives us opportunities for us to show Him what we really care about, and how far we will go for Him. Good reflection stuff right there.

Hermana Eastman

Hi dad!

I thought I'd send you an email since I don't get to talk to you much. Won't it be fun when I come home and we can just spend time together! We can talk about all our spiritual findings and watch Super 8 or something. I'm pretty sure spring training starts next month so I hope you are looking forward to that. 

This week I felt like the little bumps on my path seemed so hard. For example:

I accidentally almost gave a member a seizure because I flicked the lights on and off at our ward fhe to get everyone to be quiet and apparently she has epilepsy.. so that caused a scene. 

We knocked on the door of someone the sisters had been teaching and the apartment manager came out and told us that this was an apartment complex for mentally ill people and we should leave and not take advantage of them.. so once again little bump that seemed so hard.

This man quizzed me on where Jesus was born because apparently some other missionaries told him He was born in America (which I don't believe is actually true) and so he doubted that I knew the correct answer and asked me over and over like 5 times after I said BETHLEHEM. Anyway.

Not to seem trodden down but man idk how Heavenly Father deals with all of us down here. He only has imperfect people to deal with. So I'm very grateful He hasn't given up on me yet. 

I'm fairly certain this is the hardest thing I've ever done. But I'm pretty sure I've grown a lot. If anything, I've grown to love the scriptures a lot more. So I'm going to keep going and hope that something good will come out of this. That in the end my faith will actually be stronger than it was before. 

I hope you have a good week at work! Don't forget to take time to recharge physically and spiritually.

I thought of a really good birthday present for you!! But it's going to cost like 5000 dollars so I'll have to give it to you in a couple of years. 

Love you!!

Emma