February 18, 2013
Sister Dudding and I think
up new "Bluff" slogans almost every day. We're making t-shirts today
for us and the DL and the ZLS with all the funny phrases we have. We're pretty
excited. :) We have a leadership conference tomorrow through Thursday of this
week and I am super excited! We are having a lot of Sisters come in the field
in the next two transfers (15!?!?!) so we Sisters have to get ourselves into
gear! But it is cool because our area is SO prepared that they are looking for
a place to house the missionaries on the island! What does that mean? It means
that they will be splitting our area pretty soon with Sisters in the Bluff AND
the island! SO MUCH WORK TO DO! But what will probably end up happening is
Sister Dudding and I will get split up and we'll each take over an area. It's
nice to know that in advance because we're making sure both areas are set up so
that the work continues to go forth without hiccups after the split. So much
exciting news up north!
So any cool experiences.....mmmm,
when we’re all up in heaven and watching our videos, you can see it all! That
is the great thing about this area. Every single moment is a cool experience!
We leave every lesson saying "Only on the bluff." I have the hiccups
constantly and am probably the happiest I've been on my mission. I love that I
can just walk outside and my hair is already a curly mess that looks like I've
been at the beach all day. I love being able to contact on the beach. I love
being able to visit with people SO prepared to hear the gospel. I love being
part of a branch turning into a ward. I love serving with missionaries that are
focused on our goal. I love having the goal of baptizing be our zone goal. I
love having investigators fall into our laps. I am in the Promised Land,
people. It's real.
One such awesome story is this
- A super cool, recently-activated family that are starting a BMX track down
here in CC. They are hysterical! We went by on Saturday so they could fix
Sister Dudding's bike and they told us about the meteor that hit Russia
We also have a wonderful,
one-legged Native American member in our area that makes jewelry and every time
we go over, he has made us some other new thing. He is making me another necklace
right now and a medicine bag. Perhaps, a dream catcher after that. And he
always makes us take his food. That is one thing that is the blessing and the
curse of Flour Bluff. Because we have a branch all to ourselves of the rock stars
of CC, we have a meal appointment literally every day. I am going to become a
fatty again. They are so great but it means we eat, A LOT. Then they make us
take the leftovers, SO we don't have to buy food besides breakfast items. Ya I
know, it's more of a blessing than a curse.
I can't wait to show you all
my mission! It is awesome because I have come to terms with the fact that I am
going home, and it just makes me work harder. I was in denial about it for a
while, but I am past that now. I will be a strong finisher because people
remember how you finish your mission, not how you started it. I am ready to
rock and roll and BAPTIZE THE BLUFF!
Well, I am off to bigger and
better things! (Hobby Lobby. :) ) Talk to you soon!
Sister Giles
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