SURPRISE!!!

February 25, 2013

Remember when I got set apart and President Terry told me that I would have many challenges on my mission and seek them out? Well, get ready for the story of the week! :)

So, Monday night while we are planning, Sister Smith comes over and says, “Hey, are the new sisters here yet?”

(P.S. Training was actually in Corpus, not Laredo. :(

We were very confused and said no they are coming tomorrow and

she said, O really, the Choules (housing coordinators) said they are coming up tonight.

(Sister Giles and Sister Dudding confused).

THEN we get a text from Sister Trayner that says “Hey we’re at HEB right now. We have 2 new sisters for you to meet. We'll be there in 10.

Jaw drop

Clean the apartment AGAIN

Wait for new sisters

President and Sister Trayner show up with two greenies that got in on Monday morning.

SURPRISE!

We then worked with the two greenies and a companionship from Laredo for the next three days (two trios).

Then, at the end of the conference, President Traynor announces that Sister Dudding is taking over the island, I'm staying on the Bluff, and we’re both training. Effectively immediately.

Jaw drop. AGAIN.

SOOOOOOOOO, I'm a mommy again. Maybe fifth times a charm. :)

The Leadership Conference was AMAZING! I probably had way more fun than I should have. I just had such an amazing realization this week of how much I LOVE being a missionary and how much I LOVE everyone here. It was interesting being at the point I am in my mission and a lot of my friends being around the same point too and realizing that we all don't have much time left together. It's weird, but fun to all be in the same boat and kicking it up a notch together! I'll have to tell you more of the stories from Leadership Conference post mission if you know what I mean. But one of my favorite moments was role-playing in a group with my district leader and one of my zone leaders and telling my district leader that I would make him cookies if he cried. He had tears streaming down his face. It was NUTS! But seriously, I can't even tell you how much I love everyone here. I hope you are excited to meet my mission friends because I think I have invited every single one of them to our house. :) I can't help myself!

In other news, investigators are doing great! We are looking for two of them to have a baptism on Wednesday. Then we are having one on Sunday and then a few more in the coming weeks! The work up here is progressing amazingly! I can't think of anywhere else I would rather be!

I wish that I could truly tell you everything in my mind right now but I have never been more of an ADD person in my life. I am filled with so much joy that I think I might just burst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kate