Ni Hao! (is that how you spell it in english?)
I'll give you one guess where my companion's from...Hong Kong!
She's pretty quiet, but it'll be fun to see her grow and cool to see how
much I'll grow. I can already see how I'm being pushed out of my bubble
even more because, well, somethings I just have to do if they're going
to get done. And my goodness, it has been a long week. I almost feel
like I'm the new missionary again. I've been so exhuasted every night.
I'm still at the Visitors' Centre, got shifted to another area though,
Temple View. We cover 8 wards. Actual Temple View itself is 97% LDS
(from what I hear). 2 of the wards have boundaries that go a little bit
out of Temple View (you won't really understand what I'm talking about
until you see a map probably) and those are the two wards where most of
the work is. We also cover a Tongan ward, yes! Haha, Ready for more
islanders in my life. We showed up for Relief Society in the Tongan
ward, and the Ward Mission Leader and another girl told us about
non-members that were at church that day and I'm just excited to work
with them! One girl in the ward actually served her mission with a girl I
worked with at BYU. Small world. I got up in one ward to
bear...bare...(I never know how to spell it) my testimony, and one
member came up to me afterwards and said that he served part of his
mission in Texas & then through in "it was El Paso..." I thought he
was kidding and that maybe he heard I was from EP, but he really did
serve in EP, the Albuquerqe, NM mission. He said everyone there thought
he was Mexican (he's Samoan). Said he lived off Dyer and spent time at
Fort Bliss. Such a small world. PS 7 hours of Church yesterday...Sundays
are going to be long!
I was way sad to not be companions with Sister Tovale anymore, we
had a lot of fun together. One transfer isn't long enough. I was also
with Sister Magre for 2 days (she's from France) and I PRAY that I'll be
able to serve with her sometime, she was way too funny! Even if she
said my rainboots were funny looking and asked if they were real and if I
wore them in public, hahaha. I think that's why last week was so long, I
had 3 companions, and I've never been double shifted into an area
except my first area, but I didn't know what was going on, and the area
books aren't what they should be, so it's always fun putting the pieces
together.
Not gonna lie, I was having a little stress attack when we were at
transfers. So they had the trainers waiting outside the chapel to meet
their trainees (I still didn't know who my companion would be at that
point), and then we meet them, pretty have time to say "Hi" and then
walk into the chapel. And I was starting to feel quite overwhelmed with
the responsibility and the stress that was coming my way, but I was
really able to feel Heavenly Father's love for me and that He called me
to do this and knows exactly what's going on and that He's not going to
leave me alone. I am so incredibly thankful for the experiences I've had
on my mission where I've been able to feel Heavenly Father's love for
me so strong and that He knows me personally and is aware of everything
that I'm dealing with and experiencing and I am just so thankful to know
that I'll never be alone. As hard as it is sometimes, I love being a
missionary and I love seeing others apply the Atonement in their lives
and witnessing amazing miracles! The Church is true! Love you! Can't
want to talk to y'all! (everyone tells me I don't sound like I'm from
Texas...I need to start saying "y'all" more I guess.)
Ofa Atu (a little bit of Chinese and Tongan for you in this e-mail),
Sister Mullen
PS Attached a pic of the trainers...only because I'm the
only palagi (I think that's how you spell it) sister and feel like I
stick out like a sore thumb :) Can't wait to up to Auckland some day.
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