Week 12

I can't believe that my second transfer has come and gone. Time goes by so fast out here. Well Saturday we received transfer calls. And the verdict is I AM TRANSFERRING to sandy creek. It is not to far from St. Louis. It is kinda in the Arnold Missouri area. I am kinda excited to be in the city. But I also am sad to be leaving the Fredericktown area. I love all the people here. I am going to miss them so much. But here is the interesting twist to transfers Sister Minyard is also transferring. They are whitewashing this area again. Sister Minyard is going to Potosi which is still in the same district. They are basically swapping the elders potosi and bringing them to fredericktown and sending the sisters to potosi. So it is kinda weird. But Heavenly Father knows what he is doing.

My new companion will be Sister Webb. Sister Minyard trained her. So I feel like I know so much about her already. Funny story so about 15 mins or so before we where suppose to get the call to see about transfers I said wouldn't it be funny if I became companions with Sister Webb. I thought that was so funny. The other funny thing is so Sister Minyards new companion will be Sister Richardson who Sister Webb finished training last transfer.

The next few days will be kinda crazy for us we both have to say our goodbyes, pack, clean the apartment and car and go to our new areas. 

I am going to miss this area. Yes it may be a very small town in the middle of now where (aka the sticks) in missouri and they maybe a lot of rednecks and country people but I love them I will miss all the members so much. I didn't think leaving an area would be so hard. I had a friend tell be before I left that a mission is just a series of goodbyes and now I understand. We broke the news to the branch yesterday during fast and testimony meeting. I was the one to say it and all I remember is before I said it everyone's face was all happy and smiling at me and the immediately after I said we where both transferring there faces looked like you had taken a ballon that was fully inflated to like it had lost a lot of air. But I am so grateful for the members here. I have learned so much from them. They have helped us in this area so much. I will never forget them.

Other then hearing about transfers this week has been great. So there is this less active Twila that we have been seening since we got here she had not been to church in over 8 years. Well yesterday made her 4 or 5th time coming to church in a row and she is now able to partake of the sacrament. It was so good to see her take the sacrament. So Twila remarried at the beginning of this year and her husband Jim is not a member yet. Well he has been coming to church with her a. He is out of town a lot so we have not been able to teach him and he says he is not interested. On Sunday Twila told us that on Jim was having a really hard time falling asleep because he felt like he needed to say a prayer for me and Sister Minyard. Well he said a prayer for us and he told Twila to tell us he said a prayer for us. It is so great when you hear even non members are saying prays for us. I know that as Jim continues to come to church he will contiune to feel the spirit and it will only be a matter of time before he gets baptized.

I hope all of you have a great week. Thanks for all the prays and support.

Love Sister Lynch