So we go to a Zone Meeting last Tuesday at 4pm and have a little bit of training from the Zone Leader's and then at the end they tell us our transfer news. Once they got to me, I knew for a fact that either Sister Lopez or myself would be transferring to a new area. This we knew because the AP's called her and said she would be training. Any way, Elder Hammond looks at me and says that I will be leaving and Sister Lopez will be staying. Ah! Just to know that we were being separated BROKE my heart, I already miss her a ton and it hasn't even been a week yet. BUT! When they tell me my new are and new Zone Leader's I about fell to the ground being overjoyed! Haha. So they tell me that I am going to the Harvest Park Stake which is in Riverton, Utah and that I would be in the Herriman Zone with the ZL's being Elder's Northrop and Salmon! AH! Elder Northrop was my District Leader in Sandy for 3 months. I was stoked. Also my MTC companion, Sister WIlliams, she's in my Zone too! haha...and then!!!! They told me my companion was going to be Sister Castro! Hahahaha this is too funny. So she was MTC companions with my trainer, Sister Wight. AND when Sister Castro and I would see each other at Zone Conferences, we would always say that some day we would be companions because we just have TOO much fun together. And it's almost been a week and by golly gracious, funniest week of my life! Some things that are cool though, 1) she's from Vaccaville(sp?), California which is between Sacramento and San Fran. AND this is the best part, she joined the church in May of 2012! We both have been member's for the same amount of time and it's the most touching thing when we both can bare witness of how the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ has changed our lives forever as being newly member's to the Church.
Here's a picture of us together :)
I come into this Stake that we serve in and the boundaries actually just changed and so we are white washing a few wards (means we are the new Sister's in the wards and don't know anyone or anything that's going on and have to well, start from scratch). That's been a little hectic, but totally possible! For sure! Oh and the best part is, we don't have a car. I never realized how spoiled I was in Sandy with a car for 6 months and in WJ with a car too because our area was so big. Now, we ask member's all the time for rides and it's amazing how willing they are to stop what they are doing to offer us a ride somewhere. It's definitely teaching me to be more organized with our planning and who we go to see. AND we are over some apartments, they are in the news wards we are covering now and we had some fun experiences the other day tracting in them. SO! This was the game, to make it fun. Sister Castro and I would walk up to a door and right after we knocked we would say a random word and we would have to incorporate it into our door approach with them. Haha so Sister Castro knocked and I told her, "Cheesecake." She gave me the funniest look and then a lady answers the door and actually invited us in. We ended up having a lesson with her, but this is so funny! When Sister Castro was testifying that the Church was true, she said, "You know, the gospel makes you feel really good, kind of like after you eat a piece of Cheesecake." HAHAHAHA that was the funniest thing and I could NOT even laugh, oh it was hilarious. So the next door we go to, I knock and she tells me, "Tiger." This guy answers the door and I started immediately testifying of how through "Christ's Atonement we can overcome our sins and transgressions and how we can relate it to a tiger with stripes. We have stripes on us that show our transgressions and that through what Christ has done and through Baptism we can have them washed away and become like a Lion." Haha most random thing ever, but at the spur of the moment the spirit was there and testified to him that it was true! We invited him to come to Temple Square with us and he said yes, that he was interested in knowing more! Sweet!
We are also teaching some other people, but I'll say more about them next week. Needless to say it has been some of the most humbling experiences for me to go through and to see them having overcome all that they have. It's amazing to watch the Atonement of Jesus Christ truly bring many changes to peoples lives as they choose to accept Him and follow His Example and live by the Father's Will for us.
I am excited to watch miracle after miracle unfold before us as we strive our hardest to seek from Heavenly Father what it is that we must know and do in order to help bring His children back to Him some day. Serving a mission is one of the most humbling experiences and is something that allows me to know the Savior more personally and come to a knowledge of all He went through, suffered, and endured not just for me but for all those whom we meet on a day to day basis. Also for my friends and even my family. The Gospel is for all and I know that it's something that can bless our lives and bring great joy, additional joy to each of us. I am so honored to be able to represent the Savior for these short 18 months, it truly is an honor and privilege.
May the Lord bless each of you as you strive to daily pray to the Father, read from the Holy Scriptures and come and attend church. He is there! I know it and I feel His presence every day. I love each of you. I hope you know that!
Eternally,
Sister Garretson
The scripture that is the theme of this past week, we have shared it with everyone we meet... it's Alma 7:14-16. Boom, love it!
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