11/18/2013 Transfers Week

Hello dear family,

What a crazy week this has been!  So tomorrow is transfers, Ahhhhh!  And I'm staying here in Country Club and my trainer is leaving for Mision, near McAllen.  My new companion will be Sister Judd, and she is half Korean.  Can't wait to meet her.  I'm super surprised, I thought for sure Sister Arevalo would finnish training me, especially since she's only been here for 2 transfers.  I'm super nervous because I won 't be able to depend on her knowledge of members, less active, and potential to go by anymore and directions!  Ahhh!  Also, we had first comp. training this week.  That was super awesome.  We drove down to McAllen on Thursday (3 hour drive) and President Maluenda and his wife taught us for a few hours about sharing the gospel and handling stress.  One question they asked the trainers while we were all together is, "What will your greenie remember from you after you've left?"  Super tough question, and my comp. got asked to answer.  I'm super glad she did because sometimes I don't know if she realizes how good of a missionary she is.  She said, "I hope she remembers I was diligent and loved the people."  What a correct and beautiful answer.  It has been hard sometimes this transfer because she's been sick a lot with headaches and nausea, (she's going to the doctor for a blood test soon), but I felt like we were always diligent, obedient, and loving the people.  She's been super patient with me being the awkward person I am.  One of the things we learned at the training was to set our fears aside, and TALK TO EVERYONE!  I'm glad I felt little/no guilt when President was teaching us this.  I forget how to be normal sometimes.  I think my most awkward door contact this week was a young (disinterested) young father holding his daughter.  Shortly after asking the age of his daughter I dug in my backpack and found the picture of milked-down smiling Gage, and started trying to tell him the story of Riley spilling milk on his head in spanish.  After half a struggling sentence, he says, It's okay if you need to speak in English. Then after my random story he says, "I don't want to be rude, but I'm Catholic and not interested, bye."  Oh man, everyday I'm pretty sure most of my contacts are awkward.  I trying to get better, and I'm practicing.  I think the Spanish work: torpe describes me well, at least I think that's what it is. We did actually find 2 new investigators this week from sharing a scripture from the Book of Mormon and a princple from the Plan of Salvation pamphlet. 

Funny story #2: I burnt rice so bad yesterday that I smoked the apartment and I think I will have to go buy a new pan. Oh the joys of independence.  :)

Love,

Mariah