4/1/2014

Dear Family,

I don't think I've ever pulled so many u-turns in my life than I did this past week.  I have no idea where I'm going! 

    Sister Tippetts walked in the door of the Harlingen Chapel with the biggest smile I've ever seen and greeting with me with a hug.  Then she told me I was her step-mom.  My jaw dropped.  What?!  I had NO idea I was going to finnish training her.  The assistants to the president are suppose to call you a few days ahead of transfers and have a training for new trainers, but I never got a call.  Then after the fact, I learned that they don't call you or give you any instruction when you are finnishing training someone, just when you are training a brand new greenie.  I was so nervous that first day!  But all is well and Sister Tippetts is wonderful!  She is so ready and willing to work hard. 

    It amazes me to see how the Lord blesses us even when we have no idea what we are doing.  This week reminded me a lot of the first week in the mission field where I just had to rely on the Lord to provide miracles, and truly he has.  We still found new investigators and taught. The hardest part of this week was Saturday morning when Rachel called us and told us she didn't want to get baptized on Sunday.  Her family is very Catholic and we have had to help her overcome family doubts before.  It was super hard, but we are keeping eyes forward and depending on God and doing everything we can to help her gain a firm testimony. 

   One of the members we took to a lesson with us served with Johanne 3 months ago, so that was pretty crazy to find out--Elder Rodriguez.

One reason I love my new companion: she sneaks into my bathroom and draws a mustache on the mirror then gives me instructions: 1. place face here, 2. close one eye. 

Love you,

Hermana Campbell