This week was insane! I'm pretty sure that my new missionary had one of the most eventful first weeks of any missionary! Not only were we busy, we were being entertained :)
So, Tuesday was mostly preparing for the new missionary to come in, as well as district meeting and normal visits to investigators and less actives and such. (Crazy busy)
Wednesday was the moment of truth! Transfer meeting. A wonderful member drove us there and back, the full three hour drive. :P We got there at 9:15, because I had to go to extra trainer meetings. What was fun is that my mission mom, Sister Richardson, is training too!
We got to eye the new missionaries before we found out who they would be. I had no clue who I would get, no revelation stating for sure either way here!
In transfer meeting, the new missionaries stand up, say where they're from and their name, and then read their trainer and where they'll serve. There were five new sisters... And mine was the fifth to go up, so I was pretty sure by then who I'd be training ;)
Sister Edgel! From Las Vegas!
And here's a posterity photo of me, my trainer, her new missionary, and my new missionary:
Anyway, Sister Edgel is great! I am so excited to be with her for the next three months.
Wednesday is mostly an adjusting day... Then Thursday we actually go out and she taught her first lessons! We saw mostly members on Thursday, and there were some hilarious moments... Let's just say 90+ year old women don't always find it necessary to keep it completely missionary appropriate... But it was really good! We picked some wildflowers, and Sister Edgel arranged them (she took a Flower Arranging class at BYU).
The next day, we saw some investigators. This was fantastic! The Spirit was super strong in many of our lessons, and we invited one investigator to be baptized and she said yes! Now, she has a lot of things to work on before she'll be quite prepared for baptism, but that's normal! We also did weekly planning, which is always fun. I really love weekly planning, it's so important to have a good, organized week!
Saturday we also invited an investigator to be baptized and she said yes! Sister Edgel and I joked that she's 2 for 2 :) It was a really good day though, we visited three investigators and found one new. We even tracted for the first time for Sister Edgel! Tracting is one of those things that sounds intimidating before you actually get started, but once you get going it's really not that bad. And it's a great way to get out and meet a lot of new people.
Sunday, I substituted as chorister in sacrament meeting and pianist in Primary... and I did surprisingly ok! Probably helped that the only full song she had me play was "I am a Child of God" and the other one was melody only :)
Spiritual thought for the week: Holy cow, it is so true that the Lord can take our weaknesses and make them strengths. When I first came out, I wasn't too nervous about the possibility of training. The longer I've been out, and the more missionaries I've met, the more I've come to realize how important training is, and how much I have to learn. But the Lord doesn't ever as us to do more than we can, and most importantly, He will strengthen us to be capable of handling whatever He sends our way. I am definitely far from a perfect missionary, or a perfect teacher, but this is what the Lord has called me to do, and He will make a way for it to happen. Also, miracles happen during training! Already seeing the truth of that :)
Also, can I just say that almost all my companions have had unique first names (plus me)? Devynne, Nakelle, Saisha, Shylie, Sinaretta, Taran, Janea... Elizabeth...Good thing we go by last names, we don't have to worry so much about having people pronounce our first names!
Love you all! Weather isn't looking too bad this week :)
Sister Barret
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