G'day!
I have been transferred to a small town south of Adelaide
called Murray Bridge. Lots of dirt roads and such. I drove myself there, we met
with our zones at certain times in the morning on tuesday and all split with
our new companions immediately and returned to our new areas. We also cover the
surrounding even smaller towns like Callington, Mannum, Wellington, etc. Murray
Bridge was a branch just about a year ago and has only recently been turned
into a ward. The ward is about 70% Samoan. During the hymns yesterday I was
blown away because they sing so powerfully! I thought it was just a rumour, but
it is true! Murray Bridge is named Murray Bridge because we have a massive
river named the Murray River that runs right through it and there is a huge
bridge over it. We have to cross the bridge to get to church.
My new companion is Sister Freitas (Fray-tas) from Brasil.
She is the only Brasilian in the mission. She only just finished her training,
so we are learning the area together. We have a lot in common and just this
week we have worked really well together so I am excited for the transfer.
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| Me and my new companion |
The area really needs a refresher. We only have one
progressing investigator, so we have decided to find like crazy. The hard thing
about being in such a small town is every single door has been knocked and
everyone already knows the missionaries. But, even though that is the case it
was a week of miracles.
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| It's beautiful |
The first experience we had was when we were knocking a
street. We were having no luck and it felt useless. So we decided to go back to
the car and pray and ask if we were in the right place, if we should continue
knocking or go somewhere else. When we got into the car I tried to turn it on
so that we could pray with A/C because it was about 35 degrees. The key would
not turn. It felt stuck. So I took it out and put it back in and tried to turn
it again. Would not budge. I tried many different things, even my companion
tried and the key would not budge. Sister Freitas looked at me with wide eyes
and recounted a story from just the previous week. Her and her past companion
were walking back to the car when she saw someone and she felt impressed to go
talk to that person. Her companion got into the car and she said a prayer in
her heart that said, "If you want me to go back and talk to that person
make the car not work. Make it stop right now." The car at the time
worked, so she took that as her answer and they drove away. As she told me this
I felt the need to get out of the car. We said a prayer and continued to knock
the street. (Kinda had to since the car would not work haha). We ended up
finding two people who scheduled return appointments with us. If we had just
walked away because it felt useless, we would have never found those two
people. When we got back to the car when we finished the street I put the keys
in, and they turned.
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| Ready to hit the roads |
Another experience from this week. Our new district leader
was bitten by a White tip spider. They are deadly and the poison eats away at
your flesh. He had to be taken to the hospital in Adelaide and to get there
they needed our car because they don't have one. We expected they would be back
later that day. They stayed the rest of the week in the hospital and he had
surgery. In fact, they are still there as I type this. So what does that mean
for me? Bikes. All day, everyday. We biked in 40 degree heat all day these past
4 days. It was... great. Because we both have no idea where we are going we
attached the GPS to my bike! We called it the Bat Bike.
Yesterday we were biking to an appointment and a guy in a
car slowed down beside us and yelled, "ARE YOU THE JEHOVAHS?!" I
yelled back, "NO, WE ARE MORMONS!" He had no idea who the Mormons
were, he pulled over and asked us what the difference was. I showed him the
Book of Mormon and explained this is the main difference between us and all the
religions. It is another testament of Jesus Christ. He was very interested and
we will be having our first lesson with him next Saturday!
There were many more little miracles throughout the week.
Heavenly Father answered my prayer by showing me why I am here. There is work
for me to do and I cannot wait to see what this transfer has in store for me!
I love you all,
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