Transfer 2, semana 5

 Hello hello!


I'm not going to hide it from any of you, this week was really hard for me. I felt emotionally and spiritually dead but at the end of the week, Heavenly Father reminded me that he knows and loves me and that helped a lot. 

Me with my best friend!

Wednesday started off with part two of my emotional breakdown! (Part one was on Sunday) Basically the morning was spent crying and trying to get myself up to beat with going out and doing missionary stuff. The afternoon was good, we had some really good lessons. Then in the evening after dinner, we went to the youth activity because one of our new members was there and we wanted to support her. They were playing pickleball and I have to be in the right mood to play anything even remotely sport like. Today, I was not in the mood. But one of the leaders kept pushing me to play and instead pushed me over the edge so we had to make a quick escape so I could collect myself in the car. 

Thursday we had some missionary meetings. They were kinda boring, as meetings tend to be. One of the mission presidency councilors was there and he and his wife brought donuts, but I couldn't eat one because I was fasting! Because I had felt so disconnected from the Spirit the day before, I felt that fasting was the act of faith that I needed to do to show God that I wanted to be closer to Him. I did take a donut to go though. That night, we met up with the Jacobs for a little bit because Brother Jacobs' work was putting on a Rock Paper Scissors tournament. We stayed for about 15 minutes then went back to work! 

Friday reminded me that I don't like having to jump through corporate hoops. We went to get gas only to find out that the corporate credit card we use had been reported as lost and blocked! We called several of the other missionaries in town to see if we could use their cards (we had permission from the vehicle coordinators) but when none of them were able to meet up with us, I just paid $20 in cash and we were on our way! It only filled about halfway, we had been at less than an eighth of a tank, and reminded me of the early days of COVID when I could get a full tank for $20.We eventually were able to get a gas card to borrow and get a full tank of gas. Before dinner, we went in to Fred Meyers to buy flowers for one of our friends (she just had a baby (now they have 11 kids!)) and what an experience! It was like a grocery store merged with a department store. I wish we had been able to explore because it was such a weird experience. 

The highlight of Saturday was that I got to see a highland cow! It was so fluffy! I had been having a hard day - typical for this week - and seeing this little fluffy cow really brightened my day. Especially because I had been talking to Hermana Messick a few days earlier and she didn't know what they were. And we don't have Google so we couldn't look it up. 

After a long, emotionally wonky week, I was really looking forward to church and seeing some of the members. We got to church a little early, and were standing in the foyer talking with some new members when I felt a brush on my elbow. I turned, thinking it was a ward member, and to my surprise it was my best friend from church, Samme! She had been in Boise for a wedding and Twin Falls was on her way back home. I screamed when I saw her (looking back I feel really bad about screaming) and gave her a big hug. Poor Hermana Messick was so confused because she had no idea what was happening. Apparently my mom and Sister Jacobs had schemed to give Samme when and where church was to surprise me. She stayed for the first part of church and then had to leave to head home. After church, we had a ward lunch and it was fun to see, and eat, all the different kinds of food everyone brought. These two things really reminded me of God's love. 

Reunited and it feels so good! Monday we had exchanges. Hermana Beard came back to Twin for the day and it was so nice! It was like nothing had changed. Our apartment was even the same because we hadn't moved her bed yet. We spent the day visiting a lot of the new people we are teaching that Hermana Beard hadn't met but we knew she would love. It was so nice to get to spend the day with her and tell all of our inside jokes again.

My experience on Sunday really was a testament to me that God knows and loves us each individually. No one except for Him could have known that I needed my friend to come see me. So remember, God loves you. And He loves you because you're you. Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee," this verse is God talking to Jeremiah, but it applies to all of us. God knew us then, He knows us now! And He wants us to be happy. 

Well, hopefully this wasn't a downer. I'm so grateful to have a companion who is so kind. Hermana Messick took such great care of me as I broke down. I hope you all have a great week!

Much love, 
Hermana Soh 


The trio reunited

Hermanas Messick and Beard

Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament




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