Semana 41
Olá família!!
Tuesday night, 6:00pm. Phone call
from the zone leaders:
"Alright everyone, listen up.
This transfer is a big one so everyone pay close attention. Only ONE
companionship stayed the same and the rest switched up."
My heart dropped, and I knew that I
was being transferred.
"Sister Gallo, you will stay in
Urick Graff, and your new companion is Sister Morais. Sister Brown, you are
being transferred to SOUSA, Paraíba. You turned SISTER TRAINER LEADER and will
be companions with Sister Carvalho AGAIN for her last transfer of her mission.
Parabéns, Sister!"
When I heard that, I immediately
burst into tears. I couldn´t believe that I was going to have to leave my new
missionary that I was training, to be companions with my trainer AGAIN, the
hardest companion I ever had. Living with her for the second time in Mossoró
was terrible, and now as companions again. My head was spinning so hard I
didn´t even know what to think. Everyone was congratulating me on turning
Sister Trainer Leader, but ever since the moment I learned I´d be companions
with her again I only felt fear set into my heart.
But. I know that there is a purpose in
this. I know that this truly is REVELATION from God that President had to put
us together again. This NEVER happens in our mission. But I´m determined to
learn the lessons with her that the Lord wants and expects of me. So, I said my
goodbyes to our converts and favorite families of Mossoró. I said bye to my
"filha" Sister Gallo. I packed my bags and took a bus from Mossoró to
Sousa, 5 hours away.
Sousa is the farthest area of our
mission (9 hours from Natal) - in a completely different state (Paraíba, not
Rio Grande do Norte), and is very different. It´s super hot here too - and we
often don´t have water in our apartment and have to take bucket showers..
yikes.
President sends his best missionaries
to Sousa. The people are different here. We´re serving in a branch here,
and unfortunately this area wasn´t treated very well by the missionaries in the
past and we are the first missionaries that were sent to "fix" the
relationship between the members and missionaries here. It´s been difficult this
past week but we have successfully won the trust of the branch leaders and
members. So far I really like the members here and I´m going to do my best to
serve the people of Sousa, and serve the sisters here in the Sousa zone.
To answer questions - Sister Leader Trainers
take care of all of the sisters in the zone, which includes the two other
sisters that live with us, and sisters that are serving in Pombal, a city an
hour or so away from Sousa. We also have to travel to Natal (yes the whole 9
hours) once a month for mission council. Other than that I don´t really know
what else because I´m still learning about my responsibilities :)
This week we also had 2 baptisms of
old investigators of the sisters - two primary boys who are a part of part
member families.
Crazy story for the week -
So we share lunches and are serving
in the same branch as the zone leaders, and one day at lunch this week we were
talking about music and I mentioned that I played the harp. Elder Sena (ZL) is
a professional soccer player from Paraguay, and after my comment he said,
"NO WAY. I play the harp too!" And of course I was like, "yeah
right of course you don´t play harp..." but turns out he DOES! Hahahah
what a small world - he is the first person I have met on the mission that
plays harp or even knows anything about what a harp is haha. Who would have
thought that a professional soccer player from Paraguay would play the harp...
super cool.
I don´t have much else to tell about
this week, other than the Lord´s ways are higher than ours. He is our Father
who knows what is best for us. I am determined to learn what I need to learn,
to help and support my companion, and to find the people that the Lord has
prepared for me here. Maybe this transfer isn´t so much about the investigators
and future baptisms that I´ll have but more so about the companionship. I trust
in the Lord and have a testimony that He really does work in mysterious ways!
I love you guys, and I´ll talk to you
all next week!
Sister Brown
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