My goodness! It's my last week training Sister Gardner
already? I can't even believe it! It seems like it was just a month ago that I
was freaking out because I was going to be training and now here I am coming to
an end.
Let's start at last Monday! Last Monday, we went to
Hollywild with Brother and Sister F (Bishop F's parents). Hollywild is
this non-profit zoo for trained animals. It was so much fun! I was going
nuts! It's kind of like Thanksgiving Point where you get to see the lights but
you stay in your car for it. Not only that, but we went to this part of the zoo
where all these animals were roaming around. I got a bag of bread and I got to
feed the animals. I fed an emu, a cow and some deer came up to me and ate right
out of my hand. It was pretty cool. Once we finished there, we got to go to
this area they call Santa's Workshop or something like that. There you get out
of the car and it's basically a giant petting zoo at that point. I got to
pet camels and zebras. I was a pretty happy camper! I also saw some llamas but
I was kind of terrified they'd spit on me so I left that area pretty quickly.
That was easily the coolest thing I got to do in this area that was not mission
related.
Christmas was pretty good out here! It was different because
I was with families other than my own... But I can't complain! Especially
because I got to Skype y'all! Oh my goodness. I'm so glad that everyone was
there for Christmas! It was so great to see everyone - especially my nephews!
They are growing up so fast! It was hard to say goodbye of course but the
moment I ended the call, I went out and told Sister K to put me to work.
I helped her make their Christmas lunch and that got me focused back on why I'm
here pretty fast!
Later we went over to a part member's house, the C’s and
had dinner there (by later, I mean one hour after finishing lunch at the
K's. I'm a champion for eating so much food). We had an intense
discussion with Brother C, the non-member. He's a very knowledgeable man and
has done a lot of research on our religion. Sister C makes sure he doesn't
read any anti material but he's come across some. He had a lot of interesting
questions and I feel like he's the type of guy who wants answers and doesn't
really want to rely on faith. We have a return appointment with him this
Friday...this should be interesting.
Yesterday, we heard that a less-active that we've been
trying to see for a while, Brother B, was in the hospital. We've talked
to him on the phone a few times but haven't been able to see him other than
that. I guess he talked to his non-member wife about it because when Bishop
F went to see him, his wife said that the sister missionaries needed to
come. We went to the hospital after church and saw him. He had a heart attack
and he had a quadruple bypass surgery or something like that. He was having a
rough time. His wife asked us to pray with them before we left and as I was
saying the prayer, I had the most overwhelming feeling come over me. I knew
that the Savior was aware of this man and his family and that He would take
care of them. It was incredible.
Well transfer calls are this Saturday and I'm preparing
myself to hear that I'm leaving Boiling Springs. I've been here for nearly 6 months,
how crazy is that? It will be sad to leave...but I know I need the change for
my sanity. I'll let you know for sure what happens next Monday! Also sorry but
no pictures this week. For some reason, my memory cards are getting wrecked
here. This is my second memory card that the computer can't read through my
card reader.
I love y'all! I hope you have
a blessed week :)
- Sister Amy Christensen
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