Week 56: June 20, 2017: Ive been transferred back to Independence MO Visitor Center again!

Well lots of things have happened since I sent a decent email haha! I have been transferred back to Independence MO and am serving in the Visitor Center again! I was a little surprised to find out that I was being transferred because most people stay in Kaw River (the area I was in) for at least 3 or 4 transfers and I had only been there for 2 but I got kicked out and now my companion and I have the huge blessing of being able to open up a spanish branch in the Independence Stake. The branch is called Santa Fe and I'll give you a little update about it and me.

-It is only about 5 months old because it was just created in February.
-For the past 5 months, only elders have been serving here so Hermana Farnsworth and I are the first sisters to be serving here!
-it is completely spanish so I will finally have TONS of time to speak it!
-a lot of the members are from the Riverview branch (the first area that I served in on my mission) so I already know and love lots of the members
-we didn't have an areabook or a list of members for the first 3 days that I was here. We had gotten a little bit of info from the Elders but they whitewashed the area and are both brand new to it too so we literally started with nothing haha.
-The branch president of Riverview when I was there is now the branch president for santa fe so I get to continue working with him!
-we got our area all organized though and are ready to WORK


Because we haven't been here long and we are opening up the area, we have had to start from scratch. We have spent most of our time since being here meeting with members from the auxiliaries to introduce ourselves, get to know them, share a message, and ask for referrals and it has been super good. We met with the RS president this week who is SO good and so dedicated to fulfilling her calling. She has been a huge help and had such a neat life too.


Oh and my comp is Hermana Farnsworth!! She is super sweet and such a hard worker! She has been out for about 9 months and is from Utah. She literally is so good at following the spirit and talking to everyone. She is so good at realizing gods will and acting on it. I have already learned so much from her. We have been talking in spanish ALL THE TIME with each other so that we can actually learn because we are both white girls trying to learn haha but I have already learned SO MUCH. And it hasn't been bad at all because the gift of tongues is so real. It takes a lot of studying and hard work to qualify for it and my brain hurts like all the time from thinking in spanish but I know that itll all work out!


We have a lesson tomorrow with the brother of a recent convert! We have been trying to work a lot through the members because we dont have much to go off of in our area and the members are super involved in missionary work. It is a little funny when we drive or walk down the street and literally stop to talk to anyone and everyone that looks like they may speak spanish haha but it has really helped me to get out of my comfort zone.


I still think that I forgot to say some stuff but I love you all lots! Thanks for supporting me and loving me! I really appreciate all of it and its super sweet. Mom, tell Chelsea I say thank you for the box that she sent and also tell Tamara thanks for her generosity! Keep sending me pictures and updating me on your lives! Its good to hear from you all


Have a good week and love you all lots!