Hello there!! :) I'm sure you all are so anxious to hear who my new companion is and how all of the changes went this past week! It was a really good week! :) So here's how it all went... on Tuesday Sister Sowards and I got up and the Rainey's drove us to Manchester, New Hampshire for transfer meeting! It was kind of a rough morning! Hard thinking that we would be leaving each other but I just had to remember that quote "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!" I am so grateful for Sister Sowards! She is just so amazing and was a wonderful trainer! Anyone that has to put up with me 24/7 has to be amazing! haha...but really! I learned so much from her and it was hard to leave her! We weren't too worried though because we thought she was going to open Damariscotta which would still be our district! But we got to transfer meeting and there weren't that many sisters there...so not too many changes were happening..of course though we were some of the few! So we thought she would still be close by but then they announced everything and Sister Sowards is now in Vermont! Crazy! So they announced all of the changes that were happening and then finally they got to my area... Topsham and said "Sister Tait will be in Topsham and will be junior companion and receive Sister....................Hoffman as senior companion!" We turned to each other and we couldn't believe it! Umm we were mtc companions!!!!! hahah!! no way right?! So my "new" companion isn't really all that new! :) I guess Heavenly Father just knew that I couldn't handle too much change! Our 12 days wasn't long enough! ;) I know there's lots to learn from Sister Hoffman! We are going to have such a good transfer! It's pretty crazy that we are together with both of us just being out 3 months! All of the other sisters that we came out with are still with their trainers! So I know that this is really what's right and that Heavenly Father is really putting trust in us! It's been a crazy week but we are figuring things out! Here I was thinking I'd get this experienced companion that would know everything...haha nope! We're both still learning and adjusting and everything! haha it's great :)
So after transfer meeting we got her stuff packed it into the Rainey's car...drove two hours back to Brunswick and of course got right to work! We walked to the Hersoms house and had a great lesson with them! but then after that we didn't have much planned for the day...so we went to our last resort and started tracting! haha....so not effective... but it was something! We knocked on lots of doors but got the typical New England saying "I'm all set!" Everybody is so set in there ways here... But we're working on them! It's all about timing I'm realizing and you just never know when someone is going to be ready! There's lots of stubborn people and they just don't want to change...It's definitely been another week to think about change! Change is of course hard but good! Wednesday we went and saw Brother Eldredge! We talked about the Atonement with him, talked about changes that we make in our lives and how the Atonement helps us to change! :) It was a really good lesson! But it was also kind of sad because guess what. Brother Eldredge is leaving us! :( he's going on a cruise and won't be back until the middle of October!! AH! what are we going to do without him?!?! I just don't know! haha but it's pretty exciting for him because he's going with his sisters that live in Utah and Oregon and he's going to surprise them and finally tell them that he's been coming back to church! :D that's going to be so great! They are active in the church and know that he hasn't been in over 30 years and now he's going to tell them he's coming back and a year from now he's going to the temple! :D AHH! So amazing! That's the kind of change we like to see :)
We've got lots to do this transfer...trying to find people to teach..now we have an extra hour to fill each day where we used to have our 12 week study... and now we have another extra hour to fill each wednesday instead of brother Eldredge! But we'll figure it out! :) This week we have done LOTS of street contacting and really have been working on talking with EVERYONE!! I think that's something that we'll be working on our whole missions cuz everyone I've talked to struggles with it... But we'll keep working on it! We haven't had very much success but we did have one lady that was really nice and talked to us! I can't think of her name...but she looked exactly like Edna mode on Incredibles! haha so just picture her walking down the street! She just talked and talked to us about all the trees so it was great we went right into how God loves us and has given us all this beauty on earth! We talked to her for a bit and gave her a Book of Mormon! She said she would read it and call us and we could maybe meet another time! :D Then we got three referrals this week and were able to contact all three! Hopefully we'll gain a new investigator from one of those! His name is Mac and he's a senior in high school he worked at a scout camp and had lots of his questions answered about the church while he was there this summer and is pretty interested! We're hoping we'll be able to meet with him and possibly even teach his family! that would be amazing!! :) we'll see how that goes! but they do have some scary dogs... Just to add to the craziness of the week I got attacked by some dogs! haha we were leaving his house and being the junior companion i have to get out of the car and back her up....so i got out and these dogs jumped on me and bit my arm and ripped my cardigan... it was scary!! haha but all is well! I was mostly just disappointed about my cardigan but we laughed off the pain and now I have a dog story! haha...
So it's been an exciting week! I've been able to learn and grow a lot this week since I'm the one who knows the area and the people I've had to take charge and figure things out! It's hard! But it's helped me a lot to see that I can do this! We weren't able to see any investigators this week but we saw lots of less actives and did lots of walking...searching for new people! We are working really hard and I know it's going to be an amazing transfer! So be prepared for some amazing stories coming soon :)
We also had stake conference yesterday which was really good and the theme was Joy in the Journey! I love the quote from President Monson "Be of good cheer, your future is as bright as your faith!" It's so true! We all need to find joy in the journey and that's something that I'm really trying to learn out here... it's not missionary work it's missionary fun! :) I know that as we live the gospel we will be happy!! We will still go through hard times and things won't be perfect, but we can be happy in this life and have even greater happiness in the life to come if we live the gospel!!! I love this gospel and I know that it brings me so much happiness! I love being a missionary so that I can share this with others :) 2 Nephi 31:20 is one of my favorites to go along with this... so go read that :) I'm out of time and have so much more to say but I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week!!! LOVE YOU!! :)
Sister Tait
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