Week 7

June 1, 2009

Heyyyy everyone!
Can you believe I'm almost done with my first transfer?!?!? It has flown by so fast! Well, I have some crazy news for you! President Pugh called us on Saturday morning to tell us that, as we all know our mission is being combined with the Pittsburgh mission on July 1st (which is going to be a stinkin huge mission! Pittsburgh is 4 hours from where we are!). But here is the sad/crazy news. On July 1st, the whole Scranton stake is going to be moved over to the Philadelphia mission!!! Which means that all the missionaries who are serving in those areas are going to be in that mission!! Sad huh? AND!!!!!!! That means we are losing Scranton AND the Priesthood Restoration site :( I told Sister Deal what a tragedy this was, I am losing the two most important things in my life.....The Office and the Church History. hahaha, ok so maybe not the most important things in my life but two of the coolest sites in our mission!!!! I'm going to try to get President to let us have our last zone conference with him up at the restoration site. How cool would that be??
Anyway, this week was pretty good. I'm not going to lie...it's been a little hard. Sister Deal just seems to be getting sick and more sick, so we had a lot of stay in days this week. Thankfully not all day, but a lot of hours were spent at home. She's already been through all the tests and doctors and everything and they can't find anything wrong with her. She thinks she's lactose intolerant but still when she stays away from every dairy product...even things that may have dairy in them like bread, she still gets sick. So it's been really hard for her and for me. Being a new missionary...you still get a little home sick. So staying in is not a good idea for me. Although I love Sister Deal and she is a great missionary and trainer, I hope I get transfered this next transfer so I can be with a healthy missionary and work a lot more! For my sanities sake! 
Well, Krista you wanted to hear some finding stories....so here is a good one. When we were doing a little tracting this week, we saw these two men standing out at their cars a couple townhouses down. We had a couple doors to knock before we got there but I could hear them say "Oh no! Let's tell them that we are christian!" hahahaha, oh the things people do to try to avoid us! So when we finally got up to them we just started chatting a little small talk and then I said "So I heard you guys say that you were christian! That's great!" haha, I think i threw them off a little. They were like "Ohh...ya...how did you hear that?" haha, I should have something like the spirit told me or something outrageous but I just said "I have great hearing!" :) Well that got there attention and we got another appointment with them. They are interesting men...their names are Stormy and Hoover and they were prison ministers! I'll let you know how their appointment goes next week if they keep it :) 
Anyway, I am almost out of time, but I quickly wanted to say thank you krista for sending me a letter this week. I haven't gotten it yet but it will come. It will be so much better to read a real letter when the mail comes instead of reading the junkmail we get while my companion reads 2-3 letters a day :) Oh, and will you find out what my friends have been up to?? Becky did email me about having her baby! She's been good about keeping me updated but everyone else...I have no idea! Is Sabra engaged yet? Is Natalie getting serious with a boy? Is Katelyn or Josie pregnant yet? Is Sherri's baby going to be a boy or a girl? I need to know these things!!!
Well I hope you all have a great day! Thanks for your love and support! Can't wait to hear from you!!! Love ya tons and tons!
Love, Holly