Before
i begin, just a few notes:
Don't google Rose Park
unless you want to see REAL sketchy stuff...
Send packages and mail
to the mission office...
Don't worry about me
cause its legit here, as sketchy as it is! :D
I do have to admit,
Rose Park is PRETTY sketchy. Like, we saw 12 cop cars on the corner one
night... but its amazing here! So many people are SO ready to hear the gospel
and SO willing to listen and accept it! Its definitely ghetto, but definitely
SHWEET!! My Week:
MONDAY- obviously
found out that i was going to be transferred, so spent much of the day doing
fun stuff, hanging out with other missionaries, making visits to all of the
amazing people i knew i'd miss, and PACKING. So much PACKING O.o
I guess when you stay
in an area for 6 months, it builds up... :) good thing i still have 9 1/2
months till i have to worry about packing up to go home!!
TUESDAY- We went to
the Transfer Building (which actually happens to be the Rose Park Stake Center-
one of our buildings!! :P) and met up with our new companions. It was sad to
leave Sis Smith and Mason, but i know they will both do GREAT things in their
areas with their new companions (if i didn't get to mention, sis smith stayed
in the area and sis mason went up to kaysville). Sis Pilling is an AMAZING
missionary and we have SO MUCH FUN together!! :D her companion, sis Bischoff
was actually finishing her mission and going home, so she ended up spending the
rest of the day with us, which was fun! we met with a few members because we
are trying to work more with members and leadership in this area because both
are great! we went to a Relief Society activity, some visits and phonecalls,
checked on our wonderful sisters we are STL's over, and crashed for bed.
WEDNESDAY- Here in
Rose Park we cover 4 wards: 9th, 10th, Starcrest, and Center. Its awesome
because we get to really focus on the members AND people we're working with! we
also have three sets of missionaries in the stake: Us, the Zone Leaders, and
one of the District Leaders and his Greenie (spanish elders). Wed we met with
the Zl's and DL's to talk about the zone goals and such and prep for District
Meeting. we met with a lot of people, made visits, got referrals, and street
contacted. We had dinner with one of Bishops, B. Eubanks and had a correlation
with the Andersons (one of the WML's.) All in all a packed day that was SUPER
busy! :) One of our awesome experiences: We got LA referrals from one of the
sisters and we were contacting them and stumbled across H*, a lady who is
definitely going through a lot, but is ready for the gospel back in her life.
It was amazing to be able to talk to her and also bear testimony of the saviors
love for her and that there is always repentance. Hallelujah for the ATONEMENT!
THURSDAY- we took the
sisters to an appointment in the downtown salt lake (we technically live like
17 blocks from the temple, which is legit!), we live ALSO with two other STL's
in an apartment (On the Green Appartments). Sister Taylor used to live in the
same appartment but was transferred OUT the same time I was transferred IN!!
man, we were SOOO bummed! but we'll see each other at lots of the meetings :P
haha we had lunch with a few members, we did our weekly planning, had dinner
with a LA named K* (super cool dude!), and had a super full night of
appointments- one at every half-hour from 6-8:30! sooo crazy!! we had an
awesome lesson with a few new investigators, C* and T*. C* lived in Provo and
had almost gotten baptized but he moved to Cali. T* was raised Jewish but never
went to church or was really religious, so is neutral about Jesus Christ- which
means we get to help her gain an incredible testimony about her savior! it was
cool because when we taught she could definitely feel the spirit and her eyes
just lit up :) you can physically FEEL the love that Heavenly Father has for
them both!
FRIDAY- we had our
district meeting and we both split and went to different ones in the zone so we
could both give trainings. I definitely was nervous about my first official STL
training. i'd given trainings before, but i feel like more is expected now. The
spirit took over though and helped get the point across, whatever heavenly
father needed them to hear :) its great! we went to the Spanish Sisters
planning session and were able to help them out too, which was awesome! we had
dinner, met with a new LA we are working with (Misty), and met with a member
family. We offer any help to any and all who need it, especially members
because they do so much for us... and this will be brought up in just a sec...
:)
SATURDAY- another
crazy busy day! we did some service for a member, helped her pack up her house
because she is renovating. then we made brownies to give to two members who
help us lots because they both had seemed like they weren't having a great day
on thursday. we visited referrals and had dinner with the Clausens (10th ward
mission leader) and went to a party, saw a LA family who are so sweet (we are
trying to work with them), and met with M* again, with Bishop Eubanks :)
SUNDAY- SUPER BUSY
CRAZY DAY!! we had our first meeting at 8am and had to do our
progress record at 7, so we had to wake up extra early...boo O.o then we were
asked to substitute in Singing time because the chorister's husband was in the
hospital... and that was SOOO fun! :) then we also had a stake coordination and
dinner with Melanie Romero, a returned member (she is super fun and legit!!),
we went and also planned a FHE that we are doing tonight.
I can honestly say i
have NEVER been so exhausted in my life as i have been this last week, between
STL stuff, hard work, spiritually draining stuff, and just EVERYTHING! This
area is great! there is so much potential and so much we can do still, but we
can already see miracles and can already see it growing. The faith of the members
is growing and the trust they have for us as the lords representatives. I love
Rose Park, as ghetto and crazy as it is. We DEFINITELY meet quite a few
interesting people as we street contact and there are TONS of Hispanics… i just
love it here and love the work! have a great week and talk to you soon! :)
Hannah's new companion
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