Hello my wonderful family!!
Wow, so I've made it through training!! It's really weird,
I'm not a greenie or trainee or anything anymore! I passed my 4-month mark on
Saturday--that was strange. I've been reevaluating myself like I do at the end
of every transfer, and I realized that I am not Kristina or Tina or TT anymore.
She seems like a different person that I used to know a long time ago. I am
Sister Tycksen, and she is so much different from who I was before. Missions
are the refiner's fire, and I can already tell that I have been shaped into
something unrecognizable from before my mission. But, there is so much more to
come!! I am really excited that I still have 14 months! :O It's kind of scary
to think of it that way, but I just try to think of it as a timeout from the
world to learn and prepare to fight the Lord's battles! ;)
Okay, so we've been teaching this awesome family for the
past couple weeks. The mom was a referral from a member in our ward, and it was
totally random and unexpected--we weren't sure if she was going to let us in or
even open the door. But, she did, and we met with her, and she's now a
progressing investigator!!! Her name is Yesena and she has 4 little kids: Diego
(7) Lindsay (4) Mateo (1.5) and Sofia (1 month). She has so many questions and
she is so eager to learn! Her husband and her son, Diego, are super interested,
but we haven't been able to meet with her husband because he's at work whenever
she can meet with us. In our last lesson, we invited her to come to church with
us. She really wanted to, but she helps her mom on Sundays with a food stall at
the flea market. BUT, Diego and Lindsay really wanted to come, and so THEY
DID!!! They sat with us in Sacrament meeting and then Lindsay was really
nervous to stay in Primary by herself, so she came with us to Relief Society
and everything. Diego loved it though!! There are some people that I've met
that I can just SEE them as a member of the church, and y'all, this family is
special. :D
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell y'all, I'm staying in Roswell! I
don't know why yet, and I was a little frustrated at first, but I was able to get
a blessing from our ward mission leader last night and it gave me a lot of
peace of mind. Sister Villondo is going to Lubbock, but Sister Affleck is
staying here with me, and we're getting Sister Turner from Brownfield! I think
I told y'all a little about my time in Brownfield a few weeks ago? Sister
Turner is awesome, super chipper and a real go-getter. We're excited :) I'm sad
to see Sister Villondo go, she's the longest companion I've had so far, but I
know that there's someone that needs her, and they're in Lubbock.
Okay, explanation of the subject line ;) Yesterday we had
dinner with a family called the Alders. They are so great! They're an older
couple, all of their children but one are married and have families, and
Brother Alder is a hoot! He is so quiet, but he's absolutely hilarious. A GOOD
HUMAN BEING. After dinner, we had a little scripture study, and they were
telling us things that they would do with their kids when they were little. On
Sundays, after dinner and scriptures, they would go on a walk and they would
take turns reciting the Articles of Faith. So, we were all trying to remember
all of them, and Brother Alder says, "What about 'we believe in being
chased by an elephant'?" We were a little confused, until he started saying,
"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent..." Do you see
where this is going? ;) We all had a good laugh. And their daughter Shaunna is
awesome--we're going to bake cookies with her next week!
Well, this is getting a little long ;) So I'll sign off for
now :)
OS AMO MUCHO MUCHO!!!!
Love,
Hermana Tycksen XD
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