Lets just say i love transfers but i HATE THEM TOO but I still love them you know
Its very much a love hate relationship haha
Happy transfer week and sister martin is out of here i think my toxic trait is i get too attached to things and people lol so it was a sad one to leave salem 1st! Its been suchhhhh a fun area to work in and i love the missionaries and friends i got to work with
Im headed over to south salem and turner to the turner and creekside wards! Im in the salem zone now! (RIP keizer zone ily)
Ok but turner is actually so cool! Its the booshie boonies!!! And like when you think of oregon turner is what you’d expect! So many trees and everything and hills and yeah and everyone here is rich lol Oh and my new comp is sister stephens 🙂
Ok but before transfers happened…
Tuesday my last district council with the sunnyview district left with a bang might have been the most unhinged district council ive ever had but it was so much fun we just cried laughing the whole time!!!! GAH IM GOING TO MISS THEM
Wednesday said bye to my favs! But be so for real, how many times am i going to say bye to ryan and bina lol! Im going to miss them 🙁 then said bye to vickie she was a funny lady we semi taught hahaha going to miss her but not smelling like smoke everytime i leave her apartment lol!
Thursday was transfer day!! And i spent most of the day with sister mears (aka my p-day pickle ball partner lol) and then i got dropped off with my new comp!! And yeah 🙂 sister stephens is from texas and yeah we are quite different people lol but thats what i say about most of my comps haha it will be interesting heh
But then we went to a members house in turner in the middle of nowhere and they had just started a wood fire in their fireplace and gave us hot coco and told us stories and it was really nice after a longggg day!
Friday was a long day again and its just hard adjusting to new area and comp and people, the beginning of transfers always seem to be rough for sister martin lol not loling
Saturday, worked some cold call magic and found someone ️
you know me and cold calls
Sunday lots of meetings! But creekside ward had their primary program super cute! Then we had turner ward council! Super nice ward!! Then CRAZY TURN OF EVENTS GUESS WHO IS IN TURNER WARD!!!! SISTER BELL?!!! MY MTC TEACHER!! like hello what are the odds but anyways that was funnnn i love her sm! But yeah did lots of work in turner Sunday 🙂
Oh also kinda crazy miracle, we knocked a less active members door and invited him to church, he ended up coming and said the last time he went to church was in 1974 woof so that cool!
Gratitudes
– SALEM 1ST, SUNNYVIEW DISTRICT, SISTER SHIRLEY, RYAN AND BINA, AMIRAH, QUANTAVIOUS, ALL MY BABIES I HAD TO SAY BYE TOO
– Sleep holy moly
– OK wait this might be my number one actually —- my journal! This has been my saving grace the first few days of this transfer. There is just something about being a missionary, for me at least, i feel super alone a lot (especially this new situation im in) and just feel like i dont have an outlet. So i sit down and i just write and write and write everything! So i am grateful for my journal!
– BUR MONTHS! it all of the sudden got super coldddddd kind of fun!!
– p-day. The first p-day after transfers is always much needed
– Sweaters
– Jesus
– Church ️
Ok so in Enos (one of my favorites) he talks about the “wrestle he has with God” and im like me too though you know! We all have our own little wrestling match with Him. But i think the important part is what Enos does after…. he doesn’t leave God and go the other way, he asks God. Enos humbles himself enough to kneel down and cry to God. Its ok if we have questions or doubts but its what you do about them. Do you turn away from the only way you can be forgiven, or saved, or helped? Or do you run to Him and humble yourself to God and Jesus Christ? So next time you are wrestling with God, kneel down, pray, and ask
Please email me if you want me to pray for anything or anyone specific! Love you all
<3 your fav sister martin
