“Thou shalt cry, and [the Lord] shall say, here I am”
This week was….yeah.
So Tuesday morning Sis Sandorf and I drove down to Bakersfield and I dropped her off and then picked up my new companion Sis Taylor! It was really hard to say goodbye to Sis Sandorf cause I love her so much and we were together 24/7 for 6 weeks so it was hard to imagine being a missionary without her. I know that God’s in control though and she’s doing amazing things in her new area so that made it easier.
Wednesday was an interesting day that I’m not going to get into. It was just hard to adjust to being the one in charge and having to train someone completely new. It’s sufficient to say that Sis Gillespie (the STL in my area) is amazing and helped me feel better about everything. I know God knows what He’s doing, but sometimes I wish He’d let me know too!
Thursday was planning day, which is always a long day, but it went pretty well for my first time being in charge of planning. We still have some stuff we’ll have to work out in daily planning, but so far so good. It would be easier if the people we’re teaching would keep their appointments and answer our texts and the door when we knock (we can hear them inside and see them peeking out the windows-super sleuths they are not).
We’ve mostly been doing a lot of tracting and seeing members so I don’t have a whole lot to report this week. We were at Diana’s a few days ago and we got to hear stories of when the Elders used to live with their family years and years ago and they were pretty entertaining. She also told us about the time that her and her husband were doing a carnival game thing and they had to beat each other with pillows to make them fall off a log. She said she didn’t know how close to boiling point she was until she had that pillow in her hand and her husband right in front of her. Note to self: pillow fights in marriage might be a good thing.
Well, this week is a new week (wise words, I know) so you’ll get to hear all about my and Sis Taylor’s exciting missionary adventures.
Ciao
Sister Schroeder
Photos:
Sis Sandorf looking adorable in her Care Bear onesie:
Our second to last picture together:
Our last selfie together (silent tear):
The loving note Sis Sandorf left me:
Me and Sis Taylor, my mission child:
