Dec 9

THE LAST WEEK OF THE TRANSFER! I DID IT!

Oh man, missions are crazy.  And I am so happy that we have transfers- they really help break things up.

So my revelation of the week is that missions are like the Plan of Salvation all condensed into 18 months- if you don't know what the Plan of Salvation is, feel free to message me on Facebook and I will explain!

Anyway, so the MTC is like pre-earth life.  You are just SO EXCITED to get out into the field.  You just want to do it so bad, but you have to wait.

So then you get to the field and you have your trainer- who is your mom- and you feel like a little kid and you are so scared but at the same time, you feel invincible and you have SO much energy and your trainer does all the hard stuff and you just are loving life- even though you sometimes have little tantrums and it is still hard.  Because learning that much at one time and growing that much is really hard! (So those are your first 2 transfers)

Well- then you get to your 3rd and 4th.  For me, those were my teenage years.  I was like, "yeah!  I've got this missionary thing!  Cake."  and at least for me, it was like self discovery... so excited to get away from my trainer and become the missionary I want to become.  

And then by the end, the realization comes that this is still hard, that I have A TON to work on, that my trainer was amazing and I just want her to be my companion forever, and that I really need to shape up.

So here I am.  Going into my 5th transfer.  Can you believe it?? I sure can't.  

And I have been transferred to good old SANTA ROSA!  The heart of the mission(:  

So that should be super fun!

And, For all of you who are feeling all giving and holiday- spirit-y, my new address is:

4040 New Zealand, Santa Rosa, CA 95407

YAY!

By the way, this last week had so many adventures.  We went to the beach, (it was freezing), I went on exchanges with a Tongan who taught me how to dance (super funny), transfer doctrine (that is the call of death that you wait for ALLFriday and then it comes and you just listen and find out your fate), Church, trying to say goodbye to everyone, packing...

you know.

Crazy stuff like that.

But if there is anything I have learned during this crazy time out here in my mission, it is that the Lord will always take care of us. I am not going to lie.  These last two transfers have been really hard!  Mostly because I was being a rebellious teenage punk (mind you- this is all in missionary world- so I say that and I promise you I was not doing anything crazy bad haha I am definitely an obedient missionary).  But I know that I would not have gotten through without the amazing missionaries I have been serving around.  Seriously, every single missionary has gotten me through.  And I love them all so much. 

I hope the picture actually got to you... the computers here really hate me.  But this is the crazy group I got to work with.

Love the people that surround you!  They are there for a reason and you will learn something from them(:  the Lord has a funny way of doing everything with a specific purpose(:

I love you all!

Remember to stay calm and remember the Savior during this time of the year!(:

I love you all,

Sister Bryant