I am thankful for...

Well last week was pretty awesome. And both Sister Hopkins and I knew that that was probably a hint that something was about to change during transfers. We were right. My trusty companion of 12 weeks, Sister Hopkins has now moved to a new area in Federal Way. I remain here in Kent. To my surprise, I was also called to be a trainer to a brand new missionary. My hands are full and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a tad bit overwhelmed.... BUT we all are going through our own refiner's fire. The fire is scary, but luckily we know that there is a good outcome in the end if we're trying our best.

Wow. So many things have happened in the past week I'm not sure I will be able to write about them all, but I will try.

We taught a woman who said her first vocal prayer. It was incredible.

We made Sam a cookie, guitar cake for his birthday. It was priceless.

We sang some hymns at an old folks home Sunday morning. It was awesome.

We got ushered into a house of only Chinese speaking people. It was hilarious.

The other day we were walking down a neighborhood street and there was a small group of Hispanic kids and man probably in his 20's with them. The kids called at us saying "We're Catholic!" And we walked up to them. The man was super excited and was trying to speak to us, but only knew Spanish. (I poorly attempted to communicate with him with my broken Freshman year Spanish skills.) With the help of the little boys translating, we found out he was in a missionary position for the Spanish branch in Enumclaw. He excitedly grabbed his phone and showed us pictures of him with three people that had been baptized recently. He was glowing. He had only been here I think 3 months. Him and his parents are the only members in his family and they are from Mexico. It was just awesome to see someone so excited about serving the Lord.

We also knocked on the door of a woman who told us she was almost baptized when she was in high school. She said she had been taught everything and had a testimony that it was true, but her mom wouldn't allow her. She had 6 months to wait until she was 18 and in that time lost her way and was never baptized. She seemed pretty excited when we talked to her, but now her husband isn't too keen about everything. So we just wait and pray that she will be able to do what she wanted so badly to do earlier in her life.

Awesome service experience:

We had just finished helping a man load some wood in his truck, but it only took about 30 minutes to do it. On our way home we passed a Lutheran church with some people who seemed to be digging in the dirt alongside it. We drove into the parking lot and asked if they wanted some help. They were thrilled. We helped them dig and fill holes to plant trees in for a couple hours. It was sweet. :)

This week is going to be somewhat weird. We've had transfers and then new missionary training meetings and then Thanksgiving and everything. It's wild. And come Saturday there will be a small wedding between a couple that we are hoping to be able to teach soon. They're baby just got home from the hospital today after being there for about a month. We are super excited for them.

My new companion is Sister Allen from Cedar City Utah. So far all of my companions have been from Utah. She is super sweet and I look forward to these next 6 weeks with her. I know she will teach me a lot.

Welp. I think miracles are in the forefront. I love you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I'll be doin' it the Federal Way.

Love,
Sister Pearson. :)