The time has come....transfers

Magandand Umaga sa Lahat!  So the big news of this week.....I received a package!  And it was amazing.  But I have no room for anything anymore.  I realized just how much stuff I have when I had to pack everything up again.  I got emergency transferred to Molino 2B.  One sister had to go home for medical reasons and so I was called to fill in her place.  So I’m not in heaven anymore...joke its heaven everywhere on the mission.  But I no longer have to wear a jacket and drink hot chocolate. I’m back to sleeping with a fan and using my umbrella for sun rather than rain.    President Tye called me Saturday morning during studies and told me that I would be transferred on Monday morning.  He just said that he should have done it a long time ago but he hadn’t received an answer until that morning.  So I was to get packed and meet the APs on Monday.  Those words were like death.  Not transfer...but PACKING.  I hate packing with a burning passion.  You all probably know that.  But it’s even worse on the mission.  Cause it isn’t just an overnight thing.  It’s everything you have and everything you have collected and it all has to fit in your suitcases.  And let me tell you...I have a LOT of stuff.  But it fit and now I’m here in Molino.  It was embarrassing to have so much stuff but thank goodness for elders that help us carry our things.  What would life be like without the elders...very hard that’s for sure.  It’s sad to transfer after only 3 weeks but its good because I’m on to experience new things.  I miss my companions already though.  They were the best!  My new companion is Sister Sevia.  She is Samoan.  I don’t know much else about her cause we’ve only been together for about two hours.  But I’ll let you know more when I find out.  We are right by the mission office so that will be fun.  There are a lot of fun missionaries in our zone.  I’m excited but super nervous to start all over again.  Wish me luck!  Our apartment is huge but I share with 5 other sisters.  Our room is TINY!  Like beds and closets and that’s it.  There’s not even room to put my suitcases down to unpack.  so we’ll see how that goes.  So I’m back on the north end of the mission!   

   So crazy story of the week.  Sister Ortile had a really, really hard time sleeping but she never told us.  For the past few weeks she would always wake up at like 2 am and hear things and was super scared and could never go back to sleep.  Finally one night it was really bad and she woke us up.  She kept getting sick and did not want to even go back to the house.  So we decided to have the elders come bless our house. They did and then we felt a lot better. The one that said the prayer said that it was really hard for him to focus and there was something like yelling in his ear the whole time.  But after that we really felt a lot safer. It’s scary some of things that happen around here with ghosts and stuff.  But you’ve always just got to remember to have faith and we will be protected.    

         But the good news is that we had a baptism before I left!  A little 9 yr. old boy named Jun.  He’s the cutest thing ever.  He was soooo excited for his baptism.  It was supposed to be on Saturday but when we came to the church there was no water.  :(  he had been there 3 hours early because he was so excited but there was nothing we could do.  We decided to push it to the next day.  He almost cried cause he was so sad.  But the next day everything turned out so cute.  We filled up the fount but the water was sooooo cold.  But he was still so excited.  And after he got baptized he just came up smiling sooo big.  And just looking at all of us through the window.  Just smiling so big.  It was absolutely adorable. So good things can happen even if we have only been in the area for a few weeks.  I  just loved  his smile.  I can’t get over it.  I gave him the tie I got in my package.  It just makes me happy to think about him and I really really hope that he can grow up strong in the gospel. I am more and more thankful every day for a family that is strong in the gospel.  There are more blessings than we realize and more than we can even count.  Stay strong and remember that if you are struggling you can always turn to our Heavenly Father.  He has a plan for you and he loves you so much.  I love you all so much and I love hearing from you every week.  Keep on Keeping on.  You’re all the best!

XOXOXO from Molino

--SISTER VAN TASSELL