We are never forgotten.

Hello everyone.  So I was too stressed to write this email because I was worried about transfers. But now we have the call. I’m staying but my companion is transferring. My new companion will be Sister Mendoza.  So now I’m not as stressed anymore and I can focus on the email.

So this week was long and busy! We had X-rays, zone meeting, and zone conference. So that means a lot of traveling. It was exhausting!

I think I already told you about X-rays last week so I won’t tell you again. I don’t want to bore you.

And then we had a bunch of meetings. They were really good but also really exhausting.  They asked me to talk in Zone conference which is in front of half the mission!  And they didn’t give me any time to prepare! They just called me up.  So I was super duper nervous. But it went ok.  It was just about preach my gospel. So I talked about faith. I’m not sure why I was nervous cause I’m usually ok with talking in front of people. But the good news is that I survived. :)

This Sunday was really exciting.  One of the families that we are teaching came to church!  We were pretty darn happy.  I hope they had a good time.  The part I worry about is that that Sunday there was a broadcast from Salt Lake. And it was all in English. So I hope they understood haha. But I think they did. And there was two really good musical numbers so I hope they felt the spirit too!

This week I think I just want to add that we are never forgotten. So last night I was super stressed.  Super super super stressed. Me and my companion struggled and then someone said "hey Joe!"  (which you know about if you’ve ever served in the Philippines) And then I got home and things just didn’t get better and I went outside and prayed and then was reading the liahona and hoping to find a talk that was just for me. And then you know what else happened. The hammock that I was sitting in fell down.  And then an ant bit my arm and it hurt.  Haha and all the little things of the day just added up and I still hadn’t found a talk in the liahona that fit for me so I was about ready to give up. Just those times when you can take it anymore. And then I flipped the liahona open and I read a talk from conference. I can’t even remember who it is from. But all I remember is that it said how he was here because he loves Christ  (oh it was from President Uchdorf)  And he said he’s not here for worldly reasons. He’s there because he wants to be obedient and show his love for Christ. So then I just thought about why I was there on the mission. I’m just like 88,000 other missionaries that are trying their best to be the best missionary they can because they know that is what Christ wants from them.  And it’s not easy. But no matter what happens....we make it through. That’s the cool part. We make it through. We learn and we grow and we improve and we are blessed for our willingness. :) And we are never forgotten. I know that is true.

That’s all I’ve got this week. And you may all officially start counting down on Wednesday cause that is the start of my last transfer here!!! Crazy huh!  Love you all!  Have a great week! 

Sister Van Tassell