Week 71: One and Done

Happy Last P-Day of the Transfer!

A picture Elder Lemus finally remembered to send me from the Christmas zone conference that I just think is pretty neat

What? That isn’t a holiday? My bad. But today really is the last P-Day of the transfer, and boy, do I have some news.

Oh Huehue Central/Calvario, how I have loved thee

But on to talking about the week! In a word, it was hard. I have to be honest, it is not a good idea to put a missionary in quarantine in her penultimate transfer. Her motivation drops drastically, whether she likes it or not. But, if anything, that meant that zone conference could not have come at a more perfect time for me. I felt like every single training was made to remind me of my purpose and the true joy that comes from sharing the gospel! Seriously, this zone conference was so special. And even though I’m not the Perfect Missionary™️ after attending, all I want to do is implement everything I’ve learned now, and in this next transfer and area.

I’m happy to report that the zone from time to time knows how to behave like normal missionaries

Wait, did I just say next area? As in, a new one?

That’s right, ladies! (Sorry if gents and otherwise felt left out by that.) Hermana Herrera is staying here in Cerrito/Viña, and I'm being shipped off to Who-Knows-Where?, Guatemala. There was so little suspense with transfers as the mission nurse, and now that I'm on the warehouse floor, I cannot emphasize the stress! But we’re packing these suitcases one more time. Faith is such a remarkable thing, because I really should be more freaked out than I am, knowing me, but I feel incredibly at peace.

Elder Ruano is literally my fave, what will I do without his baby face? :'(

2 Corinthians 5 says:

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

What an absolute diamond to hide in those parentheses!!! But it’s true. My confidence—or, more accurately, my assurance—does not come by any measure from things I can see. It’s because I believe in God, and I trust in His plan for me. Even when it seems like more than I can manage. Especially then. After all, how do we know which path we’ll follow if we never get the opportunity to do so?

—TTFN (Ta-ta for now),

Hermana Newton