Hello!!
Wow, I feel like the past couple
of days have gone by soooo slowly! Ugh...it sucks! Thanks for the
emails! I didn't get many emails today and haven't gotten mail in a
while so it was nice to hear from you. Mom-I meant to tell you thank you
so much for the letter you sent before I got your package. You will
never know how much I needed that and how much it helped me! And, it
broke a 3 week drought of no mail! ha but thank you! Yes, accept Sister
Shelton (as a facebook friend)! She is from my last area and I love her! Sister Patchett and I
were able to help her a lot. She was a reason that I was there in WSS (White Sulphur Springs)
cause she needed someone specific to talk to and it was us! I've seen
those PMG (Preach My Gospel) clips too. They are good. Why are you guys going to San
Fransisco? Sounds like you guys will have a fun 24th of July! I don't think we do
anything here for the 24th so it should just be another day. Thanks for
the fb updates. Crazy! That's weird that Estee is getting married. I
don't know if you told her last time, but tell her congrats for me and
that I an excited for her.
So, welcome to the Bridgeport area Sister Higgins! I got a little
freaked out a little when I first started driving cause there were so
many cars and the roads were crazy and the freeways were just huge! We
are right outside of Clarksburg and it is a fairly big city so lots of
people. Apparently Bridgeport is a very rich area in West Virginia and
Some people have called others the Bridgeport Snobs. ha There are some
huge houses here! It should be interesting. I've already had some quite
rude run ins and just now in the library this lady was talking so badly
about the church and it was so annoying. The elders and we are here so
we are using some of the computers and so, 'the Mormons are just taking
over the computers' and the librarian was joking with her. Oh, it made
me so irritated to hear that. Christ like love was very hard to have at
that time. ha I know she is a child of God, but when you do that to what
I know is true and that I love it just irritates me. Oh well. I like
this area but at the same time I don't. There are lots of people to talk
to and some people are nice and our ward is big, but we are in the city
now and people are just mean. They are set in their ways as well, and I
don't know. I just don't know what to think right now. but, I have an
Asian companion!! haha My companion Sister Jang is from South Korea and
is so cute! She has been out for 14 months and is teaching me a lot. She is so sweet and has a
hilarious sense of humor so we laugh a lot, but I don't know. I just
loved serving with Sister Patchett in White Sulphur and this is so
different and our companionship is not as good so it's been a struggle
for me. So, you combine all that with the fact that we came into the
area and the elders didn't give us much info on it and we don't have any
investigators and it is just hard. The days have gone by so slowly and
my mind seems to wander a lot then. I love our bishop and some of the
other members, but then some of them have that stuck up kind of
mentality and I just have a hard
time loving them. I don't know. I think it will be good, but right now
it's trying to get everything going and it is just hard. I only have
like 5 transfers though, so not too much longer. I will be training next
transfer guaranteed. haha President called me to talk about this
transfer, and said we were both coming off training and to just have fun
with Sister Jang and to rest. Cause we have a lot of sisters still
coming in so I won't get any more rests. I am glad that I am not
training this transfer though because I have been training for the last
three and I think I got the sisters that were struggling the most, so it
was hard, but fun.
Since I have gotten here I have been sooo tired and I don't know
why!! It's so frustrating cause we have to get this area going and are
trying to figure it all out, but I just am tired and want to sleep.
Hopefully that will go away so that I can focus more soon and tune in
even more to what the spirit is telling me.
Sorry this comes across as a downer. I really am doing well and
loving being on a mission but the past little bit has just been a huge
change and I don't know if I really like it. But, that is no excuse. I
know that the Lord has a certain and specific plan for each one of us
and that He loves us all very much!! I am here in Bridgeport for a
reason even if I never find out why. I questioned why I was going to
white sulphur but looking back on it I KNOW that I needed to be there
because I helped so many people there. Lots of struggling people that I
helped by loving them and taking time for them. It will all work out here though, I am just going through
another challenge that the Lord needs me to go through!
I love you
all!!! Have a wonderful week and have fun together!!! Oh, my address is
215 Main Street Apt. A Bridgeport, WV 26330. Did I mention I live above
a funeral home?!?! haha More next time! Love you!
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