Hello all!!
Sorry I am later today with
my email but it has just been crazy around here for the past few days!
Thanks for the emails and pictures! I loved them!! Although, it did make
me somewhat homesick when I saw you all together and having so much
fun! Lame! Lindsey- you need to just make your kids stop growing ok?
Thanks! Also, what happened to your car? You have a dent in the back of
it :( The tramp place looked fun! I think my favorite picture was when
Lindsey was on the motorcycle and everyone was watching her. Kason was
crying and Asher was eating. hahaha Mom- I got your package and I loved
it!! Thank you so much! The cookies were so good! I have contacts til
like October I think but I will keep you posted. Also, what are you
talking about we are on the downhill side now?... we've been on that for
like a month and a half already. ha I actually have less than 7 months
left if I still take the early transfer. Crazy! I'm glad you guys got
the pictures on your phone from Bro. Ott; he was excited to send them. That's what I sacrificed part
of my thumb for :) That is crazy about
Estee being engaged! I
loved what Kason said about missionaries and being hero's! yes!! Oh, if I
want to send a letter to them what address should I send it to? Sorry
if this email is shorter- it is crazy here!
So...as you can tell by my title, I'm packing up and moving out.
We've had an interesting time here for the past like 2 weeks. Since I
don't have much time I will give you the short version. Sister Patchett
has been really, really struggling the past little while and did just
not want to be here. She had no desire to be out here, find people,
teach them, etc. She decided to go home and was set on it. Lucky me, I
had experience with this already so I talked with her a lot, and
listened a lot and let her talk through things and then asked questions.
I did what I could though but she didn't want to stay, so we went
through the process of talking to President and her parents and she
still wanted to leave. It wasn't til Monday
night that her bishop actually called her and talked with her for a
while and gave her some council. Even though she doesn't want to stay
she is taking the council of those that she has talked to and is going
to try out one more transfer to see if she can get her answer. Blind
faith right now. So, we thought I would leave and she would stay. We got
a call Saturday
and found out that we were both leaving...uh, what? So, even though
Sister Gubler and I only got doubled in like 4 1/2 months ago, they are
doubling Sister Patchett and me out and putting elders back in here.
Dumb. The ward is soooo much more receptive to sisters. So, we have been
going crazy trying to pack, say goodbye, and getting everything ready
for us to leave. AhHHhh!! Sister Patchett is headed to Parkersburg, WV
to be in a trio in one of the most successful and happy areas of the
mission now. She is like 'you are sending the most depressed missionary
to the happiest area...dumb.' haha As for me, I am headed to Bridgeport,
WV near Clarksburg. It is like half an hour or so away from Morgantown.
ha I just go back and forth. I'm not training but will be with Sister
Jung (spelling?) who is from Korea and is going home in October. We are
getting doubled in and opening up the area for sisters, so neither of us
are going to know anything about it. We are going to be sharing a ward
with 2 sets of elders. Crazy! I am excited, nervous, and happy, but at
the same time dreading it and am not happy to leave here.
Even though this has been my hardest area I have been here the
longest, grown the most, learned so much, and just love the people here!
Our ward is so sad and upset that they are taking us away. I felt
prompted that we needed to sing a song in sacrament on sunday
and then a little later we found out we were leaving, so it was
perfect. We sounded so good together and it was great. I introduced it
and explained that this was our farewell in a way and got a little
teary. I told myself to suck it up though and we started singing 'Be
Still My Soul' and it was going well. Then we hit the third verse and so
many emotions overcame me. Knowing I was leaving the area, Sister
Patchett, personal answers, and just peace all hit me and I just started
crying and couldn't sing anymore. So there we were, Sister Patchett
with her arm around me singing alone and me crying with my tissues! haha
But...I made like the whole ward cry!! Success!! The spirit was so
strong there and everyone loved it. So many people came up to us after
and talked to us. They love us so much!! I was mad that I was leaving
because I don't want to because we finally have golden and elect
investigators, the ward is more missionary minded, and I feel like the
area is turning a corner for good and then I leave. Arg!!! I was so
frustrated with it, but I talked to President on Tuesday
and I am more at peace with it all now. I can't tell you exactly what
he said because it's packed, but basically that I needed to be here. He
felt very strongly that Sister Patchett needed to be with me when she
came in and now after two transfers that is confirmed and he knows that
she needed to be with me. He said I am the strongest missionary with
love, that I exude it and that it shows or something like that and that
she needed to be with me during this hard time because I was the one
that needed to get her through it with my love that I show. Also, I was
the only one that could be here and get the area to where it is at. He
said to count these two transfers as a success because they are! That's
not how he worded it, but I was just very grateful for that! I love
President! I have loved, loved, loved serving with Sister Patchett and
hate to see us be split apart. Neither of us are thinking about it.
Wow, so much for a short email. We still have so much to do so I
will close. I am doing better though and would appreciate many prayers
in the next little while. Ahhh!! And, it is super, super hot and humid
here! I'm dying and sweating all the time! This is the first time that I
have hated the summer out here and we are half way through it. Yay! I
love you all and hope you are doing well!!
Love, Sister Higgins
Photos sent by Bro. Ott of the food they helped prepare for a graduation party:
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