Transfers!!!

well hello familia y amigos!

 

Today I am emailing from Mankato because we went out to eat at this restaruant in mapleton with our whole district, and it was SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is called Token BBQ and it is owned by a member. He gave us each a rack of ribs (and I ate 3/4 of it, which I am proud of, it was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!) and fries and these things called turds. they sound gross but they are delicious. they are a hollow jalepeno with creme cheese in it and a little baby hot dog wrapped in bacon. SO YUMMY! And then we tried this SUPER tart cherry stuff, like it hurt my throat terribly and i had to drink boiling hot water to make the pain go away haha. I guess it's just cherry concentrate for the sauces they make. Basically got peer pressured into it. If we ever come visit minnesota one day, we will go eat there Dad would love it!

 

So transfer news.............I'm training! it's a long story....

 

So I had an interview with president in the beginning of Jan, and I was telling him that having companions that are going home soon is hard sometimes, and he told me not to worry because I would be training the next transfer. Anyways, then we started talking more and he asked me about my goal setting and I was dead honest with him.....that I don't like goals haha.  He was astonished (that was the word he used) because he said I seemed like a really goal oriented person. Anyways, he committed me to work on my goal setting and planning. So then he interviewed Sis. M and something funny about president is he tries to convince EVERYONE to go to BYU idaho, no one knows why but yeah, so he tried to convince her to go there and she was not happy about it, but she went back later to talk to him about it again, and then he called me in his office again. He told me that he was nervous for me to train a new missionary if i wasn't a good goal setter. So......not wanting to let down president C.....I started to make goals. Thats right, not just "desires to change" but real GOALS!!!!!! and not just long term goals but even short term ones.  I know, the mission is changing me. So, as hard as it was, I've become a MUCH better missionary and worked really hard this transfer. So president called me up on Friday and asked if I felt ready and I said Yeah and he called me again this morning and told me that I would be training! She is the only spanish sister coming out this transfer, and he says she is a very accomplished person. I am excited to meet her on Wednesday! And yes, I will be staying here in St. Peter woot woot! Probably for another 2 transfers.....so I will probably be here a little over 6 months and 6 transfers....they can't get rid of me!

 

I love the ward here in Mankato, it seriously is the best. The members are always so willing to help, even though most of them live really far away. The mankato ward boundaries are HUGE, and most of the members live in Mankato. It's not super far, but sometimes it's hard to get them involved a ton, especially with the language barrier. Yesterday our ward mission leader bore a great testimony in sacrament meeting about coming to church even though it is hard with the language barrier. There are some ASL people in the ward too, and so he bore his testimony in sign language and english, and i translated for our spanish invesitgators into spanish. it was so cool that everyone who was in that room, no matter what they spoke, could understand his testimony and it just really brought the spirit. He and his wife are HUGE examples to me.

 

 

ok i am already out of time, transfers take a lot of time but anways have a great week!

 

Hermana Jones