Saturday
we had our last lessons with our teachers as our investigators- that
was really bitter sweet but it was cool to see how far we had come. I
cried like a baby at the end of that day to be 100% honest. :)
Sunday
was our last day together as a whole zone- We sang God Be With You
probably 15 times our last 3 days at the MTC. We walked to the temple
with President and Sister Mullen. While we were there we got in a circle
and sang Hymns together as a zone. It was like you could feel a shield
around us it was so incredible. Nothing helps me feel the spirit more
than music. Throughout the night we all passed our notebooks around and
wrote how everyone had impacted us at the MTC- it was really sweet.
Sometimes we can't see how much we bless others' lives and I think it's
really good to take time to acknowledge others talents and thank them
for the good they've done in your life. After our Sunday
night movie we held our own little devotional with all the Hiligaynon
missionaries that we leaving and everyone took a turn and bore their
testimony and happy thoughts from the MTC. The spirit was amazing. I
love my MTC zone- they're gonna do so much good in the world.
Monday
we started saying goodbye to missionaries and dropping them off at the
bus and every time we sang God Be With You. It was also the last full
day there for me- I cried like a baby again lol. I was so lucky with the
teachers and the zone I had at the MTC. They were all amazing examples
to me.
Now
I'm in California! On the bus ride to the airport a lady sat down with
Sister Thedell and I and we got to talk to her a little bit about her
like and her religious background. I didn't have anything with me to
give her but I had a bookmark with a picture of Jesus on it so I wrote mormon.org
on the back and gave it to her. :) It was fun to talk to her. Our
flight at the airport was delayed and I got to eat Cafe Rio! When we got
to Irvine the President Clark and the assistants met us and loaded up
all of our luggage and took us to the mission home. Then we ate 2nd
dinner at 9pm! My trainer is Sister Western- She's from Washington.
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| Sister Western and Sister Zollinger |
We
had a new missionary meeting and we all took turns introducing
ourselves and then we got to meet all the senior couple missionaries.
And I got to sit with Sister Thedell! It was like a little family
reunion. They asked us to sing I'm a Child of God in Hiligaynon and we
tried but we didn't know it :( So when we got to do language study
together on Friday
we memorized it! Our president is letting us meet up sometimes to do
language study which is so nice. We got to study language together for 4
hours on Friday because my companion had a meeting. It was so fun.
I
had my fist few experiences with tracting which is fun. Nobody wants to
talk to us but you can feel the spirit walking along with you. I don't
think I realized how sad it is how many people don't want to talk about
Our Savior. It's the most joyful message in the world and Satan has done
such a good job turning it into something people don't even want to be
seen associated with. I hurts my heart. But we can still work hard and
be good examples to everyone.
The
ward we're in is so great. They do a really good job taking care of
each other and doing missionary work. We have a lot of new people to
meet this week to teach :) They're also so nice and fun when we get to
have dinner with them. Our ward mission leaders grandson was at our
first dinner and he can list all the presidents of the US in like 2
minutes! It was madness!
I
wanted to take a picture with a cute firehydrant and because of it we
met a cute old man named Seamak who agreed to meet with the pharisee
missionaries! Inspired photo! Also one of the ladies in our ward has a Filippino care-taker and she's going to introduce us! I'm SO excited!!
Last
night we had a music devotional/ temple walk. I love the peace and the
spirit that music can bring. Also Sister Thedell was there! And we got
to speak Hiligaynon for a little bit. Blessings :)
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| Sister Thedell and Sister Zollinger |
So
much has happened this week but I'm basically out of emailing time. I
just want you all to know that your Savior loves you so much. There's
nowhere you can go and be out of reach of his love and forgiveness. He
wants to help us and heal us. He wants us to be happy and to turn
outward and serve others. The gospel is true and it brings so much peace
to life in a really crazy world. I'm thankful every single day for the
opportunity I have to be here.
Love,
Sister Zollinger
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