L-R Sister Morgan from Brewer, Priscilla, and Sister Daughety. She said in her email that she and Sister Daughety wore Carolina Panther colors to church!
Happy Monday
friends and family and welcome to my sixth transfer. Wow, time goes by so fast
as a missionary, I honestly can't believe it. Like I don't even know where that
last transfer went, Sister Daughety and I must have been having way too much
fun. But seriously, as this transfer draws to an end so does my time with
Sister Daughety and Brewer. I honestly can't believe it's time to leave this
place. I don't know if any of you know this but I really did not like
Brewer when I first got here. Everything in my mind made me mad and I was
really wanting to be emergency transferred somewhere else. But our loving
Heavenly Father always has a higher plan for us and that is something I have
had to learn as I learned to love Brewer. Now I can't believe I'm really leaving,
it feels like I just got here! I am really proud to be able to look at my time
here in Brewer and say I did my best and I can see the fruits of my labors
here. I honestly wasn't a perfect missionary and I can think of a lot of ways I
could have done better here but I did my best and will use those regrets to
improve myself. Also, saying goodbye to the ward yesterday was the hardest but
I know they will keep up the awesome job they are doing in keeping up the
missionary work.
But enough with the
sad things, my last week in Brewer was honestly pretty great. The weather was
literally everywhere though. Thursday Sister Daughety and I tracted a street
that was honestly the most pleasant street with the most pleasant people we
have ever tracted (no one was particularly interested but they were still
really sweet!) and the weather as 50 degrees and sunny. PLEASANT WEATHER FOR A
PLEASANT STREET IT WAS GREAT. We didn't have to wear coats that day which as a
New England missionary is unusual. Of course Friday we woke up to a snowstorm
and having our vehicle grounded and our appointments fall through because of
the unsafe conditions but all our appointments rescheduled because they still
wanted to see us. Brewer is so great. That meant Saturday we got to shovel a
lot of our drive way, doorstops, and local members' doorstops which was pretty
fun. Everything was fun, especially as I worked really hard to ignore transfer
calls.
And that leads us
where we are today. I know I am going to Somersworth, New Hampshire (thus the
title, the 'shire, compliments of a Brewer ward member) tomorrow to serve as
junior companion under Sister DeWidt which I am really excited for. Honestly, I
think the DeWidt and Wright families have been praying for us to serve together
since I opened my transfer call almost a year ago. Two Arizona girls in a place
that has the word "summer" (or at least sounds like summer)- sounds
like this next transfer is going to be a blast. And I am totally going to miss
Sister Daughety!! I honestly could not have asked for a better companion these
last two transfers and I am really excited for her as she TRAINS (yes, Brewer
is having a baby!!) and ah I just love Sister Daughety so much. I can't wait to
see her and all my other missionary friends after the mission, it will just be
so fun. So shout out to Sister Daughety and may she have an awesome last two
transfers with her greenie! If only the Carolina Panthers had won last night,
that would make our last Sunday together the best. Oh well.
Before I close this
email I wanted to share that I had the opportunity this week at District
meeting to share my testimony to close the meeting. The lesson was focused on
member missionary work and helping members participate in the 2016 mission
vision. I want you all to know I have a strong testimony of member missionary
work. As a full time missionary we can only do so much as we try to contact
people on the street or on their doors. As regular human beings and members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints there are so many more
opportunities to share of the blessings the true church brings into your lives.
I have seen the outcomes of member missionary work in my time in Brewer with
Lynn. Sure, it took her six years but she had a friend that never gave up on here
that entire time and helped her understand what it means to be a disciple of
Christ. Miracles happen when members are involved in this work. I know that is
true. May we all have a great upcoming week!
Love,
Sister Wright
A couple of pictures of the snow on Friday
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