Hiiiii friends!
These past 2 weeks have been full of ups and downs! First, TEGHAN GOT BAPTIZED! It was such an exciting day!! Teghan is just the sweetest little boy and we were so happy for him and his family! He is such an example of faith, I love that kid.
On a sadder note, Sister Watanabe finished her mission this past week and went home. It was a very sad day for Apartment 3. All I can say is, our Mission President truly is inspired, because he really put together an apartment of sisters who would become best friends! She was such an example to me of the kind of missionary I should try and hope to be! We also faced another devastating loss this week...our car, Clifford (it was a big, bright red car). Never have 2 missionaries appreciated a car so much. We are now back to walking and riding bikes! RIP Clifford </3
We have been able to teach some of Hermana Smith's friends and investigators that she was teaching down in Chile, so that has been awesome! I haven't been able to use spanish in so long! I'm definitely getting rusty, which is sad, but it's good to start really practicing again! Also, I thought speaking and understanding Spanish in Idaho was hard...they speak about 1000000x faster down in Chile, I've really got work to do.
Lots of changes happened this past transfer. Our district got lots of new people in it! I'm really missing our last district, we were all so close, but I'm excited to become friends with all these new missionaries! Our apartment also got another set of sisters, so Apartment 3 is now a 6 girl apartment!! It's crazy, but it's definitely a party! Me and Sister Smith are excited to be staying together in Kuna for another 6 weeks, though!!
I want to finish with this quote from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, one of my favorite speakers and apostles. "If we give our hearts to God, if we love the Lord Jesus Christ, if we do the best we cna to live the gospel, then tomorrow-and every other day-is ultimately going to be magnificent, even if we don't always recognize it as such. Why? Because our Heavenly Father wants it to be! He wants to bless us. A rewarding, abundant, and eternal life is the very object of His merciful plan for His children! It is a plan predicated on the truth, 'that all things work together for good to them that love God.' So keep trying. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever."
All my looooooove,
Hermana Rawlins
Address:
1742 N Madderlake Ave
Apt. 3
Kuna, ID 83634
Pictures:
1. APARTMENT 3 PIC we found a box of old, very outdated clothes and had a fashion show ;))
2. Apartment 3 pic before Wantanabe left! All of us had a baptism that day!!!!
3. Last district pday before Elder Schlosser went home and we had transfers. We hiked Table Rock in Boise
4. TEGHANS BAPTISM
5. At Table Rock :))
6. Me and Sister Smith, our last day driving Clifford :')
