Chapter 64: #SOHAPPY

Hello Everyone! 

I have literally had the best week in my mission so far :). I don't think I have ever been so happy! This is just the life and I think I can do it forever :)

So Monday and Tuesday were a little crazy getting ready for the transfer but finally Wednesday came :) I have never been so excited to pick up a companion before in my whole mission! The moment we saw each other Sister Calder and I screamed with joy and ran to each other. Didn't even have time to drop the basketball she was holding :). We hit the ground running with the work. Its amazing what you can get done when you don't have to waste time figuring out how the other one works and teaches :) We found a new investigator this week ( she might be a little crazy but thats a side note) and found a ton of new potentials and formers to try by :) Super excited for this up coming week! We have been meeting with A___ pretty much every day ( now that I think about it, I'm not sure I even told y'all about her...) So Ya! She's this amazing 11 year old that told us the first time that we met her (about a month ago) that she wanted to get baptized. We invited her to prepare for the 21st of October and she has been moving full speed ahead preparing for this Saturday! She had her interview about 2 days ago and our District Leader was really impressed with her and said she passed with flying colors :) She is going to make an amazing member :) I love her so stinkin' much :) its been amazing to see her grow so much really just in the course of 3 weeks. She went from not wanting to pray and being kinda quiet in lessons, to really opening up, sharing experiences with repentance, and saying prayers in lessons. She is super excited to be able to go and do baptisms in the temple in just a few months too :)

The Gospel is true. It changes lives. I know it has certainly changed mine. A scripture that has really been on my mind this week comes out of the 9th chapter of 3 Nephi. In the second part of the 13th verse it says " Will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?" Think about it. He have to let the Savior change you. He never turns away from us. But when we come unto Him, do little things everyday to bring the spirit into our lives more abundantly, and REPENT, He promises to heal us. I've seen it time and time again :). I'd love to invite yall ( because I'm a missionary and its kinda what I do) to do something hard this week that will help you to come closer to the Savior and to let Him heal you. Maybe its gonna be waking up 15 min earlier to get a little more scripture time it, maybe its going to be asking for blessing to overcome a challenge in your path. Who knows but God :) I can promise that you will have an added power come into your life as you do so :)

I love you all! Have a wonderful week!

Sister Tobler

Celebrating with ice-cream!

So happy to be companions again.

Chapter 63: Transfers!!!

Hello Everyone! 

Boy do I have a story to tell you! And it has to do with transfers so you'll have to bear with me and my creativity :) Just indulge me for a minute :). Here's my story.

Once upon a time in the land of the WKM, there were two sisters. Now these sisters were the very best of friends. They loved working together but alas, all great companionship's must come to an end. They cried together when they had to part but always looked forward to seeing one another at meetings. Months past ( about 6 months to be exact) and one sister received a call from the king of the land. He informed her that her current companion would be leaving her to head to the distant land of West Richland and that She would be staying. He then inquired further. "My dear sister, if you had to choose, which ward would keep. the wards must be split into two areas for the work is popping in both." Her heart broke a little but the response was immediate. "Edison" she replied. You could tell that a smile emerged upon his face for she had chosen what he had planned. "Furthermore," he continued," If you had to choose who would be your companion, who would you pick? out of all the sisters in the land." She couldn't believe herself. Was this a trick? Once again, her response was sure. "Sister Calder." The King laughed and said" It is done". Our dear sister almost burst into tears at the prospect of being reunited with her dear friend and now continues to look forward and anticipates Wednesday :)

Did you catch it! I get my baby again!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoooo!!!!!!!! SO excited to get to serve with her again! Of course it broke my heart to loose highlands but I know that it was inspired. So excited for the upcoming transfer!

So the rest of the week... I left my old planner at home to be honest so I'm struggling to remember what we did. Biggest testimony builder this week was on referrals. They gave us a list this week of all these uncontacted referrals from the last year and told us to go and find them! I mean, these are our brothers and sisters who showed interest in the gospel! We must bring them home! We went on two finding blitz' to bring them in and several of them said that we could come back!!!! God is softening hearts and when the time is right, He will either lead them to us, or us to them. I love that I get to be a part of this work! Pray for us as we go into this next transfer that we will be able to find more of our brothers and sisters who are being prepared! I know that they are out there!!! 

I love you all! Thanks for your support and prayers!

Till next week!

Sister Tobler!

Chapter 62: A Quick Note.

Hello Everyone!
I have no clue where to start because my mind is running a million miles and hour right now :) We have had such a crazy busy day with the temple trip today but it's so worth it. I love getting to recharge my batteries there :)
Highlight of the week was General Conference! And super cool... we have FOUR of our investigators tune it!!!! And they each had something that they felt like was just for them or super profound :) Oh my goodness I loved it all! Oh! And for the families information, My conference mix contained chex mix, pb m&ms, goldfish, and peanuts :) YUM!!!!!!
We went on exchanges with the Hermanas this week and I got to go with Hermana Malone again!!! Woohoo for San Antonio Peeps!! As usual, I didn't know a lot what was going on because it was in Spanish but I am getting better! I am understanding more and more with every exchange I go on :) We focused a lot of leaving commitments with people and I got to see one of the most inspired commitments ever so I'd like to leave it with ya'll. Do something hard this week. Not just physically hard though. Think about it. What is something that makes you nervous. What is something that you want to make a habit but struggle with? What is something that will help you to become more like the savior? Just pick one this and strive to do it this week. I can promise you that God will help you as you strive to become more like him and the light and power that you have about you will only grow! I've seen it in my life time and time again.
I wish I had more time to write but alas, I don't :) Just know that we have some AMAZING miracles coming up real soon!!!! I love you all and I'm so grateful for your prayers. They keep me going through it all! I hope you have a great week!
Sister Tobler