Hello Everyone!
We got transfer calls for this week and....... I'm being transferred! Again! But let me tell you more about everything that happened leading up to the call first :)
So we are walking around our area on a beautiful Easter evening ( used too many miles last week so we had to walk to make up for all our trips to the basin) and we met some wonderful people. We knocked on this one door and right after we introduce ourselves the invite us in! So cool! So we go in and they sit us down at the bar stools by the island where all these people are just sitting around socializing. G_____ cuts each of us a slice of cake and they proceed to ask us questions about our missions. Such a cool group of people! We got to share the Prince of Peace initiative with them and they were all really excited about it! Then they sent us home with a bag full of goodies :). That surely doesn't happen everyday but it was such a tender mercy after no one being home! We get to stop by one more house and as we are walking the phone starts ringing. It's President. We both knew this was coming but didn't want it to. He tells us that he wants to talk with both of us. "Sister Tobler" he says, "the Lord would like to me to extend you the calling of a Sister Training Leader. Can you do that?" You can bet my heart just about dropped out of my chest. Of course I accepted but I'll be honest, I have never been so scared in my entire life I think. He then proceeded to call Sister Calder to be a Trainer!!! I am so excited for her and I know that she is going to be amazing. My heart is a little broken to be leaving my baby but I am excited for the opportunity to continue to grow. So on Wednesday I'll be off to Richland to be a STL with Sister Cram. I've never met her but have heard wonderful things (She's from Hawaii!!!). This is an amazing work and only God could be at the head of it all :). I would have messed it up a long time ago if He wasn't :).
So the rest of the week... We did SO much service. I haven't worn jeans so much in a long time! It started with moving river rock for one of the sisters investigators, led to packing food boxes, then mucking out some horse pens and washing windows. What is so cool to me is that there are so many opportunities to talk about the gospel when serving and it truly does soften hearts. Turns out, the lady who we mucked stalls for has had lots of interactions with the church! In her own words " I was an honorary Mormon growing up. Planned all their dances, had a CTR ring and everything". We love her so much :) She's so funny and we love that we have the chance to go back and continue to help and serve her. Service works wonders in helping to plant seeds and help the work move forward.
One final fun thing from the week. We got to go and dye Easter eggs with this less active lady we've been working with! SO FUN! Sister R_____ may be one of my most favorite ladies here. And its been especially neat to see the progress that she has made. We were told that she is just super hard on herself and doesn't feel worthy to be at church around so many "perfect" people. Now she has been to church a handful of times and she is attending an institute class every week. I love watching people progress in the gospel and make changes in their lives all because of their love of the Savior. Its all for Him.
I love being a missionary. There are literally too many miracles to write out. So many tender mercies. I wouldn't be able to stay out here if it weren't for God and all His guidance. I love y'all! Till next week! Wish me luck!
Sister Tobler
Look at all the fun this week!
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