Such a crazy week and so much to tell so I'll try and give a play by play real quick. The latter half of the week is much more interesting. Literally everyday we woke up thinking that we should have a fairly normal day but that never happened.
Mon: Got a call late in the afternoon that we were having 2 more sisters move in with us so we had to spend the evening in moving furniture and making room for another companionship! Lets just say 2 sisters trying to move couches around in a small apartment is very amusing to watch. Thank goodness for saintly Elders who get permission to come help us. Even if they do break our light in the process.
Tues: Taking a new missionary out for the first time! Sister Carey :) Goodness she's a sweetheart. And interesting thing, she didn't go to the MTC!!! She went straight out to the field. Some new pilot program the church is trying out I guess. Anyways,she was fantastic. She even invited someone to be baptized and they said YES!!!!
Wed: Transfer day. We were safe, but that didn't mean that we were not busy. We got called to help the new sisters get all settled in their apartment and we had to give up our car to the elders for the day. Lots and Lots of walking but that's okay :). The pay off is great from so much walking.
Thurs and Friday: Filled with Lots of service and planning. We have a big training coming up and lets just say that Sister Cram and I are probably the craziest and most fun STL's in this mission ( not to brag or anything). Our training involves a skit.... and fire.... stay tuned for pictures to come next week.
Sat: MISSION CONFERENCE WITH ELDER ANDERSEN!!!!! Oh my goodness it was so good. We had great seats because I had to lead the music :) Perks of being a musician I guess :) He is definitely helping us to raise the bar in our missionary efforts here but I'm not too worried about it because I know that God will help us to meet these higher expectations. We also got some really cool promptings that were fulfilled on Sunday.... Also, I got to shake his hand :)
Sun: STAKE CONFERENCE WITH ELDER ANDERSEN!!!! So good again! After the conference we decided to go and visit a Part Member family that we thought about on Saturday and when we showed up they had just experienced a major family crisis and she was so overwhelmed. I guess no one would answer her calls because she just needed to talk about what was happening and at the moment she was about to sink back into her depression, guess who knocks on her door..... us. God watches out for His children. He prompted us to go see her 24 hours in advance because He knew that she would need support. I love getting to be his instrument. This really is an amazing work.
We also met this really cool couple. J___ and H___. They have a little 5 month old but kinda sad/ crazy thing, they are still in high school... but they have such a light and desire to know for themselves if God really is there and wants to help their little family. I am so excited to help them find that... Not sure how it's all going to play out, but I have faith that God has a plan for them and will bless them as they seek out truth.
There were so many highlights from Elder Andersen's visit that I don't really know what to share! One of my favorite stories was about his grandson. He said that he and his wife were watching them and from the back room they heard the younger one scream. After comforting him they asked what happened. They younger one said " Clayton hit me!!!" Then they went to go talk to Clayton and asked him why he hit his younger brother. " Mimi" he said" I'm sorry, but I lost my CTR ring so now I can't choose the right." I just about died laughing inside when he said this but how often do we say similar things? How often do we blame our circumstances on others? That's why I love repentance. We can own up for our mistakes and try and little harder to be a little better everyday. No one has traveled beyond the reach of divine love. We all can become clean and new again through the atonement of Jesus Christ. We just have to use it. It's that simple. I love that I get to spend everyday teaching others how to access that. Its a very special think and I'm so glad I still have so much time to do it :) I love you all and thank you for your love and support!
Till next week!
Sister Tobler
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