Hello my dearest family, it was so good to hear from
all of you this week. You are all my favorite and I am so grateful for
me, thank you for keeping me going.
Sometimes
life is just so hard. Thank you for filling me in on all of our loved
ones, my dear dear Cole will be in my prayers. Please let me know if
anything major happens, I will do a fast for him as well. The will of
our Heavenly Father is an interesting topic. But I am so grateful for
my knowledge of my Heavenly Fathers plan for me and for every single one
of us. I have learned that his was is always better, even if it is
hard, and even if it takes a while for us to see the reasoning. But the
Bounes are strong, they know that, and that is why I know everything
will be okay. Yesterday was met the non-member husband of a less-active
(Crystal) named Juan. We had an awesome lesson with him about prayer
and he really opened up to us. He has a "hard time" with God because he
does not understand why bad things happen to good people. We are so
excited to help him learn about the will of the Father and the way we
can be happy in this life. He is a real gem, and one of the many
miracles that we were given this week.
This week has been awesome, it really has, I feel so
blessed. First things first I am in the Woodhood, otherwise known as
Woodbridge Virginia. It is up close to DC, used to be part of the DC
south mission. It is sweet. We have a giant ward, with muchos
members. Me and my cute cute new companion, Hermana Collins, have just
had a wee of a time. White washing an area can always be a little
tricky, but we have worked together and just figured life out up here.
Hermana Collins, is a real gem. I love love love her already. She is
19 and from Bountiful and smart and just ready and willing to WORK. And
I mean work. She is all about doing doing doing just simply
everything. She wants to be here and we get along just like 2 peas in a
pod. I was really blessed with this one, I can already tell good
things are to come for us. So anyways, we got right to work, whipped up
a mappa, and got to work meeting people. We have so many people to see
everyday, which is super nice. We haven't had to do any planned
finding yet, and we still found 3 new investigators. Missionary work is
just the best. And teaching someone about being a missionary has
helped me remember why it is the best thing on the whole planet. We may
or may not be exhausted...but all is well. We have the most legit ward
mission leader on the planet, he helps us and has all these awesome
FHE's set up. It is out of control. Everyone here is very missionary
minded, and ready to help. It is an awesome area. So we are happy.
It was sad to leave my Chesterfield people, mostly
just the day of transfer meeting it hit me. My sweet Ruben, and
Carolina and their families, and just all my people, but I am so excited
to meet new people here. We have already been teaching like crazy, and
still trying to sort though everything.
This week we have been going back to the basics,
reading a lot of PMG and just starting over from scratch. We have had a
few awesome experiences of simply praying and getting exactly what we
needed. And my cute companion is just floored by everything. I love
her so much! I love being a missionary, it is the happiest things. I
love love love you! Have the best week :)
-Besitos, Hermana Riley Jane
my address is 2807 Woodmark Dr. #204, Woodbridge VA 22191
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