Happy Halloween!
What a week full of craziness,
changes, and laughter. Transfer week is so crazy in this mission. Lots
of screaming, laughing and crying. But it has been so fun.
Monday
morning was transfer conference. They did it a little different this
transfer in hopes of having it be more reverent. Last transfer there was
lots of screaming and cheering as companions /assignments/ and
apartments were announced. This transfer when we met together as a zone
early in the morning they only announced our companion and then they
emailed out the rest of the information. I'll admit I spent a lot of
time on my knees preparing myself for this transfer. I knew it was going
to be full of new and exciting changes and I was so ready for it. I
prayed over and over to have a transfer full of learning and full of new
insights. I know that I'm still at the beginning of my mission so I
want to develop good habits and learn as much as I can in the beginning
and be able to use the things that I learn all throughout my mission. Monday
morning as we were walking to our zone spot where we meet I was so
nervous. I knew that I was either going to get a companion where we got
along great or the exact opposite because really having both can teach
you a lot. Well my companion is now Sister Humble. And she is such an
answer to prayer. She was actually my zone leader for my first week on
Temple Square before they switched us to the West Gate zone. I love her
so much. Even before we were companions she was one of my favorite
sisters. She actually was supposed to go home this transfer but she
extended so she will be going home in December after this transfer.
A
quick little info about her. She lives in Monterrey, CA. She is the
youngest with an older brother and sister. She is probably one of the
funniest sisters I know here. We have laughed probably the entire time
since we were put together, I love it. Yet at the same time she is also
probably one of the most wise and spiritual sisters here. In just the
two days we have had together we have been able to have some very cool
spiritual experiences and I know that this whole transfer will be filled
with them.
She is determined to try basically
everything new. Yesterday for dinner, we had no food in our apartment,so
we went to dinner at a Greek place and she made me try lamb. And would
you believe it, I actually liked it. We also had Korean food from a food
truck we found near the square. That was super good and spicy. That's
something cool about my mission, it is based in Salt Lake City yet it is
definitely the most international mission.
I didn't have to
move, but I did change districts and assignments. I no longer am in
West Gate, but I did just get bounced to Guest Services. Which instead
of assigning the tours for people who just walked on the square, I
assign and schedule the larger tours. Like the tour buses, the lessons
that the Elders and Sisters from the surrounding missions have when they
come to the square. So all of that fun stuff. So really it's more
computer and phone calls. I have a feeling this is preparing me for
something, I'm just not sure what yet. It was pretty funny, we had
training for it this morning but yesterday morning was our first shift.
So really we had no idea what we were doing and every time the phone
rang the both of us would shreek a little haha. I'm sure the sisters
walking past our cubicle thought we were the weirdest companionship :)
The
two of us are super excited for this transfer because we both strongly
feel like there is something specific that we need to do and learn. We
are not sure what it is though. We have been praying about it the last
few days and still don't feel like we really know. Tonight for Halloween
the entire mission is going to the Temple so we are planning on going
with that question in mind.
On that note, for Halloween the
square is closing down at 5 and as a mission we are all getting together
to have a dinner and then all going to the temple together. We are
really so blessed to be in this mission. I was talking with a sister
about how cool it will be to be in the Temple with about 200 sisters
that you love so much, and she shared with me that she feels like it
will be a little glimpse of our mission reunion in Heaven. We all live
all over the world, and yes we might be able to see a good amount of
each other after our missions but it is very doubtful that we will see
everyone. But in the life to come we will all see each other and it will
be like a giant, massive mission reunion. Being in one room, away from
the distractions of the world with all of your close friends. I know
that it will be a wonderful experience
Snow is supposed to come either this weekend, or next week...ahhh.
I'm
realizing just how much of a California girl I am down to the bones.
I'm prepared, yet I'm scared. We shall she how it goes. Oh and a funny
realization I had this week. I was flashed back to when I was in SYC
studying world views and when I was literally in the mind set of a
cosmic humanist. Well if you were wondering, those people actually
exist. It kind of scared me a bit when someone came on chat and starting
talking about how yes he believes in God but really aren't we all God.
Ya, it was quite interesting, especially because I've run into people
like that more than once this week. Odd. Well I'm glad for the
preparation that SYC gave me, because now I know haha.
So
I want to share a bit with you about something that we have discussed
in our companionship study the last two nights. We have been talking
about how we can recognize more fully the spirit, and how we can really
have it all the time. That lead us talking about our relationship with
our Father in Heaven, and how yes the Spirit is our companion but
really it's our Father in Heaven who is and wants to be our companion.
Then we went through a series of examples of things that we might do or
not do to our companions. Do we ask their opinion when we make
decisions, do we talk with them all day or only at certain times of the
day? Are we actually interested in getting to know them or do we only
talk about ourselves? We then took these questions and asked if we do
those things to our Father in Heaven? When we pray do we only talk about
ourselves, do we include Him in the decisions that we make? Do we even
talk to Him throughout our day? Really when we pray it shouldn't just be
us talking about everything and anything, it should be more of a
conversation. We can talk about everything and anything but we then need
to listen to His response. So we are now both doing a prayer journal
where we write down a question or a concern that we have. Then during
our prayer we take time to stop and think, and listen to our Father's
response. We then write it down so show Him that we really are committed
to hearing and listening to Him. It's been a pretty cool experience
since I have started. So if you are looking for a way to make your
prayers more meaningful it doesn't hurt to try a journal.
Well we are having a mission dinner tonight so it's time to head the that. :) Happy Halloween and enjoy and the candy!
XOXOXOXOX
-Sister Fluckiger
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