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Hiiiiiiii family!!!
Dad, that was a WONDERFUL mission story, and a WONDERFUL analogy about temperature. I feel like that Katy Perry song, "you're hot then you're cold, you're yes and you're no, you're in then you're out, up and you're down...." LOL not that Dad or Grandma have ever heard that song before, but you get the idea. I just go from insanely frustrated to really happy and excited in an instant. It's annoying. But this next transfer... I'll be able to handle myself. Hopefully. Anyway....
This week has been really really really really busy. Really busy. Too busy. Stressfully busy, especially with the knowledge that my companion and I will be training this next transfer. I haven't been all that stressed, I'm just grateful to be able to start over 100% and I am determined to do better. In an email from my mission president a couple weeks ago, I had expressed earlier that I was overwhelmed with some things. He told me that I should learn from the current experiences and find my voice. Crazy right? How'd he know? Inspired. Pray for courage for me to use my words, as pretty much all of you have encouraged me to do. :) You all are also inspired.
Well not a whole lot to report. Just that I'm training again. 2 six-week bullets. I guess that's what they call them here. LOL.... So I'll probably be going somewhere they haven't had sisters in a while. Kind of fun. I hope it goes well and that there will be elders to help us out like the elders here did. I seriously have never made friends so fast in my life. I am soooooooooooo grateful for them. We have established ourselves as a "quadpanionship" and I will miss it soooooooooooo much! Even more than Taos, if you can believe that. The highlight of the week was last night. We had just finished a really chastis-ey feeling missionary correlation meeting with the WML, and then the elders came over. (Outside the door, we're not breaking rules... lol) Heaven sent. Sister Graves asked for a blessing cause she's been so stressed, she's made herself sick. So Elder Satterlee gave her an amazing blessing. Then I asked the elders for a blessing from Elder Armstrong. Most amazing blessing I've ever received, besides my patriarchal blessing. And maybe my setting apart, but I can't remember that one. Anyway, it was so amazing. Spirit up the wazoo. Some highlights from that blessing: my family is especially blessed right now. (I hope you are!!) I'll be a ministering angel to many in these upcoming months. Help from the other side of the veil. The specific purpose for me in this area was mostly accomplished with my companion, learning from her. (remember what my mission president just said?! Crazy, right?!) I've been prepared for future areas, what I've learned is sorely needed........ I don't have my journal with me so I can't remember everything else, but wow. Just wow. I was crying, Elder Armstrong started tearing up as he was giving me the blessing, Elder Satterlee was crying, I bear hugged my companion and we were both sobbing, it was the most ridiculous cry fest of my life!! And then we all kept crying cause I'm leaving and it's so sad to leave my best friends... Sigh. Such a special moment. I really can't tell you how grateful I am for those elders. It's going to be a rough night tonight and morning tomorrow when I have to say goodbye. My heart hurts just thinking about it. Man.
Well today's Pday, it's been great so far. We had district breakfast in our apartment this morning (it was ok cause we were outnumbered with like 4 elders). That's always fun. Our elders brought me a pineapple with candles stuck in it to celebrate my half birthday/me leaving and they sang half of happy birthday. It was probably one of the most thoughtful things anyone has ever done for me! hahaha not really but close. It did mean a lot. I feel loved. We've just kind of run around getting a few things done like shopping (I just tag along cause I have no choice, not actually shopping since I'm outta here!) and after this we'll probably play volley ball or something. We did that last week and it was the most hilarious thing ever. Seriously so sad to leave. But so excited to start over again.
I wish I had like a spiritual thought to share... my brain's just so scattered today. But I want yall to know that OOOOLLLLIIIIIVVVVVEEEEE YYYYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! SOOOOO MUCH! Thanks for all you do. But just remember the words of Joseph Smith after he saw the visions. "I knew it, I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it." I know you all have a testimony. Remember the feelings you've had. They're straight from God, you feel them through the Holy Ghost. When things get hard, when your faith waivers, when you begin to doubt, remember those feelings. They are from God, telling you that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true.
MUCH LOVE!
Sister Hannah Schieving
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