Monday, September 9, 2013

Transfer and a Baptism

received from Sister Hart 9/9/2013 

yeah so to start off I am getting transferred to Hunters Creek... I am leaving St Cloud and ALL of its goodness!!!!! GAH! I am just getting transferred to a new area with a new companion and I am way sad but also ultra excited because it means different experiences for this ginger. "new school, new baby pool" as I like to say. ultra stoked to get a feel for what different areas are like, because sister P and I have decided that St. Cloud has the worst parts of everyone elses areas. HA! sad but true. ,makes for a good time though haha! Also last Saturday I forgot to tell you we had a BAPTISM!!! Yeah didn't see that coming did ya? Ha. That's because it wasn't ours. It was the elders in our ward. STILL I WAS PROBABLY MOR EEXCITED THAN ANYONE ELSE THERE!!!! I LOVE BAPTISMS! It was an amazing experience and I asked to bear a quick testimony while we waited for the elders and new member to come back from the font. While I was bearing my testimony the spirit just testified to me of the reason why I came out. I want soo badly for EVERYONE to have these same blessings I have - to know that because of the plan of salvation and the love our heavenly father has for us by sending us his Son to atone for our sins, our families can be together FOREVER! I am missing some pretty big events that will be in making for the next few months(only one in particular) and I am ultra sad I am missing it. BUT I also know that because I can be with my family FOREVER I am not missing a whole lot of anything at all-because I am doing the lords work. I know that blessings will pour out for those I am serving here and those who are supporting me back home because of my decision to come out and I am soo grateful that they will be blessed. I love it. I have a favor to ask of everyone who reads this. Tell me your conversion story - what brought you back to the church if you became less active- when were you truly converted to gospel? if you haven't been yet what are you waiting for. I love working with less actives to figure out how they can receive the FULLEST of blessings again because they are denying themselves the abundance of blessings they can receive by not attending church, so it helps to hear how others became converted and what keeps people active. This week we had ZTM which is always good. and a trainers mtg which meant I went on exchanges - it was great because I got to be in Windermere-aka the richest part of the mission-right across from ALL the parks-yes I was tempted. It was really cool to talk to soo many people and tract in an apartment complex. CRAZY! I knocked on this one door and my exchange comp sister Nielsen said her shpeel and the woman said -'no hable ingles. espanol.' so I said oh "somos los missionarios de la iglesia de.... just told her who we were in Spanish and then she was like oh uh 'I have no time' so we just shared a card but her English was great. some peoples kids. they make up the funniest excuses not to talk to us. it hilarious! anywho. wellp I have loved every minute in st cloud and cannot wait for the next set of adventures.! I love the work the lord and my savior. HE IS RISEN! love and prayers to you all! sister zoë hart

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