Sorry I didn't get to reply to all your emails, still working on getting school figured out and that takes up quite a bit of time. I love hearing how you're all doing, thank you so much for the emails!
This week has been just CRAZY! I have forgotten and lost so many things. But I hear that's the usual for missionaries getting ready to go home. My brain is so scattered sometimes I don't know which way is up! But I'm working though it haha. Plus I have a brand new missionary under my wing so I'm trying my best to show her how it's done so she can handle it when I'm gone.
My new companion is Hermana Ipson from Brigham City, Utah which is really close to Logan where I went to school, so we have been to a lot of the same places! (There's not much to choose from in Logan or Brigham) She's great, and so willing to work hard. She's got a greenie fire if I've ever seen one! I am already learning from her and I can tell we're going to be a great team!
Every time you're called as a trainer for a new missionary we go to a meeting with the mission president and his wife and the assistants to the president and we get trained for a good 5 or 6 hours. It was cool to see all the missionaries that have been called to be trainers and teach the new missionaries and I always love seeing the future of our mission - I know it's in good hands with all these new missionaries. There was one point where President Van Cott asked "For you old missionaries, what is something you wish you knew at the beginning of your mission?" So I raised my hand and made a comment and he goes "Did everyone hear that? We're giving you our secrets, Hermana Granado has been out for 17 months, getting ready to go home and she's giving you her secrets!" So that was kinda cool to hear. But also a bit scary to be reminded that my time here is coming to an end.
At transfers we got a pair of elders taken out of the branch so it's just us and 1 set of elders, we had to re-align the boundaries and ended up getting 7 new investigators! So we've definitely been busy! But nothing we can't handle... I hope.
Church yesterday was really good, we had branch conference so the Stake president and our branch president both spoke in sacrament meeting - their messages were really similar. Just about stay faithful and giving your all in everything you do. Especially when it comes to our faith! One thing he said was really cool, our branch president was talking to Donny Osmond once, long story, but he asked him why he thinks so many members fall away from the church. Donny Osmond said that members fall out of the church for the same reason people fall out of bed - THEY'RE NOT IN FAR ENOUGH. When it comes to things that really matter in life, we need to make sure we're committed and that we're in so far that we won't fall out.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love, your California girl
Hermana Granado
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