guess what!? i´m leaving la union this week...i´m super sad! i don´t want to leave yet! sometimes i feel like i was born here...but most days i feel like i got here yesterday. yesterday, 2 of our investigators (a mom and daughter) finally came to church! i was super excited! we´ve been teaching them for like 2 months now. so when the branch president announced that i was leaving i had the chance to bare my testimony. it was the saddest thing...everyone was just bawling. haha including me. i didn´t think it would be this hard to say goodbye. but i guess it makes sense. i have been here for 6 months. so after church our investigators came up to me and the mom was bawling! she was like "i´m going to miss you so much! thank you thank you for coming to my house to teach me. i will never forget you". it was really sad. tonight i have to say goodbye to Hugo and tomorrow my mamita. so i´m really not looking forward to that either. anyways, the point is i´m so so SO grateful for the chance i had to work here in la union. i´ve learned and grown A LOT. and i could not have asked for a better first area.
i´m really excited to go to my new sector! i´m ready for the change...i know it will be good for me! my new companion is SUPER cute! she´s a redhead from draper UT. she was in my zone last transfer so that´s how i know her. my new sector is called rio cruzes...it´s in Valdivia. and guess what? it´s one of the rainest cities in the WHOLE WORLD. everyone just talks about how much it rains in valdivia. and its right on the coast...so that will be fun haha. i will be using my hunters a lot.
i know that we have a father in heaven who loves and knows us. he knows our strengths and our weaknesses. he also knows what mission president, companions, members and investigators i need to become the missionary, spouse, and parent that i am capable of becoming. he knows exactly where i need to serve. i know that even after the mission, blessings will continue to come if i live worthy of them. the mission field is like a training camp for the rest of my life. the experiences and lessons i learn in the mission are a base to live the gospel the rest of my life AND in the life to come.
i hope you have a great week! i love you all a lot and i am super excited to see you all next week! say hi to grandma and star for me! and that i love them!
con amor, hermana steele