Leaving Cullman

How is it going? How is life? I hope your life is going well. I think of all of you often, and I love you bunches.

Well, here I am at the start of my last transfer and I hardly know what to feel. Or think. I know what to do- I've spent my entire mission learning what to do, so I keep doing that . Fortunately I still don't feel like I'm on the downhill slope, so I have the energy to keep going. 

This past week has been rather interesting. In some ways it would rank among the  hardest weeks I've had on my mission, but we've also had a lot of really neat experiences. Please just put the Emmaus Experiences (in italics) on the blog. 

Leaving Cullman was very difficult. I have come to love the people in that area so much, and I absolutely adored Sister Harris. I knew it was coming, the Spirit warned me about a week beforehand, but it was still very difficult.

Transfer meeting was a roller coaster. Right when we pulled up I saw Rick and Jody- a couple from Monte Sano. It was so absolutely incredible. Jody still has light shooting out of her eyes. She looks very good. She still looks just as clean and pure and light as when she was baptized. It was one of those neat moments when I really connected with Ammon. I wasn't quite to the fainting point, but I was pretty close. It just made me so happy.

Coming into Weatherly has been really difficult. There are so many parallels to Monte Sano, and Monte Sano was not really my favorite area. Fortunately I really like my companion, we connect really well and have a pretty good time. So that is one major difference that I'm very grateful for. Unfortunately the weather, lack of investigators and general feeling of the missionaries is exactly the same. And we bike everywhere.

But, as I said, the Lord has really been helping us out. We've been fasting and praying a lot to increase our teaching pool. On Sunday the Elders handed a new investigator off to us. She came to church- she hadn't had a single lesson, just received a pamphlet on the Plan of Salvation, I couldn't introduce her to anyone since I didn't know anyone and it was fast and testimony meeting. TOTAL recipe for disaster!!! Miraculously nearly everyone that shared their testimony focused it on the Savior. Very few people mentioned Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon (both of which we had not taught her). Then in Relief Society, after we were able to briefly explain the Book of Mormon, the ENTIRE lesson was on the Book of Mormon from Preach My Gospel!!! It was absolutely amazing. Pure miracle. Afterwards she asked if she could come to a relief society activity, set up a return appointment and she had a whole bunch of ward members exchange phone numbers with her. It was absolutely fantastic. She is super sweet. We have high hopes, please pray for her!

So, its been up and down. I am SO grateful that today is P-Day. I needed that rest.

Thanks for all you do! I hope you have a great day. 

Love always,

Sister Pratt