Biking with my companion. Aren't the trees beautiful?
Hey y'all!
Oh my
goodness, I have so much to say! I don't even know where to start. How about
the General Women's Conference. I learned so much this week and have found so
many cool things that I've thought about sharing with you, but after that
meeting I just have to share what I loved. I love the temple, and they talked
about it a lot! It made me so excited to go home and be able to go to the
temple again. It also got me so excited for Toni to go to the temple tomorrow! :)
It is such a blessing. But the feeling that I felt when Pres. Uchtdorf spoke is
so hard for me to explain! I want to get better at that. But anyways, I felt
like he was talking directly to me. I felt the love of my Heavenly Father and
my Savior so strong! Especially when he said that God doesn't wait for us to
overcome our weaknesses or become perfect before He loves us. Oh my gosh it was
so perfect for me again I just can't even explain! Which leads me to my next
point...
Tuesday
morning we went to breakfast with Jackie and Lina, two of my favorite members,
then to transfers. I saw President and he said that he wanted me to give my
departing testimony at the meeting because it was the last chance they will
have to hear from me, since I'm not going home with my group. Uh.... I was SO
not prepared for that! The missionaries who are going home all sit on the stand
and share their testimonies but they know it's coming so they can kind of plan
what to say. NOT ME! I know I looked and sounded like such a fool up there
because I don't even know how to talk or explain my feelings or anything! But I
just hope and pray that someone in there needed whatever came out of my
mouth.
Breakfast before transfers with Jackie and Lina
So I
said my "goodbyes" after that. Which didn't even seem like goodbyes
because I am not leaving yet, but that was the last time I will see my
missionary friends for a while! Oh, Sister Jacklin, my trainee, got called to
be a Sister Training Leader! I am so proud of her! She is so solid! :) But then
I came to the very southeast part of our mission! Palm Bay ward! It is in the
Cocoa stake, where I first started my mission! So it is nice to be by the coast
again! Lots of rain though! We got soaked a few times on our bikes! We biked
sooo much this week, and my body was just not used to that anymore! I love
biking, but man I felt like such a grandma! Anyway, this ward is really great
so far! We get fed and everyone is really nice and excited for me to go home
too!
Saying goodbye to most of the College Park Ward
We are
teaching a few people. First, Tom. He used to be a baptist preacher. He was
supposed to get baptized last week but has a girl squatting at his apartment,
so can't get baptized till she leaves. He is way cool though and talks so much!
Next, Judy. She is so sweet and knows the church is true, but hasn't come to
church yet because she has MS, so it's hard for her to get around! Her sister
is a member in California and she wants to be here for Judy's baptism, so it's
not till December. And Joseph, who is a busy student going to Florida Institute
of Technology. That campus is in our area and there are probably about 7000
students there. So that is cool! More YSA! :)
Oh, my
companion! Sister Nielson. She is so great. She is from Elsinore, UT. I am one
of the few people who knew where that actually is when she told me! :) But it
is by Richfield for those of you who are wondering! She came out the transfer
after me, so doesn't have too long to go either! We teach well together and get
along pretty well too! Sister Bowman and Sister Rogers, two of my previous
companions, have served in this area, so that is pretty cool! I am enjoying the
little time I have left and just using it to the fullest! I feel really good
about the work I am doing and have done, and am excited to be home to see you
all in a few weeks! I believe my homecoming talk will be on October 19 at 9am,
so I would love to see everyone there! :) Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Lowry
