It was a hard week this week! It was a week of goodbyes
which was really hard! Also being transfers today this will be short!
We had to say goodbye
to Nicole this week because she left on Tuesday but we were able to have a
volleyball game with a lot of people on Monday night as kind of a last hurrah
which was so much fun. Anna Sanders was playing with us which was cool. She is
All-American for Junior Colleges in volleyball. Yep! She was on my team! Ha-ha it
was great! So much fun! We also had a really cool lesson with Nicole the next
morning about being strong wherever you go and making wherever you stand Zion.
This was a really good lesson for her because she has a hard time at home. Not
the best environment for one trying to build a relationship with God.
We also said goodbye to Chris and Kara! We have been working
with both of them and it was sad to see them leave as well!
We had dinner with Tashena and her whole family on Saturday!
They came down for graduation and it was really cool to see them all! Her mom
and her dad really like us and we were able to meet the rest of her siblings as
well as her grandma and grandpa. It is cool because her grandpa and grandma are
the medicine man and woman for the reservation. It was cool to talk to them.
We had some other cool experiences this week. One of them
was a really cool bit of revelation that happened over the phone. We were going
to have a lesson with Tyler and we were calling someone to come and teach with
us. At this point we had no idea what we were going to teach her but as I
called Dallin Shultz and was talking to him about the lesson I just
"randomly" told him that we were going to be teaching about making
wherever you stand Zion and standing in Holy places. It was weird because after
I said that I was thinking, "Well I guess that is what we will be
teaching!" and when I hung up Elder Clark looked at me and said,
"Well let's teach that." That in and of itself really wasn't anything
special but what was really cool was after we were teaching that for a while
Tyler said, "I don't know how you do it but this is exactly what I needed
to hear and what I have been wondering about the last few days." It was
such a cool experience! The Lord really does know all of us and will give us
what we need if we ask. That was also a cool lesson because we told her that
one of us would be leaving this next week and when she was saying the prayer
she thanked Heavenly Father for the "two angels" that He put into her
life. It was the sweetest feeling!
So many other cool experiences! I am glad for the
opportunity I had to be here this semester with Elder Clark! We had a lot of
fun and were able to have a really successful semester! I changed and learned
more in the past 4 months than any other time of my life. It has been a
wonderful experience! So transfers.....I am staying!! I am so excited! I am sad
to not have Elder Clark anymore but my new companion will be great! His name is
Elder Cooper! He is from Australia and is a convert of about 4 years! He has
been out about 10 months and I am training him as a ZL! I am excited! It will
be fun!
Till next time!
Elder Banner
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