Hello fam, how are y'all?
Can
I say something? My younger siblings sound like me. Bossy and in
charge. Anyone remember me saying "you don't know me, you don't know my
life!" (Thanks Abby...). Brandon's version "don't tell me what to do!"
haha
So I bet y'all are dying to know where I am. Let me show you...look.
https://www.lds.org/maps/?lang=eng#ll=29.068711,-98.376984&z=10&m=google.road&q=San Antonio, Texas stake&x=find&find=stake:502782
I'm back in the San Antonio Stake and the South Zone of
the mission, this time covering the Pleasanton English ward and Spanish
Branch. Whew. Can you see how big this area is? The top part we don't
cover, I covered that when I served in Palo Alto/Lackland. So at one
point or another I have covered ALL of the San Antonio Stake. Yesss.
It's a little daunting...but, I get to drive a TRUCK. Look out world.
Hermana Rodriguez told me that we could have some member presents with a
few cows haha
My Companion is Hermana Rodriguez-Siliezar and she is
from El Salvador, and she speaks Spanish fluently, and is learning
English here. She is a fiery person only about 5'2 tall who's favorite
things to say in English are "that's good!" and "that's amazing!" She's a
doll and I've been learning a lot from her already. She came out in
June and this is only her second area. We laugh a lot together, that or
cry ourselves bone dry. That's what she told me, "I have to laugh".
She's been here in Pleasanton for two transfers already.
So Border run was on Wednesday, when I drove back up
from the Border, transfers were on Thursday, Friday we moved. Not only
is our area huge, but we don't live in it. We live about 30-45 mins
outside our area in San Antonio. Cool. So our address is
3903 Southeast Military Dr. #3205
San Antonio, TX 78223
For now anyways, there is a chance they might move us again since we're so far away from our area. I'll keep you posted.
Also on Friday, we had ELDER BEDNAR! And also, since I
was transfered I was in the Stake that he was there visiting. So not
only did I get to go to a missionary meeting with him, but
also two sessions of stake conference. Wahooo!
It. Was. Life. Changing.
So
good. We basically had a question and answer, and he talked a lot about
changes that need to take place in us. SIster Bednar also got to speak,
and it was neat to see them both. Yesterday I wrote down a list of
points that I didn't want to forget ever. One of the things he talked
about was the question "what would it be like if...?" He talked about
how his father was not a member and at one point he asked himself "what
would be like if my father was a Melchizedek Priesthood holder?" after
that he started to live a little differently, to act like things were
the way he wanted or felt they should be. It was really interesting to
see a different perspective, to think about all of the "what would it be
likes" in my life and then think about how i would act if they were
that way, because that's how we achieve them.
Not gonna lie, coming into Pleasanton I was freaking
out. The Pleasanton Sisters were in my district when I served in Palo
Alto, and they were ALWAYS baptizing and teaching. I have a felt a
little bit like everywhere I go in Texas, I'm just preparing everything,
and don't really get to see the fruits of my work. I stay two transfers
and then move and it's been kind'a difficult. Hermana Pond got an
earful about it after Transfer calls last week. I asked her "so, are
some missionaries called to baptize, and others only to make white
boards and mission plans and organize everything for them?" She assured
me I wasn't. But coming into Pleasanton, I was scared to death that I
was in the spotlight to see if all their numbers would drop because of
me. Scared to death. I think I was determinded not to touch anything,
don't change anything, just do everything the same as the last hundred
missionaries and maybe I won't break anything. I think I have a bit of a
pattern of trying to do different things to build the ward, to actually
use members, but it takes time.
Thursday night, I had a dream actually. I was talking
to my MTC companion, Hermana Hopkins, who I actually replaced here in
Pleasanton, and in my dream as we were talking, the only thing I
remember was telling her "now remember, the most important thing is to
teach the members, to teach them how to do missionary work." and then I
woke up. As I was falling alseep before, I was thinking about our area
and praying to know what I needed to do here. Still pondering on it. As
we went to Elder Bednar's conference for missionaries that day though,
the theme seemed to be agents. Be an agent. Get up and act, and don't
wait for something else to act upon you. It was a bit of a slap in the
face since my whole attitude coming into Pleasanton was "don't touch
anything." I'll let you know how things go. I'm still sifting through
thoughts and studies.
Since we had stake conference this weekend, and I'm in
my old stake, I got to see a lot of the YSA adults in Palo Alto :) there
were a lot of suprise hugs and a few shreeks. The highlight though was
the Saturday night Session. Conner Mitchall, who I taught back in August
and who was baptized two weeks after I was transfered to Austin, was
asked to bare his testimony since he was a convert. WOW! Four months
later, he was different :) as we got to talk for a few mins he told me
that he got his answer on Sunday, and he's going to be starting Mission
papers towards the end of the year!! Pure Joy, family. Pure Joy. It was
so good to see how he's doing and to know that he's going strong :)
Hermana Rodriguez reminded me that I would be able to go to the Temple
when he went through as well, and i couldn't stop grinning. Being a
missionary is good :)
We've had a lot of miracles this week, and it'll all be okay. I love y'all and think of you often, take care
Love,
Hermana Cheyenne Montgomery
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