Hello Friends and Family!
Greetings from Warsaw! I've been
transferred up north almost to Michigan! It's really really cold here and
already I'm wanting spring to arrive. It's awesome though! We, my new companion
and I, have a really big apartment! There were once four sisters living there
but now it's only the two of us. We still have the mattresses in the other room
which I call the dressing room because that's where we go to get ready in the
mornings. Sister Bradshaw is my new companion! She's from Beaver, UT and is
totally awesome! She's super dedicated and wants to be out doing work. I'm no
longer afraid of the word Tracting even though the first door is still always
the hardest. Everyday is something new and we're just getting to work on doing
the work. Totally needed from the last 6 months! Things have been interesting
that's for sure! Speaking of...I'VE BEEN OUT 6
MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can we just think for a moment here? I'm 1/3
done!!! That is absolutlely BANANAS!!!!! I'm still reeling haha. I've got 1 year
left... March 8, 2016 I'm coming home! Time flies! I don't want to wish it away
but it's a reality! Crazy!
So the week started a little crazily with Church being cancelled last
Sunday in Seymour. That was just weird. So we ent around and said our goodbyes
to as many people as we could and managed to get out a lot of lessons and see
lots of people. We had a great day!
Monday followed with normal preparation day things and we got to go up to
Columbus to say goodbye to everyone. Four missionaries were leaving the Columbus
zone. Not a whole ton, out of the 18 in the zone at least.
Tuesday we said more goodbyes, finished packing, and then Elder Busath and
Elder Owens took mine and Elder Porter's stuff up to Columbus so the Zone
Leaders could take it up to Fishers. I still had to finish packing my big purple
suitcase and pack up my bedding. I've got a lot of things I need to send home...
O.O
Wednesday was abolutely NUTS!!!!! And Dad guess what?! I FOUND JOHN
MELLENCAMP'S HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's on Highway 11 right before the bridge
leaving Seymour. Day=made haha. We left Seymour at 9 am to get up there on time at
10:30 am. If that gives you a clue as to how much driving we put in. Once we got
there President started as usual. We all got transfered around, I'm up with
Sister Bradshaw :), and then things got interesting. We have to close a ton of
areas here because we're starting to send home more missionaries than are coming
out. 25 went home. 12 came out. The Church Missionary Department wants all or almost
all U.S. missions to level off at 200 missionaries. More and more are being sent
out to foreign lands. Talk about hastening the work! The Franklin STL's were
moved to Greenwood! Greenwood 1st ward. 7 areas closed completely and tons more
were white washed. The elders moved in. Then he did something INSANE!!! He
released Elder Capener as AP!!! We all thought he would die as AP but he was
transfered down to IU! It was awesome. Everyone clapped because Elder Capener is
just an epic missionary. It was cool. :) Then he called an Elder who never even
saw it coming. Elder Hill was called and the look on his face was priceless! He
and Elder Coles are going to be awesome. :) We all moved out after transfer
meeting.
Thursday! Weekly planning! We got done in an hour and a half. That's record
time. I got to work cleaning the apartment afterwards haha. The apartment has a
lot of various junk and weird stuff like a Jesus music box that plays Nearer My
God to Thee which sits proudly on my study desk. I got rid of a bunch of junk
and we deep cleaned the apartment. It felt good. Still need to vaccum though and
take out the remaining trash. We're going to have to make a big haul to Goodwill
with all the junk in the closet. Lots of blankets and clothes some sisters
didn't want anymore. Totally scored a Bears hoodie that is kindly being washed
by a member in the ward who does our laundry. She's so sweet.
Friday and Saturday we went to work trying to find people to teach. Sunday
we had another snow storm and the cars were grounded. We ended up playing card
games after dinner at the Ward Mission Leader's house.
Also! They have BLACK SQUIRRELS here!!!!! What?!?!?! They call
them...Squiggas. I'm pretty sure you can come up with the rest... Too
funny.
Well that pretty much sums up my week! I hope you all have a wonderful
week!
Love you tons!
Sister Halverson
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