Well the time has come. I got a transfer call this morning and will be leaving Russellville Wednesday morning! I couldn't have had a better week to finish off my stay here!
Arissandra was baptized on Saturday and confirmed yesterday! We had a great lesson with her last week right before her baptism. She passed her interview but brought up the doubt that she wanted to be baptized after she got home from Mexico at the end of August because her grandmother is super catholic and she wanted to enjoy her time with her. We were able to go to her house, kneel down, and she gave the sweetest prayer asking if she should still be baptized before she went. We waited for a few minutes after she said the prayer. She then said, she still wanted to be baptized!!! She has no support from her family but she now has the whole church family!!
We are also teaching 3 boys ages 17, 15, 13. Their mom is a recent convert. They have never been to a church before and last week we went over there and the 15 year old boy prayed for the first time! It was such a sweet moment. The mom just sat there and cried, with tears of happiness.
Wednesday there was a crazy storm. We were in the rest home and right as we were about to leave, the sky outside was completely black. It looked like it was midnight. We quickly ran to our car and it was pouring rain and windy. We went inside the apartment and waited out the storm. :) It was just a crazy thunderstorm!
Saturday after the baptism we had a branch activity. We acted out the trek to Utah. We walked around to about 13 different stations that all represented a different place along the trek. My companion and I acted out Brigham Young proclaiming, "This is the right place". After the activity we had hot dogs, played volleyball and danced! Sister Goudie also played the piano a little bit and some of the members sang songs. They then told me to come over and pull up a chair. They sang "God be with you till we meet again." Priceless. They had no idea I was going to get transferred. OH and I can't forget the moment when we were told that we couldn't wear make-up or do our hair for the trek activity and one elder goes, "Well that won't be much different." Then we went to dinner at the Eastman's. Brother Eastman had a feeling I would be getting transferred and he has been promising me for a while that he would make us ribs- so he did it on Saturday! They were the best ribs I've ever had. They fell right off the bone. He smoked them in his smoker and it took 7 hours!!
Sunday everyone was telling me they had feelings I was leaving. Literally some didn't even know transfers was this week. Someone told me, "You just feel like our daughter, you're part of our family." Then Sister Goudie and Samantha Smith sang a duet in the English sacrament!! They wanted to do it before I left! AHH.... With all of these people telling me they felt I was leaving-it made the transfer call this morning so much easier. I will cherish all the moments I have had here in Russellville! I have had the best 8 months of my life!
Well, that's about it, GOOD LUCK to RYAN leaving Wednesday for his mission!!
Have a blessed week!
Hermana Warner
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