Dear Mom
& Dad & Alicia,
Well,
Sister Rupp and I just got news this morning that we will be picking up a new
companion in two days from now! There are two Sisters coming to our mission a
little early before transfers. One is serving in Nauvoo and the other in Temple
Square. We will have one of them with us for the next two weeks until
transfers. We will be in a trio companionship. (This will be interesting) I am
excited! But the implication is that... once the transfer call comes... I will
be leaving and this new Sister will be Sister Rupp’s new companion. (Although
we are not positive) I still have several exchanges to go on with other Sisters
in our mission and the realization I am coming to is that I will not be seeing
Sister Rupp much in what is most certainly our last two weeks together. We have
three baptisms coming up. All of them are on the 20th. The couple we have been
teaching will be baptized in two weeks from now. And Muang will be on the same
day as well. She has been ready for a long time but we were trying to wait for
her sister, Yain, to be able to come up and be there. Everything else in Dry
Creek is INCREDIBLE! I am loving being so busy and watching lives change. I
wish that I could tell you that I am not stressed and worried and wondering
where I will be going next... but that would be false. I am stressed. I am
worried. I hope that this next companion will take good care of Sister Rupp.
There could be no one better for Dry Creek then Sister Rupp. I can see how much
these people have been prepared for her to be here and have never been more
sure that the Lord is in charge of this work.
Conference
was INCREDIBLE! It’s amazing how Heavenly Father knows us and knows what we
need to hear. We brought one of our investigators to conference one session and
before we watched it we talked to her about how, when we come to Conference to
hear the Prophet speak, we can come prepared with questions of the soul. Things
that we have thought about, pondered, and even asked in prayers. We told her
that if she wrote down her questions, that throughout the Conference they would
be answered. She has a sarcastic sense of humor and always cracks me up. But
her reply
was, "Well what kind of questions Sister Mitchell?!?" I smiled and
gave a few examples. "Is the Book of Mormon True?" "Is Thomas S.
Monson a
Prophet of God?" "Are the things that the missionaries are teaching
me true." Her face began to be more serious as she looked at me, with
tears in her eyes and said, "But I know those things are true. Why would I
need to ask?" She talked about her prayers and how she always receives
this peaceful and comforting feeling when she prays about the things she has
learned from us that day. I knew that she was growing and changing and that the
Spirit was working with her. But I can't tell you the peace that came over me
to hear her say, "I KNOW that it’s true." I love this gospel and am
so thankful to be apart of it and to experience the peace that comes from the
Spirit. I love you guys so much and am so thankful to be out here. Keep me in
your prayers. These next couple weeks before transfers, although I am
optimistic, will be difficult. Sister Rupp is my favorite companion. I love
her. I want so badly for her to be successful and to feel of her Heavenly
Father’s love for her. I have been blessed with so many incredible companions,
but this one, there is just something different about her. I feel so invested
in her success and in the experiences she has on her mission. I know that we
were both supposed to learn something from each other. I feel as if I am a
different person after knowing and serving with her. So, I will fight my every
instinct and simply put my trust in the Lord that, whatever is meant to happen,
will happen. I love you guys sooooooo
much and am
so thankful for all that you do for me! Have an awesome week!
Love,
Sister Mitchell
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