Transfer calls! Sister Nielsen is going to Connell, Washington, this week! It's, like, the most northern part of our mission. I'll send the map so you can see where it is. [Note from Lisa: The attachment wouldn't open, so I found another map.] Apparently it is so little. Haha! But the ward is huge. We'll be doing so much driving. Oh, and we're getting doubled in and starting the English work. I guess the missionaries there have always also been in the Spanish branch, so the ward is excited to get its own missionaries. I can't wait to tell ya what it's like.
Mission boundaries. Connell is at the top of the northeast quadrant.
This week has had so many things happen! There is an investigator, Vickey, who has been meeting with the sisters for so long, and has been dropped and picked up at least twice since I've been here in July. Her son Lee is in and out of jail a lot, and he had said that he wanted to get baptized with his mom, so they've pushed/postponed the date a few times. We met this week and she told us that Lee was in jail again. We were so nervous she would want to push her date back again because she has so been wanting to get baptized with Lee. But not long after she told us Lee was in jail, she said, "But I'm going to push forward with the baptism anyway. I'm tired of waiting for Lee." Kind of a bittersweet thing, but she feels really strongly about it. She just wants Lee to learn from the mistakes he's making, and she feels it will help him more if she moves forward with her life. She is so excited. We've got meetings scheduled with her until the 12th of December. She was at church yesterday, and loved it!
I spent a lot of time on LDS.org today, trying to do as much research as I could about Connell. Where did the time go? Excited for this new area and new transfer. Sad to leave Walla Walla. So many good things have been happening! My companion, Sister McOmber, is receiving a new missionary, and I know she is going to love the area and the people so much.
Signing out from Walla Walla, Washington,
Sister Nielsen
With Ed Bush after Thanksgiving dinner with the Alter family. I think he had so much fun! We love Brother Bush
By the Walla Walla City Library. Man, this place is quirky!
Our cute little Christmas tree!
Oh, just another Walla Walla tree with a face. #wallaquirks
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