Sister Mitzi Gates // Week Forty-Eight

This has been an amazing / crazy / emotional week!

Well I've been in Nashville since Saturday! I'm with Sister Cook and

we're the STLs (sister training leaders). We take care of all the

sisters in the zone and go on exchanges with them. So on Thursday at

like 4 president texted and said "Sister Gates will you please call me

when you have a few minutes to talk." It's never good when President

calls, so I hurry and call him back. He said Sister Cotton (my

trainer) is really sick, and she worked herself to hard but she

doesn't want to go home, so she is going to work in the mission off

and he wanted me to go to Nashville and take her spot. It's not even

transfers! I seriously have no idea why he chose me because I'm still

trying to figure out how to be a missionary. Let alone care for a

whole zone of sisters! Me and Sister Svedin were freaking out. Because

I am training her, so now another sister is coming in for the last two

weeks of the transfer and sister Svedin will take over the area.

Crazy! I had to say goodbye to everyone. Do you know how hard that

was? I bawled with everyone I said goodbye to. I was there for almost

6 months, at the end of the transfer it would of been. So I had a

couple days to pack up. Oh my gosh I have SO MUCH STUFF. On Saturday

morning the Keefes drove us to the mission office and the new sister

went with sister Svedin and they were off and I went with sister cook,

said bye to sister cotton and we were off. So I'm in the Old Hickory

ward, the sisters just barley opened Nolensville this transfer, and

that's inside the old hickory ward. We have some of Brentwood,

Nashville, and Nolensville on the area we cover. The ward is AMAZING!

We get there on Saturday and we stopped in to see Bishop Facer and he

said the whole Nashville stake has a soccer team for each ward. (The

Spanish ward has 4 teams though haha) and he asked if we wanted to

play! Hahah so we did! They even have jerseys and all! It was awesome.

Such great ward unity. Boy am I out of shape!! Then after we had a

meeting with the Zone Leaders to discuss what we will do at Zone

Meeting. You know the new Meet The Mormons video coming out? We get to

watch it early in a few weeks! I'm so excited! But it was good. We

have a couple people with baptism dates so that is so dang exciting.

The ward is so willing to do everything for and with the missionaries.

It's amazing! We have some elders in the ward but they struggle. So

they give all their referrals to us! It's kind of sad.

We live in the nicest apartment in the whole mission. Were so spoiled,

it has an amazing gym and all. Sister Cook is amazing. She goes home

next transfer. She is from Washington state.

This week in Lebanon was great though! We had the relief society

president come out with us and visit less actives she's never met,

she's shy, so it was amazing. Then we helped the relief society with

visiting teaching routes. It's a good thing we came, because we see

all the people they have never meet. I really do love less actives.

We found some wonderful people while tracting and were able to get

return appointments and teach them the restoration. We did meet this

one guy though. I have NEVER had anyone tell me I have so wrong

before. UGH. At first he said that we worship a light house and I was

trying to figure out what he meant... It was a temple he was referring

to. Haha a light house? Oh my. Then he wouldn't even let us talk. I

have never been so dang upset. He was completely yelling at us. We

tried to explain and he would yell more. We finally just walked away

and oh my. My testimony was tested then. Poor guy, I really feel bad

for him.

I totally believe The Lord chooses the week and simple. That's me! I

love my mission more than anything. I know the blessings that come

from serving. I never ever want to be the same as when I left. I just

want to change. I love the Book of Mormon. I love receiving revelation

from it. I start my studies with a prayer and everyday I read he

answers my prayers. It's amazing! We also get to go to the temple this

Wednesday and I'm so dang excited. I can hardly wait. I'm actually

going with my old zone, the one I just came from. So it will be so fun

to see everyone and sister Svedin!! My heart is just so full of

gratitude. Heavenly Father hears our prayers and answers them. I love

you all! Have a great week:)

Also! We can now check our emails during the week, president said it's

just like getting mail. We just can't respond to them. So feel free to

email me anytime:)

Sister Gates




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