Well it's been a week in
Ol’ Lake Nona.
And I feel like I'm right
back home..... in Lake Crescent. Ha-ha no joke it's really not that different,
only thing is there are more Spanish people. It's definitely a nicer area.
My companion is Sister
Staten she's an angel. She is from American Fork. Really she's probably the
nicest person I've ever met. I'm not worthy.
This week has been a
little crazy.
Monday was heartbreak. I
hated saying goodbye.
First to my district who (as
you know) I love with all my heart:
Second to my people:
Jess told me it was
really hard for her to have me leave because at first she did not want to get
to know me at all. But then we became like Sisters.
Ah I just… No.. It was so
heartbreaking. Then Leslie is crying, and Jess is holding me sobbing. And my
little girls are hung over the table sobbing as well. I felt like a monster for
leaving.
I will continue to email
them, write them. Bug them everyday after the mission, because my mission with
them is not over. And as Leslie says "we're family now."
Then I said goodbye to
Lou and Jason. Also sad.
And had dinner with the
Lowry family, Brother Lowry has made such a difference in my mission. He
reminds me of Dad, he has such a quite dignity about himself. And he's always
looking to serve.
I'm really struggling to
even put into words how much I love these people. I guess some stories are just
better told in person... and you'll have to wait a bit.
Third to my companion:
Lake Nona has been great
so far! Still getting to know everyone and everything and it was a super
busy week.
So I'll probably just
tell you more about the people when I know more about them.. ha-ha but I love
them already.
We had lots of planning
this week,
Sister Staten and I cover
two zones. So we are serving in the Hunters Creek Zone, but we also cover
the Orlando South Zone Sisters. Which means we have about 7 sets of sisters. We
had to plan with both Zone Leaders for Zone training meetings we have next
week. We plan these meetings off of things we learned at MLC. Which is a
meeting with President, the assistants and all the Zone Leaders and STLs in the
mission, which we had this week. And it was amazingggg. We covered a lot
on work ethic and diligence. I learned so much.
Because of the busyness
of this week and next week we will have to be doing a couple of exchanges a
week. So that's just a forewarning that stories are going to come from my area
and others.
Okay now….CONFERENCE!
Wasn't it amazing? Didn't
it just fill your soul?
I loved in particular
Elder Anderson’s talk and how he shared a few lines from Elder Hale.
"Our faith permits
us to stand in the presence of God."
I'm so excited to follow
the Council of our leaders and study in greater depth the conference
address.
Some things I got out of
Conference is that the Book of Mormon is true, and really you can't disprove
it. Even with logic ha-ha. But ultimately you'll never know it's true without
the spirit, and also that we are not asked to be perfect, but to try and strive
to be more like the Savior. We should serve, not only the world, but also our
neighbor and we should constantly examine our lives and put on the “alter of sacrifice”
things that don't draw us closer to the Savior.
What a good week : )
- Sister Sorensen🌞
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