2. My new companion, Sister Goodrich, and me
3. Sister Wahlen and me (the sister in the back is Sister Hudgens, Sister Wahlen's companion)
4. Happy new year! Yes, we decided to decorate a gingerbread house to celebrate the new year before our bedtime. Random, I know. But it was fun. :)
Hey y'all!
The new year definitely brought a lot of new for me - I don't even
know where to begin. Transfers came and went (I did see my MTC companion
there, and Sister Huber - it was great to see both of them!) and here I am in
my new area: Memorial Springs!
It's a little ward located kind of where the cities of Spring, Tomball,
and Houston meet. It's MUCH smaller than the Westlake ward so... you
guessed it - I no longer have a car. I am officially a bike missionary!
Our area isn't all that big though, and my new companion injured her knee
a few weeks ago (we have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow to get it all
figured out, hopefully it's nothing serious), so we mostly get around on foot.
It's an exciting new adventure, that's for sure. :) The ward
members here are awesome, and they give us rides when we need them, so that's
good too.
My new companion is Sister Goodrich. She is awesome, and I
love her so much. Our personalities are similar, but different... I don't
really know how to explain it, but it's working well for us. :) She loves to
laugh, which is great, because I love to laugh too. She's the first
companion I've had that's younger than me, and has been out for less time than
me. (she's only younger than me by a few weeks, but still. :) )
She's been out for 3 months, so she just finished her training and now she's
taking over the area, kind of like what I did in Westlake. She knows the
area super well, which is good because I get so turned around when we're
walking around... I'm sure I'll pick up the area soon enough though.
There aren't a lot of less actives in the ward, which is great!
Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of investigators either... but we've
come up with some ideas for finding that will hopefully expand our teaching
pool. We do have an investigator - he name is Jo (short for Josephine).
She's 94 years old, and has been investigating the church for 50 plus
years... and she fell and broke 2 ribs this week... I've only met her a
few times, but I already love her so much! She is super sweet, and she
just needs to join the church already. :) And we found a new investigator
this week too - his name is Charlie. Well, technically he's a former
investigator that stopped investigating our church because he was meeting with
Jehovah's Witnesses... he still meets with them every Saturday, but he's agreed
to take the lessons with us again. So hopefully he'll recognize that he
needs to join our church, and not theirs. ;)
Also, guess who's in my new district - my trainer, Sister Wahlen!
It's awesome to get to see her again, and to get to serve close to her.
My district has 2 elders and 4 sisters, and I love all of them already.
Although I miss the people that I knew in Katy, it's great to get to meet
other people out here in the Klein zone. Oh, and my new area is super
close to the temple! Which is awesome, because a lot of the people here
have heard of the church because of the "castle-like building on Champions
Forest" I'm glad I get the opportunity to serve so close to the
temple!
Oh, in other news... I hit my 6-month mark this week! Crazy!
I've been out for 6 months already! Time sure does fly when you're
working hard and having fun. :)
I'm sorry if this email seems all over the place... There's so much
I have to tell y'all and I just don't know exactly how to get it all out.
But I'm doing great, and I love my new area, new ward, new companion...
everything. :) I love being a missionary! I love all y'all so much
- thanks for everything you do! Have a great week!
Love, Sister Ririe
Matthew 20:26-28
PS - for those of you who want to know, my new mailing address is:
10810 Spring Cypress Rd. #1222
Tomball, TX 77375
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