The Adventures of Sister Guilott: Week #30 - Welcome from San Tan Valley!

Monday, August 17, 2020

Sister Griffiths and Me - New Area: SAN TAN VALLEY (Lindsay 3rd Ward)

Holy cow what a week!!!! Last week I told you guys that I was gonna be leaving Casa Grande and going to San Tan Valley and.... I'M HERE IN SAN TAN!!! It was super hard to say goodbye to Casa Grande, my roommates, my companion, the ward, and all our friends that we were teaching. BUT I am so happy to be here. I was super nervous at first because the work here is very different (not many people to teach) but I am ready for the hard.

My companion is Sister Griffiths and she was originally called to Uruguay, but had to leave the Mexico MTC after being there for only 2 weeks. She has been out here for 9 weeks and has been here in my new area, the Lindsay 3rd Ward!! I LOVE HER!! We always pray in our mission languages (Spanish and Portuguese) and it's crazy how much we can actually understand each other.

One thing that was hard with leaving Casa Grande was saying goodbye to some of our really progressing friends. Like Shay and Brittney. I told them I was leaving, and they were coming up with excuses of why they needed to come to San Tan haha! We actually taught them about Family Search and they are building their trees. That's one way we have been teaching people, because a lot of people love their families and so that is a great way to help them get interested in learning more about how GOD BLESSES US WITH FAMILIES!! But yeah, it was a bitter sweet goodbye. I have so much love for so many people there!

So me and Sister Griffiths area is pretty different like I said above. We have a bunch of ways that we are trying to find new people: through the members, social media, family history, and service!! We've really been trying hard with members and it isn't easy lol. But we decided one night to call a couple random numbers haha! Anywho we'd ask whoever answered if they would like us to share a bible verse. So this one number didn't answer, so we texted that snippet to them and next thing you know, we are texting a guy named Blake about the family tree app and he's all into it and gives us his Facebook!! MILAGRES!

The struggle is real with online teaching at times!

One awesome idea that Sister Griffiths had was to post in a bunch of groups on Facebook, like religious groups, local groups, any groups and ask if anyone wanted us to say a prayer with them. AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY RESPONDED!! We even called this one lady today and said a prayer with her and she remembers missionaries from her past and how kind they were. It wad awesome to help her feel loved. We are calling her again on Thursday! And we have about 4 more calls set up for tonight.

Yesterday was the first day that our stake was able to go back to church! Our ward only gets to go once a month, but there are 3 different sessions we can go to. Yesterday me and Sister Griffiths were able to go to all 3 sessions and wow we were at the church building pretty much the whole day. But it was super awesome to be able to take the sacrament and to be able to see all the members!

This week has definitely been difficult, but so amazing as well. I actually finished the Book of Mormon this week and IT IS TRUE!!! I invite all of you to read it!! Have an amazing rest of your week :)

♡Sister Guilott♡