Week 56

May the 4th be with You!

I'm staying in Goodlettsville! :D and I'm also staying with my companion! Transfer calls days are always the strangest... The sisters played a mean prank on us! We had gotten up to run that morning and while we were out running they had changed their name on our phone to President Andersen. Then around the middle of our comp studies we get a call from "President Andersen" and we start freaking out! I almost start crying because I absolutely dread going to transfer meetings and my companion is jumping up and down the room and the SISTERS are just hanging around the door laughing!... Then before we get the chance to answer the phone the phone stops ringing and sister Gus goes, "Don't call him back! wait and see if he calls you first.." and my companions is going, "this is not funny! Maybe president called the wrong sisters..." THEN! A couple minutes later the phone rings again and we freak out all over again but this time I answer the phone and on the other side I hear the girliest-trying-to-be-manly voice say, "hello, this is President Andersen" and I go".................... Hello?? President Andersen??" Anyways! The sisters did not hear the end of it... I think my companion tackled Sister Gus to the floor. 

What a day! That day we had also biked all over town and had taught really good lesson and met awesome new people who were supper GOLDEN! For transfers only sister Brown (the sister that came in half the transfer to be a trio with the STLs) is out, but the four "originals" stay the same. We were pretty sad even though we all knew sister Brown was leaving. I'm sure going to miss her! These have defiantly been the most adventurous moments of my mission. Living with four other sisters has been a blast! So I have a whole 6 more months in this amazing area! 

Also, just to set things straight I still have four months! I'm not done yet! I have time okay! I have just moved a lot on my mission and I am hoping president keeps me here in this area for the last 6 months. 

On to some happier news! Paola, my favorite golden/part-member/most stubborn investigator is doing great! This last Sunday I was just praying to know who was ready this transfer and I just keep think about her. It's so up and down with her because I never know what she is thinking. I'm sure she knows that we are planning on ways to get her into the baptismal font but she still loves us! :) I choose to take that as a good sign! On Sunday she had her two children blessed and while we were sitting in Relief Society she brought up the fact that she knows shes a "dry Mormon". The sisters joked about how she needs the spirit and she AGREED that she did! I'm almost positive she will be baptized by the end of this transfer:) Pray for her! This Sunday I also shared my testimony of prayer. We have been praying to find people that are prepared and so far its working:D

Some more random things that happened...

On Tuesday after finding hour we were pulling out of an apartment complex and saw a car stranded in the middle of of the entrance so naturally we stop to see what was wrong. Well it turned out that the lady driving was having, what we thought was a seizure and the side driver had noticed and turned off the car right in the middle of the entrance. At first we thought they just needed help with pushing their car and then we realized what had happened and we offered to call some help but the guys told us that it was common and that it would be okay. so we start heading over to our car but we have this really strong feeling to go over and offer help again so we do and we ended up calling 911. During the time that we are waiting we watched her have two other seizures. The ambulance eventually came and everything was alright and we got to help because they couldn't speak English very well so I got to translate for them. 

Today on our way to the church to email we saw another car that was stranded we pulled over and this girl had run out of gas we got her over to the nearest gas station (this was approved!) and helped her get her car off of the middle of the road. :) I love being able to help people like that. Its a good feeling you get when you can be an instrument in helping answer prayers. The cool thing is that you don't have to be a missionary to do things like this! You can choose to pull over and help someone who is having car troubles talk to the girl on the corner that looks likes shes having a rough day. Everyone can do that:)

I want to give a shout out to all the mommies in the world! We sure love you! Being a mom is hard and we are thankful for all the things you do that go by unnoticed. Moms are the best! Te amo con todo mi corazonsito mama!

Love, 

Hermana Orellana