May 28, 2018 ~ Change is hard but the gospel is so good! (Week 46)

Hi everyone! 

Wow, where do I even start?!

(Picture with Nha's sisters😃)

I guess I will start by saying that I have been transferred! My 7 months in the same area came to an abrupt halt this last Saturday night! A Spanish-speaking sister went home suddenly, causing a need for somebody to take her place. Because I was in a trio and have been in my area for so long, it made sense that I would leave. AND my greenie, Sister Thomas, came with me! President said he didn't feel good about splitting us up, so he moved her as well and now we are both in a new area together! This left the other sister in our trio alone, so the companion of the sister that went home, went to my old area to be with her! So, we pretty much switched places! 

I was really sad saying goodbye to my people in my previous area. Some of them I didn't even get to say goodbye to because it all happened so fast...

But I am grateful for the many lifelong friends I made there. They blessed my life forever! 

(This is our recent convert, Martha, before we said goodbye. I love her so so much.) 

And I promised Nha's family I would come back for their temple sealing next April. ☺☺

Change is hard but the gospel is so good!

Sofia took us to a nice dinner on Saturday night before I left...

I love her, too!

Prior to my sudden transfer, I went on my first exchange as an STL. It was pretty dang awesome. I got to be with Sister Corbett! She is such a sweetheart and taught me so much. We found a neighborhood where every street is named after Disney characters. I ❤ CA!

My new area is very high end and super different from my last area! We are actually safe to run outside and stuff, which will be nice! It appears the only problem is the fact that there isn't a Chick-Fil-A... but I'll see who I can talk to about that one. 😉👍😁

Things are a bit difficult here because there's not really a missionary to hand the area off to us like we usually do with a transfer to a new area... But I am excited to stay with sister Thomas and I am excited to work here! There are lots of good things in store!

I love you all! The church is true!

Xoxo

Love, Hermana Brooks

PIC: Our companion (while still in the trio) is vegan, so she made us a vegan lunch. It was actually good!