September 5, 2016 "Cell Block 8"

So much has happened this week oh man! It's been NUTS! So I got transferred outta Camano Island ward and like I guessed would happen, I got bumped to the Stanwood ward which makes me happy because we share a building with Camano and I get to see all my favorite people still. A bunch of my favorite girls from Camano came to say bye to me. Man I love that ward. My heart still hurts. Just look at them. 

 On another big note, Heavenly Father loves me because my new compie is SISTER MOODY! I love her so much. She came out with Sister Thompson and we were in the same district there. She's one of my main mission homies for sure. We almost cried at transfers. We are gonna kill it in the StanHOOD.

So let me tell ya.. I've got like 5600000 pictures this week I'm so sorry. I want to make sure you get the full effect of Stanhood. It really feels like the hood. We pulled up to our new home and we just started busting up laughing. It looks like we live in a motel.  We call our apartment Cell block 8.

We call our apartment Cell Block 8 because we look out the window and it looks like we live in a prison or something. Look at this.

Mug Shots:

 Our new apartment is one of the smallest in the mission and we barely fit all our stuff in it. We laughed so hard when we walked in and saw that there were two TV dinner stands for us to eat on. haha It's pretty cute and cozy though. It's a real good thing I like Sister Moody.

​There are definitely some remnants of Elders in this place. We had to completely rearrange the kitchen because this was just one example of the drawer situation. One whole drawer dedicated to these precious safety goggles. The other drawers and cupboards were stuffed with Tupperware and random dishes. 

We found a suit in the closet and I kid you not, not a minute passed by before two sweet Elders showed up at the door and shared a wonderful message with us! We had to invite them back to learn more!

We also found this sweet ride. Mustang? I think you meant MustDANG! "check ur speed"

We've been updating everything in this area and trying to organize the heck out of it. We can get so much more done when we get organized so we made this map this week. Here's our beautiful Stanwood!

This is Emily! She is so cute. She was recently baptized and she is going to start preparing for her mission! I love her. I think one of my favorite parts of being a missionary is that I get to tell all the young women how amazing a mission is and take them out to teach with us. If you are wondering about serving a mission, just do it. It will be the greatest thing that will ever happen to you I promise!

Sister Moody and I just got back from goin sight seeing and a bunch of people have told us that we need to go to a place called English Boom. We get there today and it was pretty much just a mud beach. we were a little disappointed but there were a thousand little baby crabs everywhere so that was cool!

I got to the Mission office at transfers and I heard that all the new missionaries were just taking naps around the building while they were waiting for an interview with president so I scoped cousin Bryce out and just woke him up from his nap. haha it was funny. All the new missionaries looked so done. that's how i felt when I got here. They had been traveling since like 2 in the morning. Crazy day. We just talked for a while and he seemed good. I had to go find my new companion and stuff so we didn't get to talk much. He isn't in my zone but tomorrow we have a zone conference with Marysville zone so if he's there I will make sure we get a pic. I have no clue where he got put or who is trainer is but I would love to find out. Let me know if you see an email about it or something.

Sister Moody and I had a long pillow talk last night and we both were just talking about how amazing the gospel really is and how happy we are that we decided to serve missions. Every single bit of it is just perfect. I love it so much. We started getting a little emotional talking about how we both decided to serve missions and I know for a fact that Heavenly Father wanted me out here to completely know without any shadow of a doubt that this gospel is true. I cannot imagine raising children without having served my mission. We talked about how we think about our future kids a lot and it makes me almost cry thinking that I will now be able to raise them how God would have me raise them and that I now have the knowledge of the gospel that I need desperately to raise them in this scary world. I love my mission so much. I would do this forever if I could. I also want a family though so that's probably better.

​Other than all that craziness, we have been trying to find some people to teach! I feel like it's Camano Island all over again! Starting from ground zero and moving up! I am super excited! Pray that we find the people that are out here just waiting for us to knock on their door! I love you all! Have a great week!! happy Labor Day!!

Love,

Inmate #24601