The One Where I Was Abruptly Yeeted to Burley
Companion's Log
Stardate: Mar 23-29, 2020
Oh boy...
Well first of all since we're all confined to living quarters, for the most part, we did a call in dnd session for p-day and it was awesome! It's been so long! It was great to play again. Then we had a little family home evening with the George's over fb messenger. It was great because they actually reached out to us almost right away about doing it and it went really well! If you're wondering how you can help missionaries during this time, that's a great start!
The next day we were in a trio with Sister Soper because Sister Vehikite was at departing activities. For our outdoor time we ended up playing disc golf with the ysa elders and we got to hammock a bit, it was lit. I finally gave up on finding my Book of Mormon that I accidentally gave to someone, I don't know who, well I have a few ideas but they always ghost us so I haven't had it for 2 transfers now. I finally just started a new one and nerded out on Jacob 5. It took forever but it was fun. We met up with the district minus the Aps that night and found out that Elder Sorensen got his ticket and was going home tomorrow at 6am! :,( So I had to frantically rush write in his transfer journal. Man I was here on this kid's first day in the field! It's crazy
Okay so the next day we cleaned the apartment which was nice, and we did an fhe with the Woodwards, my favorite family! I'm glad I got to see them again because then an hour later they posted an updated transfer board and SURPRISE! I'm going to Burley!?!
Okay so mixed feelings. I don't even know. It was super late notice and completely unexpected and because of the quarantine I wouldn't have really been able to say goodbye to anyone anyway. We were able to call Carmelita though, ah that was sad! Wow.
I stayed up forever late packing my whole life away and shipped out the next morning. It all happened so fast it barely seems real. It's a little weird suddenly being so far away from everything and everyone I knew, especially since I had that area down and totally knew what to do during this quarantine. But now I don't know anyone at all so I have no idea what to do and I can't really meet anyone in the new wards, they just don't exist for me yet. And it's gonna take me some time to work up the desire to actually care about these people as much as I cared about the people I was just ripped away from. Looking back and writing about this week and realizing that at the beginning I was still in Poky and Sorensen was still here...just feels like a distant lifetime already lol
But honestly, I'm okay. When we found out we went outside, Stichart went running. I stared at the sun setting on the mountains, felt the wind, remembered the drawing I did in my study journal the day before. My mind went to Katelynn, those nights I spent with so much concern for the welfare of her soul, so many tears for my flaws and mistakes. "Was it all for nothing?" I heard: "you know it wasn't" In that moment I felt that it was up to me. I could go down one path and wallow in that despair or I could choose to accept that answer, that it wasn't for nothing. So that's what I chose, and it's okay. I did my best with Pocatello East 3, I may not have seen a lot of fruit but I know it really is up to the timing and the people's agency, I worked to sustain that area during that time. And now it's in someone else's hands.
John 14: 27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
I can't really explain it all that well but I think this is what Coming Unto Him means. Choosing to act, not be acted upon by waiting for the peace of Christ to come to you. Christ is our bridge over troubled water but I think that maybe sometimes we choose to dip our feet back in.
-Sister Dunn out
P.s. my new comp is Sister Ales. This new apartment has a ghost (it holds the broom). Also a candy bucket that the neighborhood kids know about so they knock on the door like everyday. Also Elder Bingham is now training, so Savage is a great grandpa
Stardate: Mar 23-29, 2020
Oh boy...
Well first of all since we're all confined to living quarters, for the most part, we did a call in dnd session for p-day and it was awesome! It's been so long! It was great to play again. Then we had a little family home evening with the George's over fb messenger. It was great because they actually reached out to us almost right away about doing it and it went really well! If you're wondering how you can help missionaries during this time, that's a great start!
The next day we were in a trio with Sister Soper because Sister Vehikite was at departing activities. For our outdoor time we ended up playing disc golf with the ysa elders and we got to hammock a bit, it was lit. I finally gave up on finding my Book of Mormon that I accidentally gave to someone, I don't know who, well I have a few ideas but they always ghost us so I haven't had it for 2 transfers now. I finally just started a new one and nerded out on Jacob 5. It took forever but it was fun. We met up with the district minus the Aps that night and found out that Elder Sorensen got his ticket and was going home tomorrow at 6am! :,( So I had to frantically rush write in his transfer journal. Man I was here on this kid's first day in the field! It's crazy
Okay so mixed feelings. I don't even know. It was super late notice and completely unexpected and because of the quarantine I wouldn't have really been able to say goodbye to anyone anyway. We were able to call Carmelita though, ah that was sad! Wow.
I stayed up forever late packing my whole life away and shipped out the next morning. It all happened so fast it barely seems real. It's a little weird suddenly being so far away from everything and everyone I knew, especially since I had that area down and totally knew what to do during this quarantine. But now I don't know anyone at all so I have no idea what to do and I can't really meet anyone in the new wards, they just don't exist for me yet. And it's gonna take me some time to work up the desire to actually care about these people as much as I cared about the people I was just ripped away from. Looking back and writing about this week and realizing that at the beginning I was still in Poky and Sorensen was still here...just feels like a distant lifetime already lol
But honestly, I'm okay. When we found out we went outside, Stichart went running. I stared at the sun setting on the mountains, felt the wind, remembered the drawing I did in my study journal the day before. My mind went to Katelynn, those nights I spent with so much concern for the welfare of her soul, so many tears for my flaws and mistakes. "Was it all for nothing?" I heard: "you know it wasn't" In that moment I felt that it was up to me. I could go down one path and wallow in that despair or I could choose to accept that answer, that it wasn't for nothing. So that's what I chose, and it's okay. I did my best with Pocatello East 3, I may not have seen a lot of fruit but I know it really is up to the timing and the people's agency, I worked to sustain that area during that time. And now it's in someone else's hands.
John 14: 27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
I can't really explain it all that well but I think this is what Coming Unto Him means. Choosing to act, not be acted upon by waiting for the peace of Christ to come to you. Christ is our bridge over troubled water but I think that maybe sometimes we choose to dip our feet back in.
-Sister Dunn out
P.s. my new comp is Sister Ales. This new apartment has a ghost (it holds the broom). Also a candy bucket that the neighborhood kids know about so they knock on the door like everyday. Also Elder Bingham is now training, so Savage is a great grandpa
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