Dear
Mom and everyone else,
Well another transfer
has come and gone and I'll be staying in Sonoma again! I am really glad because
I know there is still a lot of work to be done here. It was crazy with all of
the holidays, but I'm glad things are settling back down and I'm grateful for
this fresh start. My dear companion Hermana Figueroa is leaving and I will miss
her dearly! She taught me so much and I really enjoyed being her companion. We
laughed quite a bit. My new companion will be Hermana Gudmundson and I already
know her! It's actually an in-zone transfer so she's just moving from Napa to
Sonoma so I've already spent some time with her. She is really sweet and a
really hard worker and I know we are going to see miracles.
Speaking of miracles, week-six miracles are real! This week we were finally able to meet a
family that my companion has been trying to meet for 4 months and that we've
been trying to see since I got here six weeks ago. They were home and they let
us in! They are members of the Church, but they haven't been coming in a long
time. Well, they said they want to come back! I'm excited to be able to work
with them. There were also a lot of hispanic members who came to church on
Sunday who haven't come in a while and who we haven't been able to see and
that made me so happy and gave me so much hope! I really want to work with them
and get to know them, because I know that the most effective missionary work is
with members. That's why we saw so much success in Willits because the members
were involved, and I want to apply what I learned there to the work here so we
can get it moving forward. It was cool because we got to see some of the
results of our work on Sunday because we haven't seen it much over
this transfer, and I know the next six weeks are going to be great and that we
are going to work hard.
Did I ever mention
that New Year's Day is my favorite holiday? I love change and fresh starts and
moving forward, and all that is possible because of the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. Today is the first day of the rest of your life! Embrace change and
move forward! Life is good. Lots of love from Sonoma!
~Hermana Burton
FB post this week
Investigator Marbella
New Year's Eve finding activity in Napa
Sister Wright
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