09-19-2016

hola hola hola

All good things must come to an end.

Because transfers are this week I was thinking to myself about themand
I thought  "if president takes me away from sister Morrison and
Cordelia then he will have to put me somewhere close to him so I can
at least I can see him and his wife more than I have since being on my
mission." And then I look at the transfer documents and he has sent me
to Middletown. Oh president , I would not call that very close to him
hahaha

But it's okay I'm excited. My new companion is sister Randall! She is
soooo cute I've met her before. She used to be companions with sister
Saavedra she's an angel and is all quiet wow I already love her

The saddest thing ever happened. I'm getting transferred and leaving
sister Morrison. I am so sad. I didn't think I realized I would become
so close in 12 weeks but when you spend 24/7 with a person for 12
weeks they literally become your other half. It has been an awesome
time with her and an even better time in Cordelia! I love the people
so much here. I am being transferred to a place called Middletown.
It's about 4 hours north by the redwoods so that's cool! It's sooo
small and when I ask people what they know they are like oh it has 2
people so here I come to the good ole living of a mountain man except
there is no mountains in California so I'll become a tree hugger haha

I have absolutely loved serving in this area. It has been so hard to
leave. Yesterday at church one of the counselors of the bishop asked
me to come up at the close of my meeting and bear my testimony with
the Ward. Oh my heart was so full. As I bore y testimony I started to
cry and I looked out and saw all my people that I have grown to love
so much and there were tears all over. The saddest thing ever is that
sister Morrison started crying during the meeting and then she cried
for 2 hours. My heart was so sad to see her so sad. But it's hard
because we have become so close and have become such good friends.
Goodbyes are never fun.

Mel one of our investigators was really sad to see me go and asked to
take us out to lunch. He is the sweetest old man. He is 85 and he was
so cute. I love him. I hope he can get baptized this next transfer. I
love I love him. He told us all about flying planes that go 1000 miles
an hour. I was like whoa that's cool.

these last three transfers have taught me so much. They taught me that
hard work is the key. It's the key in everything. If you want to be
happy, work hard. If you want investigators, work hard. If you want
miracles, work hard. I've learned that miracles are everywhere if we
just become aware to acknowledge gods hand in our lives. I learned
that a lot of the times we don't always know what we are were supposed
to be doing or where we are supposed to be at but its when we start
moving then we will be guided. I've learned that your heart can break
when your investigators decide they don't want to be taught and on the
flip side I have seen how you can express the sweetest purest type of
joy when your investigator wants to be baptized. I've learned that
everyday is a good day. Almost every night after our nightly prayers
me and sister Morrison would lay in bed and in the dark one of us
would say "la vida es Buena" and the other person would say it back.
Life is good guys. The mission is more than I ever thought it would
be.

Everyday I reminded of how good God has been to me and how the
atonement has changed my life. Every time I think about it I am
brought to tears. I just feel that I will never be able to adequately
express how I feel about his atonement. He's changed me and I have
never been happier. It makes me grateful that I can say that God is
happy with me because I am happy. I am so excited for Coulson to
leave. Goodbyes are always hard but I promise you that God needs
people like Coulson out on a mission.

I love you all so much. I'm sad all good things must come to an end
but I feel so grateful. Cordelia is the best ever and sister Morrison
is the best ever and the gospel is the best ever.

I love you all. I haven't packed at all or done anything so pray for me hahaha

Love you guys

Godspeed

Sister Thurgood