It's official -- I'm transferring for the very first time in my mission! I found out last Monday night that I would be leaving Newark when Sister Fetuli got a call asking her to train one of the new missionaries coming in. I was really sad when I first found out I would be leaving, but I know it's time. I've done what I need to here and it's time for the area to get some new blood as well. I was really glad to know a week in advance that I would be leaving because it gave me a chance to say goodbye to everyone. It's been hard to say goodbye, but really cool at the same time because I was able to bear bold testimony during my goodbyes :) ha ha. It's also really comforting because I know Heavenly Father will take care of all the people I've met here :)
So, where am I going you may ask? Well, I'm going to Farmington with Sister Madsen from Centerville. The real doozy about this change is that Farmington is the area where the site trainers serve so... yes, I was called as the new site trainer. That means I'm kind of like a zone leader over the site sisters. I will get to work really closely with President and the Searles, so I'm really excited about that. Each week Sister Madsen and I will do the trainings at site meeting for all the sisters and we will make the schedule for which sisters will be at the sites and what shifts they will be at. I will also go on exchanges with the sisters in the mission (after I get settled in Farmington, I will go on one exchange a week). Let's just say I'm a little bit freaking out :) ha ha but I know it will be ok. It's just scary because I'm supposed to be one of the sisters the others can "look up to" now, and I still feel like I have a lot to figure out! Ha ha.
I found out on Friday that I was being called as site trainer when I went with Sister Fetuli to training meeting (it's a meeting President holds for all of the missionaries that will be training new missionaries the next transfer and their companions just get to come along ha ha). The second I walk into the room, President comes up to me and says he needs to talk to me after the meeting, but not to worry about it. Ha ha yes, I worried about it the whole meeting! After we went into his office and he just asked me how things were going then he told me that he had prayed about it and received solid confirmation that I was to be the new site trainer and asked if I would accept the call. I just smiled and kind of laughed and said, "If you are sure... then yes?" Ha ha ha he just laughed and said he was positive and that he knows I can do it. He told me to go home and pray to receive the same confirmation he did and he also told me not to tell anyone, not even Sister Fetuli. Ha ha not telling Sisters Fetuli, Graham and Park was probably the hardest thing ever! But she pretty much knew that he had been calling me to be site trainer because she's observant ha ha.
Anyway, I wasn't able to tell anyone until last night when transfer calls came. I've been praying to know that this is where I am supposed to go, and even though I'm really nervous, I know this is where Heavenly Father needs me. I told President when I accepted that I know whenever anyone receives a calling in the church, it's because they need to learn something and I know that is DEFINITELY true in my case. I love all of the sisters in our mission so much and I have such a great love and testimony for the sites and what happened there. I know Heavenly Father will help me grow into the person I need to be for all of them. I have no doubt these will be probably the hardest transfers of my mission, but I say, "Bring it on!" Ha ha. I know everything is going to be ok, and I trust Heavenly Father completely.
I'm going to be living in the "White House." The Church owns the house and it's right by the temple, Palmyra Stake Center and the Smith Farm. It's actually really close to all the sites. And guess what? I'm going to be living with Sister Gillespie! Ha ha I'm super excited! I'll be serving in the Palmyra Ward. I'm not 100 percent sure what my proselyting area covers, but I'll still do half sites and half proselyting in addition to coordinating things at the sites for the sisters. It's going to be CRAZY! But I really am excited! It was really nice because after transfer calls last night I was kind of having a "AH!!!!! I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS!!!!" type moment, and then the phone rings. It was Sister Adams, calling exactly when she knew I needed it. She called and told me she was so excited for me and had complete confidence in me, which she knew I needed ;) I just love Sister Adams so much. She always knows exactly what will help me feel better.
Anyway, that's my big news of the week ha ha. We've just been business as usual, because the work most certainly goes on regardless of what happens with transfers.
Anyway, I'm about out of time for this week. Leaving Newark with a bang! ha ha I've loved it here and I am so excited for this new adventure!
Thank you so much for all the love and support! I love you so so so much! Miss you tons!
Love,
Sister Butters
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