"Ain't it funny how life changes, you wake up ain't nothing the same..." pt. 2

Well I don't even know where to start this email because it has been two weeks and I have no idea what we did! But I can tell you whatever it was, it included way too many trips to Wendy's, awesome member dinners, and fun service projects that get me tanner and tanner each time (well, at least my arms and face. ha!).

This week Sister Williams made me an almond flour quiche and almond flour brownies. When she was explaining what we were eating for dinner, the smile on my face was pretty big. Then she looked at me, laughed, and said "you spoiled brat." She's not wrong! She does a great job of spoiling me. I adore her.

Which brings me to my title... I'm getting transferred! Me and Sister Clayton were shocked. We had a feeling she would become a STL (sister training leader - which she did) but we for sure thought she would leave and I would stay since she has been here for 7 months. Nope! Heavenly Father had other plans. So I'm going to Los Lunas! Which means I still get to be in our zone. I'm actually super pumped because I love Los Lunas (we spent a lot of time there for pday and exchanges with our old STLS). Their apartment is also dope and nicer than ours, so I'm excited. And Sister Clayton is now my STL!! So, I will still get to see her a lot. The only stressful part of all this is I'm "whitewashing". This is a missionary term that refers when neither has served in the area before. I'm also senior companion, which basically only means that I get to drive and make sure we wake up on time lol. So, I'm super happy that I don't have to give up driving.

My new companion will be Hermana Babcock (assigned as a Spanish-speaking missionary)! If I remember right she came out with me, so I've already met her! She is super cute. That also means I will be doing required Spanish language study, which is nice because trying to learn Spanish by yourself is hard.

I'm really going to miss this area. The ward members here have been so good to me and I have really come to love them. But, I'm trying to look at all this as an opportunity to go meet more amazing people and build more friendships! And, I think Heavenly Father probably wants to stretch me a little more so I can grow. He knows I could stay here my whole mission and just love the people and feel super comfortable, but that isn't the point. If I did that, I wouldn't grow or learn anything.

I'm excited to see what this next transfer holds! I'm nervous, but also ready for a new adventure. I think I've outgrown my old area. I'm ready to have a new teaching pool and start loving more people! I get bored easily and things start to feel a little too routine, so I think this will be really good for me. But, I will keep you posted!

Anyway, I know that God knows best what we need. It can be really hard to accept His will and understand that in the end it will all work out. I can either spend my time worrying and stressing, or I can leave it all in God's hands and let him do this work because it isn't my work, but His. And it's a great work!

Don't forget that Jesus loves you,

Sister Wallace

PS - I will have my mom add my new address to the blog! I love letters!

1. I love my cute comp Sister Clayton

2. Best way to start my mornings!

3. 2 hour comp study is too long...

4. We are looking TAN!