March 19, 2018 -- Fox Running Out of Here
SO I have some news friends!!! But first, some highlights from the week.
This week in the Fox Run Ward, two people were baptized, entering into a covenant with Heavenly Father. One is a man named Kenny Pedicord, who recently has been being taught by the Elders. However, he started his journey with Sister Adams and I all the way back in October. He is a great man and a diligent disciple of the savior. If there was ever a man who loved God, it was Kenny. He walked out of the font and got changed in a brand new suit, and I felt like there was no place in the universe I would rather be than there, seeing the Atonement of Christ work in Kenny's life.
Autumn Herndon was also baptized. She truly is, I believe, the reason I was here in Fox Run for so long. The Lord knew I needed her. She had become one of my best and closest friends, and I know that that will last for this life and for eternity. After she was baptized she came out of the font dripping wet, and Sister Kitchen and I just enveloped her in a hug. We were all crying and feeling the spirit, and I have never been happier to get soaked.
I can tell you all, my mission has been difficult. There have been so many dark days, so many times that I have suffered and cried out and asked God... why? But I would do it a thousand times over for Autumn Herndon. I would go door knocking in a thunderstorm with only rejection for the rest of my life if it meant I could hug Autumn after her baptism. Hard? Yes. But everything is worth it because of people like her. There is no better feeling in the world than being a part of the Salvation of a Soul, especially one as special as Autumn.
With that, it is time for my news. My time here in Fox Run has come to a close. I am going to be going to Pace, Florida on Wednesday of this week. If you look on your maps friends, that is literally one city over from Pensacola. That's right folks! I'm going to the area right next to mine!!! I should have just been called to the Pensacola Florida mission! I am also going to have the great privilege of being companions with Sister Burnham again, my MTC companion! There is no person in the world I would rather be companions with! I love her so much!!
In another turn of events, Sister Kitchen will also be leaving the area. We had been thinking that she would stay and lead out the area, but she has been called to go to Troy, Alabama.
I don't really know how to express my feelings about leaving Fox Run. If you aren't a missionary, look up the song "Happy/Sad" from the musical the "Addams Family". If you are a missionary, you understand transfer feelings anyway.
I love this place. I love these people. I don't want to leave them. But I also know that God is looking out for me. There are people in Pace, literally one area away, that I will love as well. They need me too, and I know I am going to need them even more.
We told Autumn when we said goodbye today that she saved our lives. She says we saved hers. I guess we are all just here to save some lives. Yours, mine, and everyone's. God is good like that, he lets us be a part of saving eachother.
When I email next week, I'll be in a new area. I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm happy. I'm sad. I'm everything packed into one. But most of all, I'm a child of God. And so are you all <3 Talk to you again soon, and Hey! Read the Book of Mormon!!
This week in the Fox Run Ward, two people were baptized, entering into a covenant with Heavenly Father. One is a man named Kenny Pedicord, who recently has been being taught by the Elders. However, he started his journey with Sister Adams and I all the way back in October. He is a great man and a diligent disciple of the savior. If there was ever a man who loved God, it was Kenny. He walked out of the font and got changed in a brand new suit, and I felt like there was no place in the universe I would rather be than there, seeing the Atonement of Christ work in Kenny's life.
Autumn Herndon was also baptized. She truly is, I believe, the reason I was here in Fox Run for so long. The Lord knew I needed her. She had become one of my best and closest friends, and I know that that will last for this life and for eternity. After she was baptized she came out of the font dripping wet, and Sister Kitchen and I just enveloped her in a hug. We were all crying and feeling the spirit, and I have never been happier to get soaked.
I can tell you all, my mission has been difficult. There have been so many dark days, so many times that I have suffered and cried out and asked God... why? But I would do it a thousand times over for Autumn Herndon. I would go door knocking in a thunderstorm with only rejection for the rest of my life if it meant I could hug Autumn after her baptism. Hard? Yes. But everything is worth it because of people like her. There is no better feeling in the world than being a part of the Salvation of a Soul, especially one as special as Autumn.
With that, it is time for my news. My time here in Fox Run has come to a close. I am going to be going to Pace, Florida on Wednesday of this week. If you look on your maps friends, that is literally one city over from Pensacola. That's right folks! I'm going to the area right next to mine!!! I should have just been called to the Pensacola Florida mission! I am also going to have the great privilege of being companions with Sister Burnham again, my MTC companion! There is no person in the world I would rather be companions with! I love her so much!!
In another turn of events, Sister Kitchen will also be leaving the area. We had been thinking that she would stay and lead out the area, but she has been called to go to Troy, Alabama.
I don't really know how to express my feelings about leaving Fox Run. If you aren't a missionary, look up the song "Happy/Sad" from the musical the "Addams Family". If you are a missionary, you understand transfer feelings anyway.
I love this place. I love these people. I don't want to leave them. But I also know that God is looking out for me. There are people in Pace, literally one area away, that I will love as well. They need me too, and I know I am going to need them even more.
We told Autumn when we said goodbye today that she saved our lives. She says we saved hers. I guess we are all just here to save some lives. Yours, mine, and everyone's. God is good like that, he lets us be a part of saving eachother.
When I email next week, I'll be in a new area. I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm happy. I'm sad. I'm everything packed into one. But most of all, I'm a child of God. And so are you all <3 Talk to you again soon, and Hey! Read the Book of Mormon!!
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