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| Judging the Chili |
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| Trunk or Treat! Sisters Martinez and Murray |
Well, I'm being transferred (which
surprised me). And I have been called to serve as a Sister Training Leader
(which surprised me even MORE.) Do you want to guess where I will serve?
Arlington! (I would have fallen out of my chair by that point, but I was already
sitting on the ground! Arlington is the first ward I served in! I'm going back
to my homeland, "birthplace." Pete has been praying I will come back.
I think he might cry. Haha, I think I might cry!)
Am I excited? Yes!
Am I super scared for the leadership
responsibility? Yes!
Do I know this is where he Lord
needs me? Absolutely!
Quick explanation of the calling of
Sister Training Leader: Every Zone in our mission has a companionship of Sister
Training Leaders. These sisters go on trade-offs with the sisters in their
zone. They are to be a good example and to support and uplift the sisters they
work with. I will also go on a trade off with the Sister Training Coordinators
(sister versions of the Assistants). We go to Missionary Leadership Council (MLC)
once a month like the Zone Leaders. We learn from the trainings given there and
then we present those trainings to our respective Zones. I will be in the Jax
East Zone!
Monday evening we were at the
Janson's home for dinner. Before we sat down to eat I checked the phone and saw
that President Craig had called. I listened to the voice mail and he said he
needed to talk to me. I stepped into the hallway to talk to him, but apparently
I was so nervous I put the phone on speaker phone so everyone heard anyway,
haha! I'm not sure what I said between President saying, "Hello Sister
Murray" and "Bye, love you!" But somewhere in there I accepted
the call to be a Sister Training Leader!
I was super nervous about the call
and not knowing where I would be serving. So when I heard my name when
President got to the Arlington Ward I about went into shock! Ok, not really,
but I'm sure the expression on my face was priceless! I started thinking
about the area and the people I love so much. Let's just say I didn't sleep
easily last night!
This week we had a meeting with our
new Ward mission leader, Brother Granto. He is going to be a great leader!
The Ward Trunk-or-Treat was super
fun! There were a ton of people there, but between trying to judge the chili
and handing out candy it was all kind of a blur! The judging wasn't as
organized as it should have been. We were trying to number the chili as we took
samples, but people kept bringing more chili and we were holding up the line so
we just grabbed bowls of chili and took them to a table. We tasted the chili
with the Elders and assigned awards. Sister Martinez and I came up with the
awards and even had scriptures that went with each of them. Brother Granto had
spray painted wooden spoons gold and everything. And then it was announced to
move our cars for the trunk or treat so we ran outside to move our car,
thinking the Elders would get the awards handed out... but apparently they
never got handed out! After thinking of all the scriptures, making the spoons,
and braving Elder germs to taste test the chili... and I tried Brother Granto's
"judges only chili." He has this super spicy hot sauce called the
Bomb. He always makes the Elders try a drop of it and 3 out of 4 throw up
because it's so hot. So he put some of that into a chili. I gave into the peer
pressure and ate one bean. My entire face went red, but I’m still alive! No
awards. It will be better planned next year! Our trunk turned out great! It was
so fun!
This week we also got a progressing
investigator! Elders Baldwin and Tauoa's area is being closed so they passed
off Ramona to us! We were all going to her lesson so we could explain that they
were handing her off to us. So we show up and all the Elders are there talking
to her so we walk over and they get up and leave! It was so awkward because
they hadn't explained that we were going to teach her! But she is super sweet
and she was really good about it.
We also had an extra trade-off with
our Sister Training leaders this week. I went to the YSA area. It was a lot of
fun! It was also really great for Sister Martinez. They figured out how to ride
the bus to get around the area. We were going to try it again, but we haven't
gotten to yet. So I guess I won't be doing that before I go.
It's going to be a good transfer!
I'm excited for the miracles ahead! Thank you for all your support!
With love,
Sister Murray
