March 18, 2013

Wow! I cannot believe that Mckay got his mission call to the Phillipines!! I am so beyond excited for him!! Ahhh I am so happy and proud of him. How are you feeling mom and dad?? Can we go pick him up when he is done?!?!:)

Wow, I just can't even begin to write, I am soooo happy for Mckay. I am soo excited for him!!!!

Well this week was great! I was able to go on an Austauch (exchange) with Sister Pingree in Passau! It was so much fun and Passau is BEAUTIFUL. It is right on the river and all the buildings are colorful and it is just gorgeous. The Passau sisters work with a branch and I got to meet some of their members who were just amazing. They loved me right from the get go and made me feel so welcomed. The exchange was just what I needed and now I am just so pumped and ready to work this next coming transfer.

Speaking of transfers.. I recieved my first Transfer call!! Elder Sullivan (our ap) is a little jokester and he called and here is how the conversation went....

Elder Sullivan: "Sister Allman, do you know what is means to white wash an area?"

Me: "uhh... ya. It means two new missionaries go into the area who have not been there before and basically start from scratch."

Elder Sullivan: "Yes, that is what it is. The two new missionaries build up that area. (Something along those lines..)

Elder Sullivan: " Do you believe that President Miles gains revelation from God on who whitewashes areas?"

By now my heart is pounding so fast and I am freaking out. I havent even finished training and I barely know German....

Me: "Yes, I do believe that he recieves revelation for that."

Elder Sullivan: " Well Sister Allman, you will not be doing that this transfer!"

O my goodness. I was so relieved!! He started laughing so hard because he could tell that I was freaking out. haha I wanted to smack him. hahah Then he said: " You will not be whitewashing, but you will be recieving a new companion! You will now be working in a dritt with you, Sister Stowell, and Sister Armstrong in Munich."

So I am getting a new companion on Thursday and now there will be 3 of us! So I am excited. Sister Stowell and I are really pumped up and have set so many goals. We are going to make this Sister Stowell's best last transfer ever!! We want to baptize Germany! haha

Mckay getting his mission call makes me want to work so hard. What an example he has been to me! I am so excited that we will both be out at the same time.

On Wednesday Sister Stowell and I get to work with the New Deutschers coming into the mission! We get to take them contacting and I am so excited to see my other deutscher friends from the MTC.

Well the work is good and I am continuing to learn a lot. I am not going to lie, some mornings I wake up and think that I can't do this for another 15 months. Sometimes I really want to quit, because a mission is hard. But I continue to push through and something happens that makes it completely worth it. We talk to someone, or we have a lesson, or a tender mercy of the Lord happens. I have learned that the key to having a good mission is completely forgeting about yourself and focusing on the people, when we do that, that is when I am happy.

 

On the Austauch (exchange) Sister Pingree told me a quote that will stick with me forever.. She said" The harder you work, the easier it gets." So Right now I am trying to give it everything I have and working really hard, not just so it will get easier, but because I love the Lord.

Well family, I love you so much. I am so excited for Mckay. wow. Also, I finished the Book of Mormon this week. How amazing it is. Continue to read it everyday! It will bless your life!!!!

Sister Allman:)

Sister Allman attending her first Zone Conference In Munich.

All the missionaries at the Zone Conference with March birthdays- Jordan Eaker is the elder on the far right- he is not only another missionary with a March birthday, but also from Georgia!  They are both from the Cartersville Stake.

Dinner with the missionaries and a couple of members after church on March 17, 2013.

Sister Allman attending her first Zone Conference in Munich, Germany.

Sister Leven, Sister Allman, Sister Mason, and Sister Pingree