I love being
able to hear from you!!!! I have been transferred to St. Helen's. It is
in the Liverpool Zone. It was hard but I have had a feeling for 2 weeks
that there was nothing else for me to do there. Sister Embley and I are
whitewashing a brand new area. So we get to do a lot of finding!!! So we
will see how it goes. She has been out almost a year. She is from Michigan. She was my first
and third exchange on my mission. She is a Chinese speaking missionary.
So this will be fun. Sister Embley and I are the only sisters that are not training
except the Sister Leadership trainers. But they don't count because they
are training us all. There were either 28 or 30 new missionaries from the MTC all together there were 13
sisters.
Rhyl was so good to me!!! After church on Sunday
we had a meeting with the Ward Mission Leader. During that meeting
people kept coming in and saying thank you for the work I did in that
ward and that they were going to miss me. After the meeting the Ward
Mission Leader and the bishop both said that they had never seen so many
people interrupt a meeting to say good bye to a missionary before. I am
really going to miss that ward. Barry Donaldson bought me flowers to
say good bye and that it was not good bye for ever. Graham and Chez
just kept buying me things I told them to stop but they wouldn't. I love
them so much!!!!!! It was really hard on them to see me leave Graham
started crying during the lesson he was giving in Gospel Principles on Sunday
as he was telling me thank you for making the decision to come on my
mission and to stay. It really made me grateful for the Power of prayer
and the Temple.
Sister Clawson is training this transfer. She is
nervous but she is going to do great!!!!!!! I love her so much!!!! There
are now 4 sisters in Rhyl. When the ward found out that there were
going to be 4 sisters they kept saying that I was so good they had to
bring in 3 sisters just to replace me. They are so funny. I do feel like
a missionary though. It took me going to Rhyl to finally feel like one.
And I will forever be grateful for that. It has a really soft spot in
my heart!!!
It is so weird to me that they are home
already!!!!!! It good to hear that it has had an impact on his life. I
can see what he means. This mission has had a huge impact in my life. I
love it so much!!!! He will love it there. Tell him to look of an Elder
Morris and an Elder Williams from Wales. They probably won't know me but
I have heard a lot about them from their families. They are great
Elders. And I absolutely love their families!!!!!!!
Well
here in St. Helen's we are starting from scratch. But we already have a
few potential investigators and Elder Donaldson gave me a few referrals
that might be in our area. And I just have a feeling that this is going
to be a wonderful transfer!!!!!
I love you so much!!!!! Thank you for being such great examples to me!!!!
Love you mostest
Sister Ballantyne
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