WHAT'S
UP I'M GOING TO OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO ON MY MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (until my
visa comes and I head to Brazil.) I am so excited. On a scale from 1 to 10 I'm about at a
35. (Don't hurt yourself trying to figure that out.) Seriously though, I got my
re-assignment yesterday and I'm SO thrilled. It feels so right and I'm grateful
for the chance I've had to stay here. The Lord wanted me here, and now He wants
me to go to California. Um, yes. Willingly, happily. It's the best day ever. My
new district is so sweet:) All the girls ran to the travel office because I was
too nervous, and they were so excited for me that they kept telling everyone
all day. I leave next Wednesday morning, and here's what I know:
Nothing.
And by
nothing, I mean nothing. Ask me who my new mission president is, orrrrr where I
will be living, orrrrrr who I'm going with? I know NOTHING. I've only met one
other person who got re-assigned there, which is extremely unusual because
generally it's a group of people? So I'm just going to show up where I'm
supposed to and follow orders until I show up in San Francisco. I love my
mission president already. I can't wait to meet him! I'm going to shake his
hand and tell him: "Listen, I'm SO happy I'm here. You don't have to worry
one second about me, I'll do whatever it is you need me to do!" And then
we'll be best friends!!
Oh,
yes! And another thing I don't know is the language in which I will be speaking
in 5 days. There are quite a few Spanish branches, and so I might be speaking
Spanish. Do I know Spanish? Why, no, I do not! But I can learn. There's also
quite a few Chinese wards. That would be a fun little adventure.
These
last few days have been simply wonderful. My new districts is so kind. They all
have the attitude that I have something so teach them and that's why I'm here,
which is very humbling. How can you not love people who are so smart and
spiritual and kind, but who treat you like you're the Yoda of missionary work?
I know nothing. I don't know what I'm doing. But they don't knowww thatttt
yetttt:):):):) Hopefully I can fake it for a few more days!
The
first day I was in class with them, I felt prompted to share something I had
learned. The Zone Leaders, (in the class,) started freaking out afterwards
because they said that something I had said had saved their lives. That night I
was chatting with my new companion, (my new best friend,) Sister O. and I said
something and she said: Sister Brooks, I can't tell you how many prayers you
just answered for me. The next day we taught a lesson and left the room and she
just started crying and crying and I asked her what was up and she said: Sister
Brooks, I don't know why I feel so confident around you, but I just do!
WORTH
IT.
Yes, I
have made new running friends, (naturally.) They told me the yesterday that
they thought I needed to stay because of some story I had told them that had
been something one of them needed to hear.
I'm not
doing anything, honestly. I mean, I'm crying a little bit here and there still,
and getting re-assigned to California and having a hard time focusing on
anything, but this has been a cool experience for me. I haven't done anything.
The Lord has just put me in these places with these wonderful people, and I
feel so blessed to be able to talk with people and love people. And I'm
grateful that He has let me help a few people as well. MISSIONARY WORK IS THE
BESTTTTT.
I love
the Lord, I love this work, I love you all, I love the Book of Mormon, I love
the food, I love my mom, I love the temple, I love SAN FRANCISCO, I love that I
have a bed to sleep in.
Life is
good. Talk to you on the flip side.
Sister
Brooks
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