So...this was an interesting week! Everything was going great---our work in Ipiranga was going strong, we had an investigator in church, and all that fun stuff. And then, Tuesday night, we got a phone call from the assistants. I thought it was for our interviews with President Brum the next day, but it turns out that it wasn't. So, before you freak out mom, nothing bad happened to us, we are all just fine. Anyway, the assistants told us, that there would be an emergency transfer. Yay! No one likes that on the mission! So, they told me that Sister Lobo would stay in our area and be companions with Sister Meza, that was working in the other area in our ward. They would have to redivide the ward for the assistants to work there too. So, Sister Meza's companion, Sister Almeida, was transfered to Saõ José do Rio Preto, and I was transfered to another city that is part of one of the stakes of São José do Rio Preto. I was transfered to...Catanduva. My new companion is Sister Barbosa, who was Sister Lourenço's companion before this emergency transfer, and we have been here since Wednesday. What a crazy change!
We have the whole city to ourselves, and maybe even a few other small cities, I'm still not sure and will talk to President Brum about that this week. We both got here together, there were Elders here before, and we are getting to know everything together. One of the members yesterday said that it has been 25 years since there have been sisters in this ward. Wow. That was a shock for us! The ward is super friendly, and has a similar problem to my last area with Sunday attendance. There are around 30 members there on Sunday. We felt so welcomed meeting everyone yesterday, and this made us excited to work here. Hopefully this week we will be able to get our heads screwed on straight a little bit better, and get the work going here.
With all that being said and done, I am excited to work here. It is going to be a challenge, but I feel ready for it.
O Senhor sempre sabe de nosso potencial. Ele nos dá forças e tudo mais que precisamos para fazer o que Ele precisa de nós. Amo este evangelho e a esperança que ele nos traz.
Amo vocês!
Sister Jensen
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