01/24/11

Dear Family,

Transfer week has gone well. My new companion is Sister Reas (Reese). She's been in the field for 13 months and in her last area she was companions with Sister Rae. She was raised in the church and she is the oldest of three; she has two brothers. She was born in Hawaii but grew up in San Diego California. The ward is always excited to see the different Sister Missionaries and they're always so loving towards us.

The past few days have been great getting to know one another and working together. I've felt Heavenly Father's help with all of my companions and He's given me as well as them the ability to adapt to each other so quickly. I wanted to take a picture so I could show you what she looks like but that will have to wait until next week.

We're excited for the new transfer which officially started today. At our transfer meetings where we go to find out who our new companion/area will be the assistants always share their testimonies of the transfer process. They get to work with President Jones really closely all the time and especially during the transfer process. One of the Elders, Elder Seymour, shared a testimony that was really powerful and made me so happy.

He talked about how he enjoyed reading the Bible to know how our Heavenly Father created everything spiritually before it was created physically upon the earth. He told us that the same process happens for our transfers and how president is mindful even at the start of a new transfer, of how the upcoming transfer will be. He shared his testimony of Heavenly Father guiding our mission president and he invited us to go out and physically create what has been spiritually created already. That strengthens my testimony that we are where we need to be and we're fulfilling a part of our lives and others as well in the plan Heavenly Father has created.

The gospel is so true:)

Love you all,

Sister Green