Last comp picture. We got caught in torrential rain. You can't really tell but it looks like we jumped in a pool haha.

Last Zone P-Day

The Woodlands Elders and Sisters.

This is what happens when members leave us alone at their homes ;)

So this past week has been full of suprises to say the least. As I mentioned last time, transfers were last thursday. Leading up to transfers Sister Z, Sister Sheldon and I were all speculating about what would happen. What we came up with were: I was staying and getting a new companion, sister Z and I were staying and Sister Sheldon was getting transferred, Sister Z was getting transferred and Sister Sheldon and I would be co-training a new missionary, or I would be reassigned as a spanish speaking missionary ;). As you can see, in none of these scenarios would I be leaving the Woodlands. Well here's what actually happened. On Tuesday we get a call from our Zone leaders informing us that I was being transferred and Sister Z and Sister Sheldon were staying in the Woodlands. Shock #1. It was pretty sad to say the least. But, it was going to be ok because the Lord has a plan and everything would turn out well. Then on Wednesday we get a call from the Assisstants to President that starts out, "Now I know what I'm about to say is going to come as a shock, but just know that we have prayerfully considered this, and this is what the Lord wants..." they then proceed to inform us that Sister Z and Sister Sheldon will be co-training a new missionary (so they are staying a trio), and that I will not only be training a new missionary as well, but that I will be white washing a new sister area.................................................... WHAT THE HECK?!?!??! You can imagine my horror at hearing this. I have only been out in the mission field for 6 weeks and they want me to not only train a new missionary, but they also want me to open a new area. Meaning that we are starting completely from scratch. At this point all of my positive thinking about "It's going to be ok, the Lord has a plan and everything will turn out alright" has gone completely out the window. But since we were at a member's home when we got this call and I was in front of other people I just accepted and said thank you and sat there quietly. So on Thursday we go to the mission home and I get my new companion. Her name is Sister Flanders and she is 19 years old and she is from Atlanta, Georgia. She has the cutest accent and is super sweet. For her sake, when they announced us as companions, I reassured her that we would be just fine and that even though I had only been out for a transfer, we were going to have a lot of fun together. The area that I have been reassigned to is the very northern tip of the mission in a place called College Station. The interesting thing about our new area is that it is a huge college town for Texas A&M, and the ward we are serving in is a young single adult ward. Needless to say we are probably going to lose some weight in this area haha. We were able to meet the ward yesterday and they are so great and missionary minded. We were both asked to speak in church yesterday about missionary work and our decision to serve, and afterwards this guy came up to us and said that because of our talks he would let us teach his friend. Pretty cool.

So far what has been the hardest thing is figuring out what to do and how to fill our day. We don't have a car and we don't have bikes so we'er hoofin it and our area is HUGE because it covers all of the single adults. I've been trying my best to teach her how to be a good missionary and to make sure that she is having a good experience, and I don't think she can tell, but I am struggling big time. I may or may not have had a mental breakdown the other night while she was in the shower. tears. Lots and lots of tears. What I have come to realize though, through many many prayers, is that throughout my entire mission, and this transfer especially, I am going to have to rely on the Lord a lot. I am going to have to live by faith and not by fear. Faith isn't faith until it's tested, and mine is definitely being tested right now. I know that if I am obedient and I keep moving forward and try to do the best I can, that everything will be alright and that I will not be left comfortletss. With that being said, please pray for me haha. Pray that I don't go crazy from the stress and the overwhelming-ness of the situation. I could definitely use some prayers. Anyways, that's all I've got this got. Oh ya! I've officially been out for 2 months as of today. Time is going by so dang fast. 16 months to go!

my new address is:

Scandia Apartments apt. 1F

401 Anderson St.

College Station, TX

77840

Love you all!

-Sister Williams