Fuquay-Varina & Sister Beech

My Dearest Family,

 

Thank you so much for the pictures and fun stories of the wedding and all the events. I'm sure you all enjoyed it but are glad the craziness is over. I really enjoyed seeing the pictures with "me" in them too. So great!

I have been transferred to a ward about 30 minutes away from where I was. I am in Fuquay-Varina now which is still in the same stake. The ward just split last week and they have a new bishop and new everything! But the teaching pool here is doing much better than my last area just because there have already been sisters here for two transfers. We have an investigator getting baptized on the 3rd of August and we are teaching at least 5 other people. I am still trying to learn everything and it has been hard, but fun. The ward is great and very helpful.

My companion, Sister Beech, and I actually went on exchanges together the week before we were made companions! She is from Sandy Utah and is from the same ward as Laura Lee (my roommate from freshman year). She has been out for 6 months. She is so sweet, tall (but not as tall as I am), in tune with the spirit and always striving to do what is right. I love working with her. She wants to be a zumba or aerobic instructor... so yeah she likes to run. She is pushing me in the mornings to do some running and so far it hasn't been too bad. haha I am grateful that she is patient with me and isn't trying to kill me by running a lot or anything.

This week has been a little different because we are currently living in an apartment in Raleigh that is 30-40 minutes away from our assigned area. They were living with members before and they just had some things happen that they needed to move out unexpectedly. We are moving again on Friday to an apartment in our area, so that will be good. Less driving time and more teaching time! :)

I love the area I am in and I am just trying to keep my head above water right now with learning all the people we are working with. I love being a missionary and servant of the Lord. Every day I think about how amazing it is that I get to be a part of the missionary force at this time on the Earth.

Keep being great examples and doing what you know you need to do. Help the missionaries out when you can, because having support and help from the members really makes all the difference. I love you so much!

 

Love,
Sister Shurtz