I'M A TRAINER AGAIN!!!!
MY DAUGHTER... Sister Carly
Alston ----(the sister I'm training) is AMERICAN! SHE IS FROM OREM, UTAH!
SHE WENT TO TIMPANOGOS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS TWO OLDER SISTERS- SHE IS THE
FIRST MISSIONARY IN HER FAMILY TO SERVE BESIDES HER DAD.
She
went to the University of Utah for one year and now she is here with
me! She is so great and is already learning fast! She is so cute and I
love her so much! We have soooo many things in common and I just love
her and am so blessed to have her as my daughter in the mission!
I was not expecting to get an American trainee!! Only 2
foreigners arrived- one American and one Mexican sister and Sister Bott
and I, with the least amount of time in the mission got the two
foreigners to train!!!!!!!! WE ARE SOOOO HAPPY!
I
DIDN'T THINK I WOULD TRAIN AN AMERICAN! Especially cause I'm considered
such a young trainer and because of the language, but right when I saw Sister Alston, I felt that she was my daughter!!! She is wonderful and
we are soooo happy!! She is so willing to try and is so easy going!!!
This was a crazy but good first week back in Bauru. the members freaked
out when they heard that I was coming back and we already have family
nights marked for every single night this upcoming week and into next
week because the members are so anxious to have us over and are excited
to bring friends that aren't members yet! We are soooo excited! Sister Alston is working on understanding me and the Brazilians which is
totally normal, but we are doing lots of language practices andI'm
trying to slow down a little bit so that she can understand me a bit
more easily. She is so determined and so willing to work! Sooooo great!
The training day is so fun! On Monday night, I traveled from Maringa
with Sister Trindade because she was also called in to train and we slept
in Cambe with Sister Bott!! It was so fun! Then we all got up super
early and went into Londrina to have training with Presidente and then
we all met the new missionaries. we all got to great all of the new
missionaries and in that moment, I felt like Sister Alston was meant to
be my daughter in the mission...I didn't get my hopes up...because I still didn't know....its always a surprise for the new missionary and the
trainer that day..but I felt so strongly that she was sent here for
me!!
Then, we heard some more trainings from Presidente and then the AP's put up a big PowerPoint slideshow of
everyone of the new missionaries one by one with their trainer and area.
and then they new missionary and the trainer jump up and run to hug
each other! I was so nervous to see who would be my trainee and hoping
that it would be Sister Alston....she hadn't left my side since she got
to the mission office and so I felt like maybe she was hoping to be with
me too. when it was officially announced, Sister Bott and I were in shock that
we were the youngest trainers and that we were being trusted with the
only two foreigners!!! That means that we will have to help teach the
language, culture, everything from scratch! What an awesome privilege
and opportunity to learn!!!
After that, Sister Alston and I were on cloud nine and Presidente knew it...hahaha we all
went to Presidente's house and had lunch and took tons of pictures and
then Presidente did some more trainings!
After, we went to the bus station and rode 5 hours to Bauru-- got here about midnight
and R. and V. and the Elders picked us up there at the bus
station in Bauru...we were EXHAUSTED but so happy to be able to rest!!!
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| Sisters Alston & Tyson |
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| Sisters Tyson & Bott |
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| Sister Tyson & Sister Pereira |
N. is so great and I was so anxious to get back
to her! SHE FREAKED OUT WHEN SHE SAW ME WALK INTO HER HOUSE! MY HEART
MELTED! and Sister Alston afterwards said, "I never want to leave the
mission! now I understand why you always tell me that you love being a
missionary! It's because of kids like her, isn't it??? 18 months isn't long
enough!" Soooo cute!
Shes right, and I do always tell her that I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!
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