It's Official...

We'll start with the news that is bursting to get out. MY MISSION PRESIDENT CHANGED MY CALL TO SPANISH-SPEAKING!! Last Friday was our zone meeting and President Griffin came to do Hna Horrocks' departing interview. :( When he was done, he came out and said, "Sister Trommlitz, could I talk to you for a minute?" and pulled me into the room. I sat down and he asked, "How would you feel about becoming a Spanish-speaking missionary?" I smiled and said that I would like that. He said he would order my tags and materials and that this new call would enable me to continue to study Spanish each day and he could now put me with Spanish-speaking companions and in Spanish-speaking wards and area. So my study of Spanish has now gone from casual and no pressure, to a whole new level of responsibility! But I am really excited. I have learned a lot by being with a Spanish-speaking companion and associating with the Spanish-speaking ward. It's wild! 

 

On Tuesday we pretty much set up a whole library for an elementary school. It was a real test of my alphabetical skills :)as we organized books! It was so fun to see all the books I read as a kid and it felt great knowing that I was a part in helping kids learn to read! woo!

A couple of P-days ago, I had talked to a guy in Wal-Mart who wanted to learn more about our message, and we were finally able to meet with him this past week. We met him and his wife. A sister from the ward came with us and having her as a team-up was so inspired because her husband in a retired Vietnam veteran and so was this new investigator. They were able to connect on that level and develop a friendship. We taught the restoration and then left. The next day we get a text from the ward sister saying that the wife had called her and asked when and where church was. It was stake conference the next Sunday, so they said they would wait a week and come the next Sunday. It shows how important members are in developing friendships with investigators.

A brother in the ward also called us and told us about a friend he had invited to meet with the missionaries. His wife has recently passed away. We went over with the ward member and taught the restoration to which he kept saying that we had so much more knowledge and he wanted to know it. The ward member set him up with listening to the Book of Mormon because he is old and has a hard time reading fine print. Another example of how great members in the area are and the big effect they can have on the success of the Lord's hastening of the work of Salvation.