End of September Already

i have never had a more crazy week! transfers was the most stressful thing of my life. i found my bed and my closet, and my new companion. her name is sister chir chir from kenya. we have been flat mates ever since i came on mission and i will finally be her companion. this is her last transfer. please pray that i can learn this area in 5 weeks so that i will be able to train a new sister here.


the events of this week are sort of hard to explain, we took sister ndahalele (not sure if i mentioned her in the last email or not...) to the
airport. my companion, sister clendon, was in Johannesburg for the week, and sister ndahalele was my companion in the area that was no longer mine (as i had technically been transferred to my new area). the world sort of threatened to fall apart while we were trying to work out who was where, what was what, who was who's companion and so on. i got a blessing a couple weeks ago that said i would have the ability to handle that challenges that will arise within the coming weeks... WOW, i sure hope this was the week that the blessing referred to. i am not sure how much more challenging things could have gotten. the storm has settled and just like everything else, it passed. now we are trying to put together the pieces and clean up the mess. so what did we do to celebrate the end of a crazy week?... we deep cleaned the flat! let out the old, welcome in the new. the new area is awesome, it sort of took a massive hit and has a lot of improving that gets to happen, i am just happy for the chance i have to improve it.


i love quilting because you can make the quilt whatever you want it to be. it is the same with the different areas i have worked in. you make it what you want it to be with your own design, pattern, and flavor. the beginning, you plan, then you cut, design, do rough drafts, practice pieces, and so on until each piece is put together exactly how you want it to be. in the end you are left with your own thing. i saw the final product of my efforts in broadhurst this sunday. it was stake conference and as a result we were able to go to church with the broadhurst ward. i was so excited to see that so many of the people we taught came to church. so many of the ward members we worked with were so much happier than when i first arrived here, and most of our recent converts were there with smiles on their faces. my work there is done, but hopefully i won't be forgotten. it was a sweet feeling to look at all that i had accomplished. whew, i love missionary work, it has so many rewards, as great as the challenges.


in the end, it was a nice week.

still loving life,

sister blum