March 19th

WE'VE MOVED! So send anything to the office address if you haven't already:

4007 Bridgeport Way West Suite D

University Place, WA 98466

What a transfer! So the Cambodian trio is no more. Right after Say's baptism President took us to a different room to tell us what was going to happen. We were to move to a different apartment (with two bathrooms) 10 minutes away in a different zone to accommodate having another sister living with us. Sister Noun, who is originally from Cambodia but called to serve English speaking and trained Sister McQuivey, was to join us and we would be two separate companionships. We anticipated this, so the only real mystery was who would go with who.

As it is, Sister McQuivey is now my only companion, and Sister Walker is now with Sister Noun and I'm literally having separation anxiety issues. Actually it's not that bad, but it feels super weird to not have our third companion, especially after having been with Sister Walker every day for exactly 6 months and 15 days. It's been hard, but at least we still live in the same place so it's not like I don't get to see her every day at least.

I'm going to predict this transfers going to be really hard, but worth it. We guessed that we would be split up the way it is, but we didn't predict that we would have to live farther away from most of our less-actives/investigators, work in three zones with another companionship - with only one car. Fortunately we live close to a bus station, but we're still not allowed to have bikes, so it's going to take more time to walk from the bus station to each person, as they're all pretty spread out. We'll be swapping cars every other week, but the place that we moved is right next to the mall and other shops unlike our old apartment which was a five minute walk to several apartment complexes with many potentials and less-actives, so finding people to teach without the car's going to be a little rough in this area. Like I said, it's going to be hard, but it'll be good.

Thought for the week: "Bringing our lives in line with God's will through repentance is a central purpose of our lives." - Preach My Gospel page 62. I don't remember the exact words, or who said it, but I read a quote that said anything we have to give God is already His - except our will. Sometimes it's the hardest thing to not think about things your missing on your mission, especially when I know the time I have here is limited and sacred, so this is a great reminder for me that it's not about what I want, but what the Lord wants.

Love you!

Sister Dunster