Ok so it's really fun and sad at the same time, I had
completely forgotten what two story houses looked like because in Corning
there's nothing but trailers and poverty. Then there's Lincoln. Dang these
people got money. There's townhouses, giant mansions, bushes cut into rabbit
shapes, and fancy water fountains galore. It's impressive. And our area is nice
and close. Its lovely. I like it.
Anyway, my new companion is Sister Morrison. So far we
get along just fine. She's exactly like me in a lot of ways, and we both have
the same motto: "Work hard, play harder." So that's nice. The
missionary work is done totally different then Corning is. I cover two wards
instead of just one, Lincoln 3rd and 6th ward, so we have way more people to
work with. We honestly don't see too many members, and every night we get
dinner with them. It's great. Someone told people not to make us desserts so
maybe I'll actually lose some weight. That would be nice.
So sister Morrison is sister training leader and she had
to go to an all day meeting on Thursday which meant I was stuck in Lincoln and
I had no idea where anything was. Another sister, Sister Patterson, was my
companion and she's new to Lincoln too. We basically spent the whole day
completely lost and didn't see anyone. So that was interesting.
The missionaries in my zone are great. They've all been
serving around each other for about a year and a half so they're all great
friends.
I'm kind of the awkward one around, I don't know any of
these people.
I'm realizing that my entire life is just awkward and I'm
okay with that. That's basically my first week.
We did a huge zone service project on Friday. We all did
yard work for about three hours. Oh I miss yard work. It was fun, I raked
soaking wet leaves into piles. It's been raining hard for the last week and the
ground is absorbing none of the water since its rock hard so it's all just
sitting there flooding stuff. The rain smells different here than in NC.
Saturday was a loooong day. We had every single
appointment cancel on us so we spent the entire day finding, with little to no
success. It wasn't until 4 that we finally found this part member family who
actually let us in the door. We talked to them forever about the church and
about Jesus and things like that. It went pretty great. It was such a tender
mercy, especially after not seeing a single person all day. What a tender
mercy. I was so tired after that, but I felt good about myself because I knew I
had tried my best. It's whatevs.
It's only other people's salvation.
Sunday was nuts, so one ward starts at 9 and the other
ward starts at 10:30. We have to flip flop every Sunday with church and ward
councils and PEC and holy freaking heck so many meetings in one day. Our two
bishops and two ward mission leaders are great though, they are willing to work
with us and don't get offended when we don't attend their ward.
So far there's four progressing investigators here and
I've met none of them. Hopefully I will meet some of them this coming week.
I live in an apartment again and it's wonderful. All the
elders and sisters live in the same apartment complex.
The church is true guys. I wouldn't be on my mission if I
didn't know it was true. I have never been a people person. I'm still not a
people person. Ha you should see me interact with some of the elders. I have
come to find that being a missionary really doesn't change you too much at all.
It changes your testimony and how you act, but other than that you are still
the same person. I'm still Caroline. My relationship with my savior has
changed, and I've matured a lot, but I'm still Caroline. It's actually kind of
great, I have zero tolerance for immaturity and idiocy because it just ticks me
off. I am not a fan of dumb people.
My new address is 174 South O St. #22 Lincoln, CA 95643
Love you all! Talk to you next week.
Love,
Sister Caroline Elizabeth Ginn
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| New Companion Sister Morrison |
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| First baptism for Caroline on her mission in Corning. |
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