jessica's baptism // transferred to L.A.

Sister Meiners
Oct 25, 2017
3 min read

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOOW hold on people. u ready?

I got transferred to LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taber sisters mourning my loss after transfer calls.

Los Angeles? No, better. Lethbridge, Alberta!!!! (canadians are so punny, eh)

So I went from being in the "Lethbridge East Zone" to the "Lethbridge Zone." Half of my old zone lives like 10 minutes away from me here and I see them at emails! You may think ahhh thats it?? But its sooo different! Lethbridge is a city and its super awesome!!! Fun fact, Sister Williams served here, so this is now our 3rd area in common!!! (Valley View, Taber, and now Lethbridge!)

What you need to know about Lethbridge:

There's a university here, so I'm essentially living in Canadian Provo. Tons of Mormons (about 15% LDS) and theres a ton of young people that get married and are in our wards!! Like half of our ward is young returned missionary newly weds! who are AWESOME AT MISSIONARY WORK. i was so baffled at the enthusiasm of this place!!! seriously, best place ever to be a missionary!!!! i got to church and like every prayer that was prayed mentioned us, theyre doing a 40 day fast for missionary work, talks were on missionary work, the elders quorum had us come and teach and they're like "you need to have them in your home!! these are sisters you can trust!!!" and like everyone is obsessed with missionary work and like 5 families are like "we'll invite our friends so you can have a lesson in our home with our friends," and like allllll of ward council was about making a mission plan. IT'S A MISSIONARY'S DREAM.

Also, being my luck, I got transferred to one of the few biking areas for sisters in the mission, again! Except here's another fun fact. Lethbridge is in fact the windiest city in all of Alberta!!!! To quote my mission president every time he comes here he'll emphatically shout in frustration as his papers and "hair" fly amiss, "why would anyone want to live in this windy place??????" Here's my thoughts and formula and code for on the situation,

skirt + wind + bike = very immodest.

Also! My new companion is Sister Robison! She's from Washington and she's flippin hilarious! Fun times ahead for sure! :)

Anyways! Jessica was my beloved investigator in Taber! Jessica's fiance is a member and after 3 years of dating him she was ready for the discussions! She came up to the other sisters at the grocery store and was like "hey, how can i be taught by you ladies?" and from there she just LOVED the gospel!! Sister Follett and I taught her all the lessons! I knew I'd miss her baptism because I'd get transferred 2 days before, but because I went so close I could go!!!!! :) it was a joy filled reunion!! And our other Taber investigator Starr is being baptized on Nov 25!!!!! So I'm glad I left Taber on a high note, but I hope I'll be able to go to his baptism!!! But it was such a wonderful day!!!

Love you all!! :)