April 3, 2017
"Grief is the natural by-product of love. One cannot
selflessly love another person and not grieve at his suffering or eventual
death. The only way to avoid the grief would be to not experience the love; and
it is love that gives life its richness and meaning." -Lance B Wickman
Well, I am a bit sad this week, because I am being
transferred.
But I am excited for this new adventure I am about to
embark on!
Sister Tullis and I were not expecting this to happen
haha and when we were on the transfer call, when my name was called we both
were so surprised!
This is Sister Tullis' last transfer so I am sad she
is going home, but I'm happy for her, her new companion is awesome.
I am going to the Gainesville YSA Ward, which is on
the campus of the University of Florida!
Go Gators!
My new companion will be Sister Ridenour, who is great!
She came out with my trainee Sister Harris.
I am sad to leave this ward because I love it so much. I
love the members here and all of our lovely investigators. They are doing well
and I will miss them dearly.
But sometimes it is time to move on! I never thought I
would go to Gainesville or serve in a YSA so this is all new to me!
I loved General Conference!!! It was so wonderful and I
saw a huge theme of doing the little things, listening to the Holy Spirit, and
trusting in God. I know that doing those things really does bring us happiness
and peace and I love hearing the words of our prophets and apostles, who teach
us how we can be happy in this life! I love my Savior Jesus Christ and I know
that even when life is challenging or scary, we can always turn to him.
This is my 11th transfer on my mission. I can't believe it
has been so long! If it gives you any indication of how much I have left,
Sisters have 13 transfers. Ahhhh! I am nervous but excited to learn even more
and become a better person these last few.
This week several of our investigators kept their
commitments! A family we are teaching read the Book of Mormon and we had an
amazing discussion about it, they also told us they were going to continue
reading it every night as a family! Another one of our investigators has been
reading the Book of Mormon every day before she goes to work, and before that
she always told us she would next time. You can really see the spirit fill
people's lives as they seriously read the Book of Mormon with real intent. I
testify to President Monson's message yesterday! Read the Book of Mormon and it
changes your life.
I love y'all! I hope you have a blessed week!
Love,
Sister Caton
Also, look I saw a snake! P.s. I didn't catch it. But I tried
to. Bad idea haha
