Alaska Alaska Alaska: January 21, 2015

Okay. I know you all have been dying to know with what is happening with transfers. Well, this has been the craziest transfer call I have gotten my whole mission. Like seriously. So.. The whole week before I got my call I was not nervous one bit which is totally not like me. In fact, I felt the most amount of peace that I have felt so far on the mission. I started to get kinda concerned as to why I was not stressing out. Well, then the call came. I was a shocker. So here are the details of the call.

1. I'm training for my last two transfers. Her name is Sister Strong!

2. I am opening up a new ward that just got created like a week ago.

3. It's called the Mount Baldy ward (enter all the jokes you can about going bald)

4. I now live in Eagle River in a basement with one window

5. I am in the Chugach stake, that hasn't had sisters in a really long time. I don't think parts of the ward have seen sisters in years.

6. Out of 280 members, 230 are active. It's going to be tough, but happy!

Well, for the rest of the week. I hate to say it but not a lot has happened due to transfers. We were not really able to teach many people, because of logistics and picking up the new missionaries.

We did get to go on one last exchange. I went with Sister Moore. The sadest thing ever happened. It has been super icy in Anchorage and we were trying to walk up this driveway that was as slippery as an ice skating when all of the sudden I look down and Sister Moore had seriously face planted on the ice. Her chin was rubbed raw, she hurt her knee really bad and her hand was all torn up from the ice. Maybe it was a sign that we should start wearing ice cleats out? Besides that, it was a great day serving in Anchorage.

Last night Sister Strong and I moved into our basement apartment :) It's pretty funny. The elders that helped set up the furniture call in the dungeon. That name is pretty fitting. For heavens sake we don't even have a door for our bathroom. In fact when I am sitting on the toilet I have to yell to Sister Strong not to walk around the corner, or else she would see everything. So funny!

So, because we are starting this new ward, we have no record of anything or anyone. Tonight we have a correlation meeting with some of the elders that have served in parts of the area before. I am pretty excited to set up the ward and get things up and running. I get to fill out tons of new forms, so that is great. I am really excited to meet everyone. It should be great. I hear we have one investigator family and a single adult to teach. I am pretty pumped about that!

I know this is where the Lord wants me. I am excited to see what the Lord has in store for Sister Strong and me. We will start meeting everyone tomorrow :) Whooo hoooo!

Love you all!

Sister Morrison