Then I went on another exchange with a hermana
(sister in spanish) she has only been out 7months but probably knows
more than this old one. She is so spirit driven and loves the Lord it
was awesome! I learned a lot from her and I also learned a little tiny
tiny bit of spanish! Mostly Jesus Christ lives (vive) . That's all they
needed to know from this crazy english speaking missionary;)
The
Lord blessed me with English speaking..because I was thinking
missionary work is hard without the language thing. So I totally respect
the people that did both!
So during exchanges with Hermana
Cannon my eyes were burnning I just thought it was my contacts so I took
them out and did the exchange. Then the next day one of my eyes had
like goober stuff and was super read and sensitive. I still didn't think
much of it and went to ward council. I sat across the RS president and
she looked at me funny and said Sister Toomer you need to go home you
have pink eye. Good thing in ward council we had an eye doctor and he
confirmed it. Lame sauce so I missed church and had to stay in cuz I
guess it's super contagious. But good news it's going away!!! I just
have to clean this key board after I'm done with it....so that's why
it's so great to be alive! ;)
Thank you for all your love and support! I love you all!
Love,
Sister Toomer
PS Seahawks are going to the Super Bowel!!It's been a crazy week like always. No worries I no longer have pink-eye it went away fast which was a blessing:) This week was awesome! I had an interview with President Ware. He's so sweet and thinks I'm pretty legit. Ya I got him fooled ;) wants me to keep keeping on which I am trying with the Lord's help and so far so good! We followed up with a older lady that we tracted into and taught her the restoration and she agreed to it all! Her names Dora oh ya she's explora! She's so cool! Then of course I went on a couple exchanges. One of them was with Sis Camplese the sister I trained:) It was sweet cuz I got to see her progressing and working super hard. We just remanised like all day it was awesome!
Then I went with a spanish sister to her area. I'm
understanding the language more and more:) And the spirit is always the
same awesomeness! I love it! Serving the sisters is way fun. It seems
like they teach me more than I do.
Also I am in a trio again
:) it's Sister Peatross, Donnelly and Toomer it's pretty much a
missionary party everyday! We picked up Sis Donnelly wednesday she was
serving in Zillah and her comp went to Kenn. they had to be moved. Sorry
I can't really tell you all the details. But we are enjoying Sis
Donnelly she's super funny and we all laugh all the time. 2nephi2:25
Thanks to all of you I'm finding that joy and especially through my
Savior! I know he lives and loves us all! Because of him we are able to
live with our Heavenly Father once again! I love this great news and
sharing it with others brings me that Joy!
Thank you for all the prayers and letters you send my way!
Love you all!
Love,
Sister Toomer
It was a pretty great week! We had tons of spiritual
lessons and Joe one of our investigators came to a baptism. Of course he
felt the spirit but he is a catholic so his pastor is worried about
him. Although he says he still wants to meet with us! So that's a plus!
And Bill our recent convert bore his testimony yesterday which was
amazing!! He said he felt at home! Those are the moments I love on the
mish. It was a great testimony meeting which was wonderful cuz Lynda
finally came to church!! She said she liked it:) I'm praying she will
get baptized soon! Silly word of wisdom gets a lot of ppl but the with
the Lord's help anything is possible! Hey and more good news a recent
convert in Pendleton Cynthia Ross is going through the temple soon I
don't know when but I hope I can go. That would be so cool!
This
week we have a leadership meeting and we will know what will happen for
transfers on Sat...dun dun dun! What do you think will I end my mish in
Yakima or go somewhere else. I'll let you know next week;) Love you all!
Love,
Sister Toomer
PS there are some sad seahawks fans over here ready to hear the gospel;)
Wait for it...I'm staying! Oh ya Yakima is not sick of me yet;) I'm super excited!! I love living with the Olanders and there is a lot of potential progress coming up! It was legit, on sunday I gave a talk about missionary work and invited pretty much everyone we talked to and 4 investigators came!!
I was beaming of course and they said they
want to come again!! Sherri and Dustin our investigators was one that
came. She told us that her cat was bugging her and trying to get her to
wake up and the cool part is that the cat doesn't usually do that! I
love how the Lord works:)
Sister Peatross is going to
Wenatchee and Donnelly is going to Richland crestview! My old area:)
She'll rock it. Now they have a car...that's alright when I was there
walking built character and a nice tan;)
Funny story so we
were teaching Joe about the restoration and this guys older and half
Mexican and kinda goes on a lot of tangents. He tells us about his care
giver and how he sometimes wants to beat the devil out her. haha all
three of us don't know what to say so he laughs then we finally laugh...
Love
it! Being in this trio has really taught me to find the joy in doing
the Lord's work. I really do love being here and to be able to share the
thing that has helped me so much with others!
I know that the
atonement is real! Christ Lives!! We are apart of HIS church!! Heavenly
Father wants all of us back! It's a blessing to help my brothers and
sisters come back to him!
Love you all!!
Happy VAlentines!
Love,
Sister ToominatorSo this transfer is going to be insane not just because my crazy awesome companion is having me get up at 6am to do insanity but because the work is progressing and it's so legit! Sister Pugh works really hard and I love it she keeps me going :) And Sister Olander aka Erin who just came back from her mission in Africa is awesome! She comes out with us and tries to get her friends to listen to the message that we have. I'm just really blessed!
It was way
cool yesterday we took a laurel out with us but appointment after
appointment canceled. So I was thinking man this sisters going to change
her mind about a mission but then the Lord blessed us! Like always:) We
taught this young dad about the plan and asked him if he would be
baptized and he said yes! Perseverance is key! It's so good:) I still
keep learning and learning. I love it! And Orlando the recent convert
that got baptized in Nov. bore his testimony in Ward conference:) I felt
so proud I can only imagine how Heavenly Father feels ;) Oh ya and Bill
is getting his patriarchal blessing!
Life is great can't complain! Love you all and appreciate all that you do for me!!
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister ToomerWhat a week! All my days are kinda off I can't believe it's a thursday but the temple was so amazing and peaceful! It was worth it!! Haha so lots have happened! Funny story on Saturday we were contacting ppl and have been trying to get in with a guy named Hesus who is like 30yrs old and has a couple kids but he has been super busy. So we called the Hesus that is in our phone and he says he is working and wants to meet with us and will let us know. Then a couple nights later the Hesus on our phone txt us and says he can meet that night so we are like "score" we call an awesome member and get them to come..Hesus txt us back and says he is going to be late since he has to walk to the church. So we have the member pick him up. The members walk in the church and behind him was Hesus but not the Hesus we had been trying to get in with. Instead it was a 19year old skater kid hahah so we play it off acting like he was the one we were looking for the whole time and give him a church tour, Teach him the restoration and ask him if he wants to get baptized. He said Yes! And luckily that night there was a YSA activity so we got him fellowshipped in there. It was a happy coincidence! I love how the Lord works! It was a testimony to me that this is the Lord's work and not ours;) I probably would have messed it up a long time ago. Then one day we had lessons after lessons it was so fun I love sharing this gospel! The work really is booming here and Corrin who we meet outside of her house smoking came to church and she brought a notebook and took tons of notes. And then we had Zone Conference so where missionaries close to our area meet and talk about how we can be better missionaries and stuff. And there I gave my departing testimony:) so weird but it's good! Thank you all for your support and love!
Love you!
Sister Toomer
Ps The pic of all the sisters is who I'm kinda responsible for as an Sister Training Leader:)
and us at the temple today!Weird it feels like I was just here...like 4 days ago. Time is flying! But it has been legit! We found 5 New Investigators this week who want to get baptized!! We introduced them to the BOM and took the challenge we got from an area of 70 Elder Arnold and have been seeing miracles!! It's so awesome! I love to see the change the gospel brings to ppl. Like Bill! Yesterday he showed up to chruch in a white shirt and tie and nice pants. This is the Bill who is in the wheel chair who usually wears pajama pants and a collared shirt. But not only do they change physically but also spiritually you can see the light! It's the best!
Oh
man and of course there is always opposition in all things. There was
this middle aged guy we ran into walking to a baptism and he wanted to
know where the nearest coffee place is. Why he asked two Sister
Missionaries where some coffee is is beyond me but luckily I knew there
was a Starbucks close cuz I was desperate and had to use the bathroom
there I felt bad but that was the closest place, Anyway, We were talking
to him about God and he said look around your girls there is no God.
And we said back, "ya look around you all of this is evidence that there
is a God." It was super sad cuz he had no hope and you could tell he
was miserable and anything we said he rejected it by telling us that we
were wasting our time...I know we were supposed to meet him though even
if he thought we were crazy for letting him know that God cared about
him.
We are so blessed to have this gospel and it's true it does bring the happiness you can't find anywhere else! I love it!!
haha
and just so you know we are being takin care of over here in
Washington. There is this lady that likes to go on a lot of walks and we
ran into her last week and then again this week. She had prayed that
she would run into us again cuz she thought we were crazy for walking
around Yakima...so she taught us some self defense and said she would
keep an eye out for us! So I got this funny lady watching and God
watching over us we are set!
Love you all!
Sister Toominator
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