Transfers! So it was rather interesting. I put Leavenworth in the subject line because my beloved area has been closed! That's it! No missionaries at all! I thought that I would probably go back Spanish side because they didn't have enough sisters but instead they shut down Leavenworth to any missionaries and so now we have less sisters areas. So sad :( But what happened with me was rather interesting. Sis. Tekanene and I will stay the same and I am now Travelling Sister. That means I travel to 5 or 6 other sister areas every week and do exchanges with them. The idea is to teach and see what the areas are like and the companionships and report back to president. Rather interesting because I just got here, don't know any areas or sisters. This also means that I will probably be staying in Post Falls for a little while because the Travelling Sister ususally stays for a while, but who knows. I guess I"m going to learn a lot.

 

Thanksgiving was good. We got to eat with members and "hang out" which was kind of weird. We were allowed to proselyte and so we just visited members. We're definitely not used to just hanging out. We also discovered every hill in our area several times that night. Not too exciting on a bike and a full stomach.

 

We discovered a lighted Christmas tree in our apartment! I was so excited! For some reason I am ridiculously excited about anything Christmas so decorations and lights are awesome! Our apartment is actually quite nice. Missionaries have had it for years and luckily the sisters cleaned it out after the Elders had it so we find interesting things all the time. I also discovered trees in Post Falls! I was so excited. Part of our area is in some hills that have huge pine trees (everyone here calls them mountains, but they're really not). It made me feel right at home. I'm not used to huge open places with just houses everywhere so some kind of tree life that is not way out in the distance was nice to be in :)

 

Spiritual news: So it rained a lot this week and one night we were tracting in a trailer park and it was particularly wet. We left and went to an appointment right afterwards and discovered that our phone was missing. This was really bad because all our contacts are in that phone and it's kind of irreplaceable that way. We frantically looked everywhere for it and then decided to pray (should have been the first thing we did). We decided to go back to the trailer park and while I shone the headlights (we had the car this night) Sis. Tekanene would walk down the road and look for the phone. Miracle! She found it in a mud puddle and it was blinking! It still worked! That was a huge answer to prayers! It definitely reminded us that we need to humble ourselves and seek for the Lord early.

 

Second spiritual story: We were teaching Sam our 13 year old on-date for baptism this Saturday! We had a ton we had to teach her so we were going to cover obedience, prophets, Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, and obey and honor the law all in one shot. Her house is not the best teaching environment because there's a whole bunch of people walking in and out drinking smoking and who knows what else, but her grandma won't let us teach her anywhere else. So we commenced to teach and were a little aprehensive of how the bystanders might react. Much to our astonishment and joy they actually started to stand around the table and listen. As we shared testimony of how we are all divine in nature because we are children of God and that's why we have these commandments the spirit filled the room. Beers were put down, cigarettes extinguished, immodest clothing covered up with tee-shirts, and foul language ceased. Everyone was listening and the spirit was testifying. The power of God really overcame all wickedness in that room. I know that hearts were touched and truth was felt. I don't know what the longer effects will be of that lesson, but I know it changed my life. Seeing people in sin being drawn to the truth and light of the Gospel was incredible. Right in front of us they started to repent and change their actions. I know that the power of God is real! I know that the study of this Gospel truly changes behavior more quickly than the study of behavior changes behavior. With the Lord all things are possible. I love repentance!

 

I love you all! Thank you so much for all your love and support! Don't forget to repent and let the Lord into your live more!

 

Love

Sister Probst