Oh my goodness! Life! Being a missionary! My life of being a missionary! Where to begin this week? ...
Let
me start by outlining the expectations I had for Foxboro. Personal and
general experience has proven that when you first open an area, things
are ... slow. And hard. Imagine coming into a totally new ward where
neither you nor your companion know ANYONE, where there are no existing
plans, and you don't know where anyone or anything is located. And then
you have 12 hours everyday to fill with productive, work-hastening
activities. AHHHHHHHHH! Needless to say, I was both excited and a little
aprehensive about coming to Foxboro.
Now let me tell you about the reality of coming to
Foxboro: Sister Badham and I have had 21 appointments in the past 3 days
(not to mention church, district meeting, and an all day family history
conference), and have barely even had time to breath - let alone worry
about how we are going to fill our time! We haven't even had time to
unpack yet! AND WE ARE SO HAPPY!
Q: How did this miracle occur?
A: Elder Tait.
Somehow
the Lord in His infinite mercy has seen fit to bless us with the
ultimate sister-helping Elder in the universe, who has basically taken
it upon himself to schedule our lives for the next little bit until we
get our feet underneath us. Elder Tait has been in Foxboro since August
and knows EVERYTHING, which is good because 4 new missionaries got here
this transfer! The Elders Cooney & Flory are in a trio with Elder
Tait and then there's us. The 4 of us just follow after Elder Tait like
baby ducklings following a mamma duck while he explains everything and
introduces us to the people we need to know. We have been referred to as
the Foxboro Fab Five, but I always refer to us as the "Foxy Five".
(Sassy, huh?) AND HOLY MOLY IT'S SO GREAT!
This ward is amazing, they have already been
SO supportive and there is so much goodness going on here. I feel like
my brain can't even handle all the possibilities that Foxboro has
already presented! All I know is that we are going to be BUSY. And a
busy missionary is a happy missionary! And Sister Badham - man she's
awesome! She's from Bountiful and wants to be a History teacher and is
so sweet & funny and is such a powerful teacher and basically just
rules. I am stoked that we get to be companions and we are already great
friends! A weird phenomena has happened to us though - because we have
been so busy and have had such little time to think, we haven't even had
time to cover all the small-talk-stories that you usually have in the
first few days with your companion. Details like family, friends,
school, hobbies, and pre-mission life in general have yet to be
discussed. We were laughing about it yesterday, because we feel like we
know each other really well, but we don't know anything about each
other! We decided that we know Sister Gledhill and Sister Badham, but we
know nothing about Brooke and Marcy. It's probably because we have both
been on our missions for a while (she's coming up on 8 months) and
we're just so used to being missionaries! It's great. I'm sure we'll get
there eventually!
Another expectation I had that didn't exactly pan out
the way I planned was our apartment. I was expecting a new apartment
with nothing in it, but instead we took over an apartment in an adjacent
ward that a set of sister's just got shot-gunned out of. And boy, is it
MESS-Y! We are only there until they find us an apartment in Foxboro,
so it looks like I will be moving again soon. Maybe it's a good thing
that we haven't had time to unpack ... but I'm sick of living out of my
suitcase! Our plans for today include throwing 90% of the apartment's
contents away, wish us luck! The office elders think we will only be
here 2 or 3 weeks, but my current address is:
7 Independence Way
Apartment 101
Franklin, MA
02038
I am so excited to be here that I'm pratically bouncing in my chair!
Have an amazing week!
xoxo,
The Giddy Sister Gledhill
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