The One with the Bikes

Well Family, 

Transfer calls came this week! Sister Grundvig will be going to Stuttgart to the Military base ward and I will be staying here in Rosenheim! My new companion will be Sister Pitcher. I met her once at a zone conference and she is super fun! She came out one transfer after me, so I am excited for us to set goals together! 

I am actually really excited for the next transfer! I know that the Lord has certain things he wants me to do here so now I just have to figure out what and get working!

We met with Augustine this week (the man with the baptismal date that just moved into our area) and he is so great! He met with missionaries in Italy for a couple of years and he feels like now he is ready to make the next step! It was kind of funny because we did not know what he looked like, so we were just waiting outside the Refugee camp and then a man walked up to us and shook our hands and we said, "Are you Augustine"? He said "Ya, I am Augustine!" We started walking away to go sit down for our lesson and this guy runs up to us and says "WAIT! I’M AUGUSTINE"!!! We were so confused! Apparently, the other guy was also named Augustine and the two had already met before because of other confusion in the camp. So, we almost walked away with the wrong Augustine! But we got another potential so wahoo! 

Momma asked what is really hard and honestly for me, it is never feeling like I am good enough. I know that I am "enough" in God's eyes, but I just want to be the perfect, brave, outgoing, memorable, charitable, and hardworking missionary. ANNNND I am realizing how stinkin hard that is! Hahaha! My personality is pretty quiet. I am a listener and a follower, and I feel the pressure to be a Leader. Some days I get into bed feeling like a champion and some days I get into bed more discouraged than ever. I work through it, trusting in God's grace. We are not perfect people. Sometimes we see the Bishop, our neighbor, or family member and we just think they have it all. They are put together, they know who they are, they are strong and outgoing, but the truth of the matter is, we are all on this earth to grow. Sometimes growing hurts, but afterwards, you look back and see the progress you have made!

The good days outweigh the bad 100-fold. I know that I am doing the Lord's work. I know that it is the single most important work I could be doing right now. It is changing me, and I pray, and I work, and I struggle in hopes that it will change other people. 

I will go where he calls me to go. I will serve those he wants me to serve and I will struggle with exactly what he wants me to struggle with. Why? Because it is true. 

Have a blessed week!

Randoms:

- We LOVED our bikes this week! It was annoying trying to figure out busses and trains, but we could always rely on our trusty steeds! 

- Summer is more than half way over and I am mourning already! I don’t want these rolling green hills and people filled streets to go away!

- Sister Grundvig and I had to take a bus this morning, but she really wanted to go get ice cream one more time at our fav laden before she leaves tomorrow. Then we were walking to a store and this adorable old lady that is a member saw us. She was SOOO EXCITED! And she asked if she could get us ice cream! And of course, the grandmother came out in her and she insisted we both get 2 scoops so we each had 3 scoops of ice-cream this morning before 11 am!!!

- Last P-day was district P-day and we played soccer and had a bbq with pres and sister Brown!