Transfer 1 Week 2

I have been here for two weeks. Week one felt like an eternity. Week two has flown by. Each day seems infinitely long but then at the same time it feels like yesterday I was sitting here at the computer emailing you about my first week. Sister Khumaryan tells me the whole mission feels that way—each day is long but weeks and months seem to fly by.

Fun fact about my companion: she knows five different languages—Armenian, English, Spanish, Russian and Greek. I tell this to people and she says "No! My Greek and Russian are so bad!" and I'm just like, "Whatever, you are amazing!"

It is getting cold here at night, and sometimes even chilly during the day. I was not expecting this, because before I came out here I kept checking the weather for Bakersfield, where the temperature is a lot higher. Here in Lancaster though I guess it can get pretty cold in the winter and some members have told me it sometimes even snows.

I had my first Zone Conference last week. My Zone has nine sets of missionaries, and we all gathered with President and Sister Wilson, as well as the senior missionary couples in our mission, to receive further missionary training. It was pretty great. President Wilson was talking about how as missionaries we need to be bold. He gave each of us a small rock. He looked at me and said "Sister Daelemans, what is that?" 

I said "......It's a rock."

He said "Yes, or you could think of it as a little boulder.....And that what I want each of you to be: a 'little bolder'!" :) It was pretty funny!

The Gospel is True!! I'm so grateful to be a missionary and to share the message of the Restoration with people every day!

Love you all,

Sister Daelemans