Goodbye Tehachapi. Hello....Tehachapi?

We got transfer news. I am getting transferred to.....Tehachapi! Wait, what? Yes, you heard me right. In our tiny little town there are actually 3 wards. Right now I am in the Tecachapi ward, and I am getting transferred to the Gold Hills and Bear Valley area, which covers the other 2 wards in town. I am super super happy with this! I knew I needed to be transferred, because I have been in the same area for 4 1/2 months and felt like I was running out of people to talk to. But I wanted to stay in Tehachapi for the rest of the summer, because it is the only cool area in the mission. The only place where it is not 95-110 degrees right now. Well, Heavenly Father must love me an awful lot because I got to have both wishes :) The 3 wards in town share a building. It felt really weird saying goodbye to people because I will still see a lot of them on Sundays in the hallways at church. I am really excited for the change. The only bad thing about being transferred is having to pack up all my stuff.

We found out this week that our Cambodian investigator does believe in God, but she also still believes in Buddah. She says they are all good and they all help her, so why not believe in all of them. I am realizing more and more what a barrier the whole language thing is. I wish so much to be able to talk to her and tell her all about the Gospel, but most of it would go over her head at this point. It also makes me realize how dependent we are on Heavenly Father as missionaries. Even with people who speak English, we can't teach them or help them understand anything without the Spirit. I definitely don't know how to go about teaching Ladeth. But I know that the Lord will help Sister Hale and her new companion to know how to help Ladeth understand the Gospel.

Cool story. We tracted into a lady last week and we were able to teach her the first lesson. We set a return appointment for the next week (this past Saturday.) Now, you have to understand that appointments we set with people that we have tracted into hardly ever go through. Like, ever. So, we went back but were pretty skeptical as to whether she would actually be there. Well, not only was she there (and had remembered that we were coming back) but she had read in the Book of Mormon all the way through most of 2nd Nephi! There are recent converts who have already joined the church who haven't even read that far in the Book of Mormon! Sister Hale and I were both so shocked because we've never found people through tracting like that before! It was really cool, and I am so excited to find out what happens with her in the coming weeks. It's sad because I won't be in the area any longer to teach her, but I will hear from the other missionaries what happens. :)

I am excited for this new transfer. I can't wait to see who the Lord has in store for me to meet and teach in the coming weeks!

Much love,

Sister Daelemans