I'm a momma!! 😜 January 11, 2016

Dear family and friends,

In the deep woods of mid Oregon, the mist shadowed the ground like a

blanket covering a sleeping child. All was silent, except for the

trees whispering their tales of olden days. The grey light of early

morning was barely upon the world when the rays of the morning sun

burst through mysterious mist. It was the morning of transfers.

For our mission, transfer calls are on the Friday  and Saturday

before. Friday calls are for if you are in leadership, Saturday of you

are a common missionary. Sis Sands is so amazing, and so we all joked

that she would be transferred down to the Eugene area as an STL. So I

figured we would get a call Friday night.

There we were, planning for the next day, on the floor of our

apartment. And then, a call. Guess who? You're right, it was

President! Sis Sands is an STL in Santa Clara. Then my turn. I am

asked to be a follow up trainer for a new missionary!!! So really, I'm

not a mom, but a step mom...hehe. Sis Broadhead is her name and she

came out last transfer, and so I will be finishing training with her.

I am so excited and nervous and happy!!!! There is so much I am going

to learn from her, and I can't wait to see what she can teach me.

That night, I prayed a lot to know how I can do this. I mean, we are

both so new to missionary work ( or maybe she is just stellar) that I

feel like this will be a huge learning curve for both of us. But as I

prayed, I felt like Heavenly Father knew my potential. I felt His love

for me and I knew that all would be alright. As long as I am doing my

best, then we cannot fail. I truly want to be able to have the spirit

with me always and be able to have the courage to follow His

promptings. I have prayed so long and hard to become better, and in

many ways, these are answers to prayers.

Sorry for the longer email! But to finish up, we had many lessons

this past week. I am so grateful for the Spirit and for the power that

He has. The Holy Ghost should be our best traveling companion in this

life, our best friend. He has shared so many hidden treasures of

knowledge; the scriptures make more sense to me because of His help.

He has testified of truth to others, my companion to me. His constant

help and guidance is what gives me the confidence to move forward.

Always strive to have Him there by you.

Love you all! My companion won't be here till after 5, so I won't have

a picture of us together till next week. We are going to conquer the

world! 😎

Love,

Sis Alldredge