I am a traveler

This was my last week in Buffalo with Sister Thomas! Most likely. By that I mean that one of us is probably getting transferred and we are in Palmyra this week and next! So we said goodbye to normal missionary life for 2 weeks. Weird! And...actually really scary! When we rolled into Palmyra some of the set up for the Hill Cumorah Pageant was already up and for some reason I was filled with terror! Ridiculous! It just hit me that I would be giving tours (English and Spanish) to thousands of people over the next 2 weeks and I haven't given a tour in 4 months! I just kind of feel like an imposter! In my head I'm sure it'll all be alright, but MAN this is scary! Exciting scary, but scary nonetheless.

Also I haven't heard anything from McKenna or Chelsea or Kevin? Or anyone else? So I'm not actually sure that anyone that I know is coming to pageant ha. All of these people have been coming through from Utah who know Sisters Thomas and Brown. Mormon life on the East Coast is so different! I will forever represent!

This week was preeeetty good. Elaine is not meeting with us anymore, but Akelis is chugging along and we started teaching a new guy named Sal! He is recently separated and beginning to realize that he didn't treat his wife the way she should have been treated. Unfortunately, it seems the damage may be too much for her to overlook at this point, but hopefully he'll be able to be a different person for the future. Who knows? Sister Thomas and I secretly hope she takes him back yada yada wonderland. He's got a good heart underneath it all. He brought his little boy, Evan, to church yesterday and it was great! Some people who haven't been to church in a few years showed up, too and we got to teach them a bit. It's just a nice feeling to watch people return to faith. It happens all the time to varying degrees, whether it be one night deciding to pay more attention when you pray, or dropping harmful addictions and turning your entire perspective around. No matter what, that change is beautiful to watch. I love having front row seats as a missionary.

Speaking of that process, I have realized that I really need to be a more charitable, loving person! I love people for sure, but not as much as I should. It hasn't really finished processing in my head so I have nothing eloquent to say on the matter for now. But maybe soon! Maybe my head is just too full of crazy pageant stuff to think about anything else! Ah! I'm sure there will be more exciting news next week haha.

Sister Lee and me snugged up in the back seat on the way over to PALMYRA!

Sister Wills! This is the lady who has been through so much that I mentioned a few weeks ago. Breast cancer, losing children to a house fire, her husband's death, and now Parkinson's and old age. Always cheerful, always giving. I need to be more like her.

Ok luv 2 u guyz bye
Hermana Raines