Sister Christina Thacker: Week 73 Last transfer!!!

So this week was transfers... I ended up getting transferred to a new area! I am in Syracuse East now!

Fun fact, I have never served where I was called... I was called to the Rochester mission before the missions merged and I have not served in the old boundaries of the Rochester mission. Crazy!

So I left those 6 beautiful souls on date for baptism in Bennington and now I am here, building the kingdom! There are some great members here! We also have some amazing friends!

My new companions are Sister Krieger and Sister Ficklin. Sister Krieger is from Texas and Sister Ficklin is from Washington! Sister Krieger was supposed to go to the Dominican Republic, but is reassigned here so she is a Spanish speaking missionary and we are teaching some people in Spanish! I have learned how to pray in Spanish so far

One of our Spanish Speaking friends is on date for April 11th! Her name is Alta!

We had 5 people join church yesterday!! We also have 3 different church sessions because only 50 people are allowed and we have a ward

So I have done 50/50 Branch/Ward on my mission.

I was sad to be leaving Bennington and all of the amazing people there. But there is a line in Preach my Gospel that talks about leaving the area better than you found it, and I feel like I have done that and so I feel okay with leaving. Plus I will be home in 6 weeks, so it's not that long until I can talk to them again

Syracuse is way different from Bennington and, in all honesty, all of my other areas. It's super weird to be in a big city. There are 3 sets of missionaries in this ward and that is weird too. One of the other sisters is Sister Johnson, my former companion! She is so cute! I got to see her yesterday at church and tell her that Peter from Bennington is on date!

It was a very surreal feeling to be driving across New York, realizing that it was my last time driving across the state. I am now 30 minutes from the airport.

Anyways, this is going to be an amazing transfer and there are going to be so many miracles! These last 6 weeks are going to be incredible.

My Spiritual thought comes from the missionary devotional this week by Sister Aburto. She talked about Divine Patterns. As missionaries, this is the perfect time to learn divine patterns. The divine patterns she taught us are:

1. Obedience to the commandments

2. Hard work

3. Scripture study

4. Prayer and following promptings

5. Finding joy in the Lords work

6. Focusing on people

7. Relying on the Power of Jesus Christ's Atonement

My favorite phrase she said was, "We are Spiritual beings, clothed in mortal bodies." She was talking about how we need to take care of our mortal bodies, but also not run faster than we have strength. Sometimes our spirits want to go more than our mortal bodies can at that time. Rest and refocus are important!

I love you all! I hope you have an amazing week and remember that God loves you

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My new comps!