Hey Fam!!! So I decided to send you all an email first with some awesome pieces of news collectively so I have time to respond to each individual email of yours(which I love and am so appreciative for :D)!!!
So first of all...drumroll please...... I GOT PERMISSION TO GO TO KENDYL'S WEDDING!!!!! Hermana Carmack and I had interviews with President (all missionaries have periodic interv. with him) and as we were finishing I asked him "So President I know I've mentioned this before to you in my weekly emails and I know you might want to talk about it later but I was just wondering about if I could have permission to go to my sister's wedding?" and he said "I have already prayed about it and after I did I just got the warmest feeling that the Spirit you will feel there will be an amazing experience and that there's nothing better than that so yes you can go." I had to try very very hard to control myself and not freak out but I just got super excited and told him thank you so much like a thousand times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! So we'll get to talk in Christmas and then shortly followed that I'll SEEE YOUUU GUYYSS!!!!! I don't know any of the details yet about how long I'll be able to be there or if I can go to the reception too or stuff like that but I CAN GO TO THE TEMPLE SO I'M SO EXCITED!!! I know that will be soooo amazing to all be there together and have that experience there and I'm just soooooo excited I can't even handle it!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!
So now for lesser news but still pretty big...another drumroll....I'M NOW IN SAN JUAN!!! Yes it is random and yes the transfer wasn't supposed to end for another two weeks!!! I shall explain. So the San Clemente hermanas covered San Clemente, Dana Point, and San Juan, however they were drowning in all the work they had and came up with the idea to have us leave Mission Viejo north and take over San Juan! In the middle of the transfer! They told us on Friday about the idea and we were excited at first because work in the north was a little bit slow but then we both woke up the next day and felt like it shouldn't happen. So we kind of forgot about it. THEN, Tuesday rolls around and during District Meeting, the Zone Leaders come up to us and just say, "So we talked to the AP's (Assistants to the President) and you're good to go to San Juan effective immediately." We both were pretty much dumb-struck and were like uhhhh no that was not supposed to happen. And they could tell that that was our reaction so they told us, "Ok well let us know in like 3 hours what you want to do." So then we went to the chapel after everyone left and we prayed about it together. It was probably one of the most incredible spiritual experiences of my life. We both heard the same words right after the prayer, "Do it." So here we are! I'm currently serving in the San Juan part of the San Juan ward! I love it so much!!! It was super stressful to move apartments in 2 days but Hermana Carmack and I are happy and so ready to take on this challenge. We love our new apartment, we don't have roommates which surprisingly we love, no view of the ocean though so that's sad. But I'm so happy to be here! We went to church to the other ward yesterday and everyone is so cool! It's about as old as the Lake Austin ward so that's fun! The other ward is definitely more established and high strung so it's nice to be in a super chill ward! Also there's a lot more poverty in this ward so the missionaries don't get fed as much, which is totally fine with me because it would make me super sad to have people stretch beyond their abilities. So i'll just be more thrifty with food :D and don't be surprised if I use some of the card that's not from the mission :( Sorry!! :( We mainly work in an area called La Zanja which is a really poor neighborhood right off of Camino Capistrano by the mission!!!! It's so amazing! Kids just run up to us and ask for stickers and they all recognize Hna Carmack cause she served in this ward before! I love it! It was sad to leave Mission Viejo but I think Heavenly Father prepared me to do so and its been great!
Well those are the biggest news pieces so far!!! I'm so so so so so so so so so excited!!!! I nearly cried tears of joy when I found out I could go and I'm seriously soooooo excited!!!! Welp now I'm going to reply to your individual emails!! Love you all so much!!!!!
P.S. I think I'm counting this as the group email today, sorry! :D Love you all so much!!!
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