Good-bye Warsaw

It is a very sad day :( My time in Warsaw is up.) My very most favorite

area thus far has been swept out from underneath my feet. I must say

my goodbyes to all of those whom I love so dearly. It has been fun

Warsaw..... until we meet again.

Oh wow... cheese fest!! Anyways, I am super disappointed that I have

to leave. Sister Cutler gets to stay, so she will be the baptizing

queen and keep all of our investigators (we have 4 who have dates!!!)

on the straight and narrow path. I am pretty sure that saying goodbye

to her will be one of the hardest things that I have yet to do on my

mission. I loved Sister Cutler for a lot of reasons, but I think that

one of the biggest ones is how we were able to grow together in the

gospel. We were able to find, teach, and baptize together--the whole

purpose of missionary work. Not going to lie, it wasn't all peachy. We

had some hard days and shocker, we sometimes even disagreed. But, I

know that without a doubt I am a better person because of her. We were

able to grow in this gospel, become better teachers, more effective

missionaries, and more like Christ... together. At least I don't have

to say goodbye officially until Wednesday after transfers.

So I do not know yet where I am going, but I was called as a Sister

Trainer Leader. So let the new adventure begin!! Hello to lots of

exchanges and getting to know sooo many more sisters!!! I am really

excited (a little nervous. not gonna lie). I will let you know next

week where my new area is and what my address is as well :)

I have loved hearing from all of you that are going to do the 40 Days

challenge!! Sister Navarro is putting together a video explaining it

all.. which we got to be a big part of!! She has a facebook page for

it called "40 Days and 40 Nights" or something like that. She was able

to share it with "sugardoodle" on facebook (a big mormon blogger site

lady for those of you who don't know) and with in 24 hours the post

had over 100,000 hits!!! To think all of this came from a happy dance

gone wrong and a sprained ankle!! Sister Cutler and I have been

reading together. It is amazing-- the spirit that came as we sat on the

couch and just read. The change in the room was immediate. Then I

started to wonder why I hadn't been doing this with my companion for

my whole mission.... This experience also allowed me to reflect on the

times that we read scriptures together as a family. I know without a

doubt that this was key in my coming on a mission and my conversion to

the gospel. Though some nights I rolled my eyes and read my few verses

out loud like I was bored out of my mind, reading the scriptures

together made my home a Christ centered place and I developed a love

for them. Though this is far from my mind now, I can not wait to do

this with my future family. I am so grateful that our Heavenly Father

has revealed the gospel in this dispensation, that he has provided a

way for us to learn about our Savior. The spirit that comes when we

read the Book of Mormon is so strong because we are feeling our

Heavenly Father's love. It is pure and simple, it is our Savior.

Oh fun fact-- a tornado came through Warsaw yesterday. We spent a few

hours in the afternoon cooped up in our Ward Mission Leader's basement

(The Haas' are fantastic!!)

I also tried riding a bike in my boot and was very unsuccessful.

I can't wait to hear from all of you again!! (I sure hope you feel the

same about me ;)

All of my Love from Warsaw,

<3 Sarah

If you would still like to join Sarah's challenge you can find the details on Facebook 

at The 40 days and 40 Nights Challenge.  If you like the page you will get a reminder daily of the reading passages for the day.  

Most of all if you join, drop Sarah a note and let her know what experiences you are having.  I have been hearing some of them and the Lord is truly hastening his work.

I will have a new snail mail address for her Monday.  Send me an email  hdmumford@byu.net if you'd like to send her a letter.