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Week 34

Transfers!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 My new companion is Sister Kirkman and SHE. IS. AWESOME.🔥 This is her 2nd transfer, so I am 2nd half training her, but shes literally got everything down💪 I am in Hixson Tennessee near Chattanooga which is fun. We've have a random heat wave blow through and that has not been fun. I'm so ready to break out the sweaters! Also, our apartment has a roach problem... I opened up a drawer to get a spoon and a roach scurried into the depths of the drawer... I didn't try and find it. But besides that, this apartment is pretty nice! 
Our district is pretty big too which will make Pdays really fun. There are 5 companionships in our district. 
There are some amazing people here too. I really want to see a baptism while I'm here and I think there are lots of prepared people, we just need to be guides to them. So prayers for that would be very helpful!
Here was a cool thought from this week: We were talking to the wife of a Baptist preacher and we were talking about spreading the word. She said something that got me thinking and it was this: "Are you more burdened sharing the gospel, OR knowing that there are people who don't know Jesus?" It was cool to hear that because I find myself complaining in my head about missionary work and all the hard things, but when she said this, it was a good reminder of how missionary work really isn't about you at all. It's about the people you are touching and serving. I thought that was pretty cool.  
Today is Sister Garnetts birthday too!!!!! We are spending the day with her and her comp which should be super fun! 
Thanks again for all the support from everyone!❤️ Love you all!

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