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Week 45

Wow it got cold this week. I forgot how brutal cold humidity is and it only got down to 50😂 
First off, we had transfer calls!! I will be staying in Hixson (for the 3rd time!) and I'm an STL now too!! I'm so excited about everything! My new companion is named Sister Booth and this will be her last transfer. I haven't met her yet, but I will on Wednesday when we have transfers. I'm so excited!!! I'm excited to go on exchanges with other sisters every week! 
Sad news.... I won't be with sister garbett anymore...😭😔🥺😥😫😓 This will be the first time since April that I won't be serving with her.... I don't even remember what it's like to be a missionary without her, but it sure sounds a lot less exciting, so I really hope I can quickly bond with the new missionaries. Of our entire district, only elder bluemel and I are staying. And out of the 4 sisters missionaries in the Hixson ward, I'm the only one staying😭. We are getting elders to replace sister garbett and sister Phillips... That also made the ward really sad😂 it was pretty funny haha there were people that said "oh no, what did we do? They are punishing us with elders!!"😂😂 But anyways, this transfer is going to fly, I can feel it!
Our friends that we are teaching are doing really well! We planned out wilow's baptism and she is really excited for it! It's been a while since I've had a baptism, so I'm excited as well! Brian still hasn't come to church, and it's almost starting to get frustrating. But I am holding onto my patience so I'll continue to love him and love him and love him and love him, then maybe he will come 😂 we are having a lesson with him tonight at a member's home, so we are hoping he can feel the spirit there and have a desire to feel the spirit more often in his life. 

Classic southern story from this week: 
We planned a 30 minutes visit at a member's house.
We didn't do any of the talking.
We were there for almost 3 hours.
End of story😂 also at the end of our visit she says "I feel so bad for missionaries here. This is probably the most difficult mission ever cuz everyone is a stubborn Baptist and VERY set in their ways." That wasn't the most comforting, but it sure is true! I've had 5 baptism on my mission so far, and non of them were people who are from the south. One was from Kenya, the Philippines, Ohio, and another state that I don't remember. It's so hard to teach southerners. They are stubborn and they try to teach you. They are very kind and friendly tho! Every once in a while you'll get a rotten feller, but for the most part everyone is so friendly! We talked to so many people who were very uninterested in our church, but they always ask how we are doing, smile, and tell some of their life story. I could go on forever describing southern people, but I'll end it there😂

On a completely different note, There is a member here who knows how much I love and miss Cafe Rio, so when we went over for dinner one night, she surprised me with homemade Cafe Rio!!!!! I was so happy, y'all have no idea. I have been dreaming about sweet pork and it tasted almost identical! I was so impressed 🥹 it was such a happy day hehe

At district council on Tuesday, elder bluemel and elder Packard bought a huge confetti cannon and a present for me and shot it off when I was least expecting it and it literally filled the relief society room with confetti😂😂 then they gave me a very poorly wrapped present (😂elders) and it was a weird caterpillar stuffed animal thing hahaha it was so random I literally couldn't stop laughing for like 5 minutes😂 so that's was great!
But anyways! There is a lot happening this week, amd I'm excited! I'm happy to spend another transfer in this awesome ward and get to be here for Thanksgiving and Christmas!! Hixson has my heart ❤️

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