Hellooooo my beloved friends/family/acquaintances/strangers!
This week has been a lovely end to my stay here in Panambi.
That's right, I am being transferred, finally. The past four months have been
quite a ride! I've been through basically everything here. As much as I've
suffered physically and emotionally in my beloved city of Panambi, I have also
learned and grown so much here. And more than anything, grown to love the
people here. It really is very hard to say goodbye. This will be my first
transfer as well, so I'm excited/nervous for what's to come. I'll be going to
Camobi, an area in Santa Maria that is known as the college town. From what I
heard from the Sisters here, it is a very "chique" area. Or in other
words, fancy. The ward, apparently, is perfect, and the members have pretty
houses and they always have dessert at every lunch appointment. So I'm pretty
pumped for that! It's quite the opposite of Panambi, so it will be a weird
adjustment. Camobi is also a huge area, but it's totally flat, so that's going
to be different. Tchau tchau, montanhas de Panambi! I'll be teaching a lot of
young people, so I'm excited for that too (also the opposite of Panambi, aka
City of the Elderly). FINALLY I'll have investigators who have INTERNET!!!
Yes...
This week has been great, though the last few days have been
rather sad, having to say goodbye to everyone. Robson and Cristina, two of our
best investigators, are pretty heartbroken that we're both leaving (oh yeah,
Sister Saito's being transferred too because she's going to be the new SISTER
TRAINING LEADER in Uruguayana, woohoo!) but Robson said he will try to come
visit me in Santa Maria. They are planning to get married soon so they can get
baptized, and I love them both to death. :) Our perfect investigator, Janice,
and her son Gabriel and husband Fabio are really sad that we're leaving too,
and Sister Saito and I are pretty heartbroken to be leaving them the week
before Janice and Gabriel are planning to get baptized... Boo... But Fabio said
that they will try to come down to Santa Maria one Sunday and go to church in
my new ward so they can see me again. :) Awwww I LOVE THEM! Then saying goodbye
to all the members in the branch was super hard yesterday... You know you're
loved though when people cry when you leave. ;)
In conclusion, I am very sad to leave Panambi because of the
people, but everything else... I'm not so sad to say goodbye to. Tchau tchau,
Panambi! Óla, Camobi!
Love,
Sister Gold
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