Can I click my ruby red slippers and go back or no? Also, does anyone have ruby red slippers I could borrow? DM me if you do.
That's right, for everyone who didn't tune in last week your favorite Casper missionary isn't even in Casper anymore!! The world must be ending or something!
This week has been absolutely insane. No joke the craziest week so far on my mission *okay maybe second most crazy* so lets get through the intro and get to the good stuff.
So I have to take a moment to thank all the amazing people I left behind in Casper, all the fantastic members, non members, friends, and missionaries. Those were the hardest goodbyes I've had since I left home. They were my people, so it was like leaving my family all over again. Plus because of rules in the mission, I can't talk to Elders who became my best friends until they go home so it was just heartbreak all the way around. But as soon as I got on the bus and pulled away I knew it was something God needed me to do. Who knows why I stayed in Casper so long but I'm eternally grateful that I did.
So with the reminiscing behind us, I'm going to tell you how my week began.
Well my last P-Day (Preparation Day for you non missionaries) I had to say goodbye to my favorite missionaries (you know who you are) and finish packing before I got onto a charter bus the next morning. After getting on the charter bus I talked with some of the sisters for the entire ride (like 6 hours) before finally getting to Fort Collins where I met my new companion Sister Robinson!! After getting to Fort Collins I realized several things, first, I know almost none of the missionaries outside of the Casper people. Like in my entire Zone.... I knew one besides my companion.. yea that was a weird realization. I didn't realize how outdated I was until I roll into Fort Collins and realize everyone was someone I didn't know....it was strange.
The second realization I had was that holy cow.... I'm actually in civilization now. Guys, there's a Chick-Fil-A here AND the best part is... IT'S LITERALLY IN MY AREA. Fort Collins has everything, I went to Dutch Bros yesterday... I'm so hyped I don't know how to express how much I missed everything. There's a mall like a block away with all my OG stores, life is so good here in FoCo.
All that aside, after getting into the car and headed towards my new apartment Sister Robinson *who also just got to FoCo* tells me that apparently we are moving next week... which means we had to pack up our apartment we never lived in!! *So much Joy* so on top of not really knowing much about the area, we have to deal with moving, but no worries, we moved in yesterday, along with a lot of help from the Elders *thanks Zone Leaders*
Move in day was insane though because the payment hadn't been made so we weren't able to get the keys until 2 hours after we originally intended to move in, which pushed our whole day back. We had to take like 5 trips back and forth between both our old apartment and our new one and load and unload so much that I'm pretty sure my back is permanently out of place... I'm incredibly out of shape. But no worries our new place has a gym so I'll be frequenting there every 3rd month and I'll be in shape before I know it lol.
So because both Sister Robinson and I are new to this area, we have SO much catching up to do. We use every moment we aren't packing, transfer planning and all the other clerical stuff to try and get to know the area. We feel like there is so much to do but hopefully everything will slowly start to slow down in terms of moving and speed WAYYY up in terms of missionary work. We are cruisin though, don't worry about that.
I would like everyone to know that there is a Chick-fil-a in my area, now I realize I said that already but... it's a big deal it needed to be said twice
So despite all the craziness we actually were able to find a new person to teach!! Weirdly enough on the day that was supposed to be the most unproductive because we had to move, we found a new person. She actually seems super solid and even said that God had been nudging her towards our church for the past couple of years. *HUGE MIRACLE* We were so stocked about it that I kinda screamed in the car and did a little dance. *as per usual*
Well this week had been a whirlwind of ups and downs but I can safely say that the Church is still true in Fort Collins and that God watches out for His people.
I love you all!!
Remember God is in the details!!
Sister Carter
