Dear Family-
The week before transfer calls normally go super slow
because everyone is so excited to hear where they will be going and who they
will be working with for the next 6 weeks. But this week was again SUPER
BUSY.
We did another exchange this week with the Sister Training
Leaders, which was super fun. It was Tuesday-Thursday, and I'm pretty
sure we spend at least 12 hours on a train within those three days. Man,
I can't wait for more Sisters to get to this mission so Freiburg Zone can
finally have Sister Training Leaders of it's own! But good news, this
next transfer there will be another set of Sisters in Singen, so us Freiburg
Sisters won't be the only ones!
Back to the exchange...
So the STLs are actually working in a companionship of three
in Stuttgart. The STLs are Sister Jencks and Stewart, and they are both
training a new Golden. Sister Jenson went to Stuttgart with the Golden
and both STLs came here to Freiburg to work with me. Eep! How
scary! It was my first time taking over the area, but luckily we didn't
get lost, and we had a lot of lessons, which was good. But man,
contacting in a drit is so hard! The poor people on the street, we
practically surround them...I have so much respect for drits now, it would be
so hard to work in one! But it was fun to do for a day :P
So last week in interviews with the President, we somehow
got into the topic of training. He had mentioned how there are actually
some missionaries who are training after two transfers (so right after they get
done with training themselves, which is actually what Sister Jenson did.)
But anyways, he asked if I was excited to train, and I told him I would
love to eventually train, but I felt nowhere near ready to train right now! He
assured me that I probably wouldn't be training this next transfer. There
are 14 Sisters coming in, 9 of which are European, and he said he wants to put
as many Sisters as he can into Switzerland. Which left 5 American Sister
left, 28 Sisters who were available to train, and the likelihood that I would
be training would be very very low. But then little miss Sister Jenson,
during her interview with President, got the prompting to tell him that I am
doing great, my German skills are great (doch!) and that all I lack in
confidence. So when transfers calls came on Friday morning, the last
thing I was expecting was to be told I was training.
But guess who is getting a brand new Golden on Thursday?
THIS SISTER! oh man, the feelings of inadequacy and confusiong that I am
feeling right now! Die arme Missionarin that I will be training!
President doesn't match up Goldens with their trainers until after he has
met them (which is the day before they leave to their area) sooo the first time
I will know who my companion is will be when she is stepping off the train at
whatever Bahnhof I go to pick her up. YIKES. So scared...
In other transfer news, Sister Jenson will be working in
Munich in the same ward as the APs and President and Sister Miles. I will
be staying here in Freiburg for another 12 weeks (woohoo to having a third of
my mission in one of the prettiest places in Germany!) and Elder Young is
going to Austria. Fun times. Wish me luck!
-Sister Peterson
My daughter is her golden :) Sister Henry is going to love Freiburg & will adore Sister Peterson!
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