Sister Susanna Tracy's Mission Blog: FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Hello Family and friends. Wowey it's been a week. The days felt so long but here we are -- another P-day! (Preparation Day)

Tuesday February 18

We spent a lot of the day doing service! We went up the the Senior Center and helped served lunch and then we also went to CAPPED and helped out there! We were able to get some goodbyes in for Sister Huffaker! (She was transferred to another area.) After all that fun stuff, we stopped by people's houses and went to say goodbye and drop off notes and such! It was a very chill day. We had a fun dinner with a family! The parents have both served mission before and it was fun talking with them, and they also cut Sister Huffaker's hair after dinner!

Wednesday February 19

This day is pretty identical to Tuesday, just without all the service! We said goodbye to some people for Sister Huffaker and then we made our way to Las Cruces! #transferday Once we got into town, we stopped at Jimmy John's for lunch and I also brought two loafs of day old bread for $1! We got to the transfer site and unloaded Sister Huffaker and I got the keys to 'Karen', the Toyota Corolla. It's the oldest car in the mission. I was really hoping that we would be able to get a new car this transfer but it looks like Karen loves us too much!

I got my greenie! We got her all loaded into the car and we headed off for Alamogordo! It was a long day but a fun day! We settled in and got unpacked!

Thursday February 20

We did some service at the Senior Center! That day they were having Green Chile Curry, the salad bar was very popular that day hahaha.

We did our studies and then headed off to dinner with a super fun family! They are actually from Sedalia, Missouri! Crazy! After dinner we went over to a lesson at the library and then that closed our day!

Friday February 21

District Council!

We got to know all the new faces in our district and set new goals for ourselves! We also went out to lunch with the Nielsen's at Whataburger. I got the green chile burger and it was actually pretty good! We had dinner at Pizza 9, a new restaurant here in Alamogordo! It's actually pretty good! After dinner we had a lesson and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ! It was a great day!

Saturday February 22

We spent a lot of time contacting and finding today. It's like Alamogordo hates us! We found no one. Every single door we knocked on, no one was interested or no one answered. It was actually kind of discouraging! Especially for my greenie, I felt bad that she hasn't had a good experience with finding/contacting yet. But thank goodness for successful dinners! They really make our day and brighten us up! Hopefully the work will start picking up here!

Sunday February 23

We actually went up to the Cloudcroft Branch for church! It was so fun! They meet in the public library for church! We set up all the chairs, pulled out an electric piano and had a Sacrament Meeting! Afterwards, we had a potluck. It was fun getting to know everyone in the branch and to hopefully start working with them a little more!

Scripture of the week

2 Nephi 7:9

For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up.

I really like this verse. I especially like the first part. The Lord really will help us in our trials and our hardships. We need to trust in Him and His timing! When we fall, we can get up and He will help us brush off the dirt from our knees! We were not sent here on earth to fail! We were sent to learn and to grow! We need to have faith and hope! He trusts us, we just need to trust him!

Have the greatest week ever!

Love, Sister Susanna Tracy

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