This
week we had car inspections and I got to see multiple missionaries at
once for a brief moment and BOY I MISS IT. I didn't realize how much!!
It was so nice to see other missionaries!! 😂 I also got to say goodbye
to the Shirley's, the senior office couple. That was a really hard
goodbye. I remember when Brother Shirley called me on the phone before I
even got to the MTC and we talked about my bike! Haha! I was so blessed
to serve in Riverside and see them at the office every week, have them
attend our meetings/activities, spend Christmas with them, etc. I am
going to miss them so much and you better believe I'm going to visit
them when I get home!! The Shirleys are such an example to me! ❤️
Funny
story!! So we the trio were walking to our car to go to the church, and
we saw a man with the walker coming the other way. We said hi, to which
he said hi back. As we were about to pass him, Sister Clyde totally
biffed it, landing straight on her face because she tripped on a mini
tequila bottle. If that's not the most SoCal reason, I don't know what
is. The man walked by trying not to laugh and I myself had to do
everything in my power to not bust out laughing. Oh my gosh it was soo
funny!! Sister Clyde was so embarrassed... She said "funny how the guy
with the walker can walk better than I can." Hahahahaha!!! Moral of the
story: don't litter your tequila bottles. ;)
Okay
soooo transfers are this week. Yes, this was definitely the craziest
transfers of the history of ever. First off it was on Conference
Saturday!! That is in-and-of itself wild!!! Second, around 40
missionaries went/are going home and we got 1 missionary from the MTC.
Uno. So that's 9 districts and around 16 areas that needed to be
dissolved. So of course, none of us have any idea whatsoever what is
going to happen. The entire mission is completely changing! We were
trying to do some transfer predictions, and I realized that by the end
of the transfer starting today, I will be the only STL left. All the
other 9 STLs will either be home or finished as STLs. So that's 9 new
STLs by next transfer!! Ahhhhh!! I went straight from being the youngest
STL by 6 months to being the oldest surviving STL in two transfers.
Y'all. That's crazy. 😱
What did transfers
bring? Quite literally the most wild transfer predictions we could've
possibly come up with and more. No joke. We said "you know what would be
crazy?? It won't actually happen because it's too wild, but... Sister
Clyde becomes STL and Sister Fransen becomes an Hermana. Haha that would
be insane." Well. It happened. Sister Clyde just hit her 6 months so
she's where I was last transfer! The good news is that we're staying
companions, so that will make it so much easier. And Sister Fransen got
her language switched!! She knows a decent amount of Spanish and she is
THRILLED!!! We are SO excited for her and are proud to be her only
English companions now. ;) WOW!! She's staying here in Lake Elsinore
with Hermana Giles. :)
Of course, we find all
this out when President called at 7:02am on Saturday. And THEN Sister
Clyde hands the phone to me!! What?!? I'm already STL and there's no
reason President should have anything to tell me!! I got really scared
and said, "Hi President! What can I do for you?" He said, "Well Sister
Goss, I have a special assignment for you from Salt Lake City. The
Mission Department is asking me to choose a few missionaries from each
mission (Northwest area) to become the Social Media specialists. Will
you and Sister Clyde accept this new assignment?" My jaw dropped. What
in the... Of course I say yes, and he says" thank you! There will be 4
other missionaries in our mission with the same assignment and the 6 of
you will receive training from SLC on Tuesday. You'll be expected to be
the administrators for FB pages of the mission, work with the Mission
Department weekly in providing statistics and metrics, managing FB
advertisements, and training the other missionaries." OH my gosh this is
one of the most exciting things ever!!! The more I think about it, the
more pumped I get and I can't WAIT to start!!!! This is going to be so
AWESOME!!! There's so much more I want to say about it so I will talk
more about it next week. 😊 THIS IS CRAZY EXCITING!!!
To
end, wasn't General Conference INCREDIBLE??!? Oh my goodness gracious
I've never loved a session more in my entire life than the first session
on Saturday morning. Every single talk answered a question in my heart
and I was hanging on every word spoken. Conference is such a blessing!!
God knows what we need to hear and it will change our life!!! Quite
honestly this was a life-changing conference for me. 😊❤️ And a temple
in DUBAI AND CHINA??? WOW!!!! Do you know how long we've been waiting
for that??? 🎉💕🙌
As you can tell this has
been a transformative week for me! I'm super excited for this next
transfer and all the new things I'll be doing. I hope this week has
changed you as well and I continue to pray for your safety! I love you
all!! Keep on keepin' on!! 😁
Love, Sister Mary Goss
Mask time (Riverside mayor mandated masks if you leave the house now)
Different kind of mask time
Watching General Conference!!
THE historical trio
My frienddddds!
The amazing Shirley's and I 💔
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