I am still so super excited to be serving here in Corona, California!!! It's funny to serve in a city with such a popular name.... Hahaha. There are too many jokes about it lemme tell you. But this place is absolutely beautiful!! The streets all have palm trees lining the sides, clean roads, about every store you can think of, and mountains to go hiking on. Corona CA is a beautiful place!! I would say it's the ideal SoCal city. ;)
Sister Copling and I have been so blessed to meet people in person this week!! By invitation, and with masks on, we were able to meet our bishop and his wife, a recent concert and her friend, and some YSA members here for summer sales. Oh my goodness I am still so excited to be here in YSA. It's so so so much fun to teach people my age and work with them!! In some of the lessons we had this week, they taught us because they just returned from their missions a few months ago. It's so much fun. It's strange to only have 47 members in the ward, and only around 40 formers to call in our areabook, but I know God will give us opportunities to find and work with those we have! YSA members are full of life and have strong testimonies. I'm really looking forward to the next 6 weeks. :)
Everytime I get transferred to a new area, it's exciting and fun! I love change! But I've also noticed that I get a little more homesick than usual the first week or so because it's an adjusting period to a new place and new people. So I just wanted to let y'all know I thought about you this week and hope you're doing good! Love and miss you so much! :))
It's been challenging weekend too. President and Sister Hammon actually leave today in 3 minutes! We had our last devotional with them on Sunday, and they drove to each zone on Saturday to say goodbye one last time in person. I never expected how hard it would be to see your mission president go, that's for sure. I've served with a lot of people, and I've done a lot of things, but only President Hammon knows how I've felt through it all! These last 10 months, he's been the one to support, encourage, and stretch me. On the way home from saying goodbye (which included us singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again as they walked away), I was asked what my favorite memory was with them. My reply was how much they trusted me, even from the very beginning. In my very first interview, he told me "only leaders are sent to this mission." Even when I felt like I couldn't do it, he always knew I could. In that way, he knew the future and always believed in me. I dearly love the Hammons and will miss them more than I can say. ❤️
So here's to the next phase of my mission!! Keep on keepin' on; the church is true and God loves you! :) Till next week!
Love,
Sister Mary Goss
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