On my way to Michigan there was this super sweet lady! She is not a member but she loves Sister Sumsion and I! she talked to us for a while and she told us that she could never let her babies go but she said she was proud of us! Before we parted ways she was like let me give you a mom hug before you go! you need a mom hug! I just loved her! She is an incredible lady! She took the book of mormon that I had written my tesitmony in! 1 seed planted!
I stayed at the Mission Home for a night. I just have to say that my Mission President and his wife are the best in the whole world! They are super cute and nice! Except when I was in my interview with President Jacobson... I was running on 2 hours of sleep I was feeling homesick after talking to my amazing family on the phone that day and then in my interview he was like are you sure you cna do this? People around here don't really want the gospel. Haha I feel like he was trying to weed out the weak links! Haha for a slight moment I was liike alright send me home... then I was like WAIT NO! I CAN DO HARD THINGS!!! Haha so here I am still in Michigan ready to serve the Lord with all my strength, might, and mind! Then that night President Jacobson sprayed Whipped Cream out of a can into my mouth! Haha it was funny!! He is a great guy!
I Met my trainer or my "mom" is what they call her. Her name is Sister Roberts. She is part Hawaiian and like 6 feet tall. So when I first met her she ran over to me and PICKED ME UP!! Hahaha I was like oh alrighty then this is happening! haha she is so amazing and so excited about the work! I was praying for a trainer that was fun, NOT a robot, willing to work hard, patient, easy to talk to, would let me talk about home, was okay with me having a boyfriend, and just accepted me. GOD ANSWERS MY PRAYERS!!! I have noticed that more and more every single day! He knows who I am and that is such an incredible feeling. Little things keep happening and I am like oh my heck this is insane! I know I am suppose to be here without a doubt in my mind!
OH YEAH so I am serving in Three Rivers! It is in the bottom part of Michigan like almost into Indiana. My Address is
SISTER KLURISA YOUNG
615 THOMAS ST. APT. 12
THREE RIVERS, MI 49093
I LOVE letters so send all that your heart desires!!(: Packages can be sent here as well for those of you who have asked me about that! You are all so generous and I owe you! The best I can do right now is pray for you... so I hope you can feel the prayers coming your way!! I truly am so blessed to have so many incredible people in my life!!
A little about Three Rivers, it is a poor town filled with humble people who are so generous and kind. I am so blessed to be put in this area! I hope I get to stay here for ever! It feels like home! The very first person Sister Roberts took me to visit was Sister Supulvida! (Don't worry I have a hard time saying it too) She is in her 70's. When I walked into her house I like seriously couldn't breath from all the CAT LITER in the air! hahaha she has 24 INSIDE cats. Yes mom and dad I know what your thinking I had 42 cats at one time but hers are inside so that makes a difference! She is a hoot! Her and her husband Jose do not live together because she says he is a little wierd but they still love each other! haha man she is a character.
There is this fun thing that happens to my hair when I go outside... it grows!!! The humidity LOVES me! So we have a car but it has been so beautiful outside that we have been walking. I put my hair up so I do not scare our investigators! I attached a voice reccording of how one day went during our car fast!(: Man if a mission brings this much happiness everyday I might just stay here... JK Home brings happiness to! A mission is amazing because when I was set apart I received a larger portion of the spirit! Haha people here are like we just like to be around you! haha and it has nothing to do with me... it is the spirit that I am blessed with that I want! When we take members out with us they usually teach better than we do so we joke that they bring the lesson and we will bring the spirit! Haha talking about teaching things come out of my mouth that I do not expect! There is a scripture that talks about if we open our mouth the spirit will fill it! That is so true! The spirit will work through me as long as I give it opportunities to do so! so... here it is I CHALLENGE YOU to give the spirit opportunities to work through you! I promise you that it will strengthen your testimony and you will grow closer to your Father in Heaven! Act on promtings, In the MTC they told us STOP WORRYING about whether it is the spirit or not! Just be a good little girl and a good little boy and the spirit will work through you and you will end up doing things that are amazing!
Some cool things have happened
1- We went to visit this Less Active and her Husband who is taking lessons and I just have a little bit in common with her. Lets see she graduated as a vocal performance major, she loves to do plays, she loves essential oils, she is a huge Wicked fan, she likes to talk in accents, she likes to play singing games, she teaches voice lessons, and we have the same favorite movie! We actually sang some songs together and she is going to sing with me in church soon! Coincidence? I THINK NOT! She is so great! She is actually making a dinner tonight before we teach a lesson! Oh and her parents are serving in Guatemala. Her dad is a doctor and gives shots to the missionaries in the MTC so he prolly stabbed Skyler! How delightful right? There last name is Cragun!
2- Karl Ritchie for all you Hamer people does that sound familiar? Well it should because he knows most of you! Haha he is the 1st counselor in the bishopric in the Sturgis ward that I go to! He knows Sarah and Jordan Thomas really well and I was like I used to babysit for them! They are still in contact. Right before dinner guess who calls... Jordan Thomas! Haha so we sent him a picture and Bro Ritchie was like does this sister look familiar! haha it is a small world!
I just can't tell you enough that I know this is where I am suppose to be! I keep having Deja Vu and like it was so weird the other day something happened and I had a dream about it when I was in high school! Yeah explain that one! I HAD A VISION! No i am totally kidding but it is pretty interesting! I like it I think it is cool!
The Sturgis ward that I am in is so missionary oriented!! The ward is small and most of them are converts. As I said it is a pretty poor area and so a lot of people do not own skirts or dresses! Their sunday best is jeans and a t-shirt! To me that is all we ask! Everyone is so accepting and it just tickles them pink that they show up! One girl came in basketball shorts and super colorful mis matched socks with sadals. She was welcomed the same! I took a step back and thought about how I would have reacted to a young woman coming into my young womens class like that. Would I have been as accepting? I don't know I would hope so! We are no here to judge! Everyone has their own story and we are just to be accepting and loving! Everyone needs love! God loves all his children the same and I love being able to love complete strangers just by looking at them.
That brings me to another story,
We were out door knocking and there were these 3 guys in a garage playing ping pong. We started to walk over to them and as we got closer we could see beer bottles all over!! We were already to close to turn around so we started talking to them and when we told them that we were Mormons this one guy just busted up laughing and could not stop. I could tell he was trying to get a reaction out of us! Out of the 3 there was only 1 who listened. I don't know if it was out of respect or what but he listened. I would have been like that little imature blah blah blah! I didn't feel like that! I felt bad for him! I was like why does the spirit make him that uncomfortable. It was a very interesting experience!
As a new missionary I think people think I need extra blessings haha because they ask me to pray A LOT! I have been asked to pray in our big missionary meeting and in every single one of our lessons and in sacrament! haha I am getting better at praying in public that is for sure! Prayer is incredible! I love to pray! I am so greatful for a loving Father in Heaven who lets me be on my knees for as long as I need! I could not be more thankful for that! A mission is hard! I struggle with change and it has been constant change for 3 weeks now! Heavenly Father has strengthened me so much! I would not be able to do this without him! Because of Him I can do hard things! I love being a missionary!! It is the best thing ever! I am super happy and I am growing so much closer to my Father in Heaven! It is exaclty what I needed! I am so incredibly blessed!
I love you all and I hope you know how much your Father in Heaven loves you! He knows who you are and he is aware of your needs! The church is true!! I hope to hear from you all soon!! Please write a missionary! There are lots out and every time we check the mail it is like Christmas!! Keep that in mind!;)
Thank you for all your love and support! You are amazing!
Have a fabulous week!!
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