Sister McKay Dickson: Week 45: My firstborn in the wilderness

Hey everyone! This was a fun last week of the transfer, and we got transfer news that Sister Asay is leaving the area. For anyone who remembers how much I usually get transferred, just wanted to say it feels amazing to stay for once. Lol. Honestly saddy that the dynamic duo is splitting up tho, but I am hyped for this next transfer because...

- Yep. I received the greatest call this week. I GET TO BE A MOTHER!!!!! I prayed this entire last transfer that I would get to train and God is too good. I am SO EXCITED! After 10 months of being pregnant, my baby is coming! I don't get to meet her until Thursday tho so ya'll will have to stay tuned to get to see what she looks like!

- Also found out my MTC comp is coming to live with us and I have been praying for the day we got to serve around each other since the start of my mission, so you could say I'm pretty stoked to party w Sis. Bird.

- Carlane & Collin came to church and said they really enjoyed it! Charles & Alma's boys came too, for a total of 6 friends at church!

- Sister Asay & I did like 4 hours of finding in the boons of our area one day and it was so. much. fun! And we got good pictures!

- We sadly had a lot of our friends drop us, or we had to drop them this week. But the field is white all READY to harvest. So let's get harvesting. Yessir gonna be on the find grind with my child.

- Also said see ya to my good friend Wimdog this week because she goes back home :,)

Stories of the week:

- For anyone that has served in North & knows who Janice Swaggerty is, ya'll will appreciate this story. Our apartment went to her house for service and we helped her clean out her goat pens. I loaded at least 20 wheelbarrows of goat crap onto a trailer, and lemme tell ya it smelled NARSTY. Besides the insides of my nose being scarred permanently from the ammonia, it was a pretty fun service. It was a good workout as I daydreamed about the life on a farm that I will never ever have. I could not tell you the amount of times I violently gagged during that service tho, and we get to do it again on Wednesday so hope you're excited Sister Bird.

- Cool lil spiritual experience: At the very end of last transfer I had a dream I got called to be a trainer, and no kizzy my exact dream came true. I even dreamt where I was sitting when I got the call and the day the call happened, and it all was right. I seriously never remember my dreams, so this was pretty cool to have a sort of vision of the future! Funny sidenote, my trainee has to drive since I am a wanted fugitive in this mission and am not allowed to drive:)

Spiritual Thought:

I started to stress about the responsibility of training once it hit me that this was actually going to happen. I was praying to God for guidance and I ended up reading in D&C 24 and it was exactly what I needed to hear! Verse 12 says:

"And at all times, and in all places, he shall open his mouth and declare my gospel as with the voice of a trump, both day and night. And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men"

I loved this so much. It helped me see that no matter what responsibility I have, my purpose is the same. And as I devote my time to declaring the gospel with everything inside of me, I will receive everything I need! I will have the strength to fulfill my calling, and I will know that the spirit is guiding me. I am so thankful God trusts me enough to teach a brand new missionary, and can't wait for all I will learn.

Enjoy your week

Don't forget God is good

& He loves you

And me too.

Love ya!

Mama diggy

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