Sister McKay Dickson: Week 57: "You want a funger sandwich?"

What's up everyone! Hope you all had a great week. Yours was probably better than mine because I was stuck in quarantine all week!

Things to know:

- Transfer calls came! I am staying with Sis Hart and it'll be a lit 2nd transfer together! This might actually be the first time I have a full 2nd transfer with one of my comps, since I've either been in trios or had half transfers during the other 2nd transfers!

- Since we were in quarantine we really don't have a ton of missionary work updates since all we could do was tech work or phone/video calls. But of course no one answers us when we can only reach them over the phone.

- One big miracle that happened though is we still made someone new over tech! His name is Tupu, and him and I were messaging about finding the truth. He said he feels like his whole life others have tried to define that truth for him, but he is learning to take the truth to God. Sister Hart and I called him and taught him about the Book of Mormon and he said he is excited to read it because he believes God would reveal more truth through a prophet!! So amazing to find who God is preparing!

- We did also have 4 friends come to church again, and one of them was our members friend Mike (again) and his son! So cool that he wanted to come to church for the 3rd week in a row, and brought his son too. I love member missionaries.

- One more thing I have to mention with transfers, which is honestly such a big tender mercy for me: SISTER ASAY IS COMING TO MOSCOW! I almost cried when I saw the zone breakdown I was so happy. She finishes her mission this next transfer and I feel SO blessed to get to be with her again, especially as her STL. God is good!

- Oh also I hit my 13 months yesterday. So crazy. I promise I'm not trunky, I just like to keep track of how far I've come haha!

Stories of the week:

- The title of my email I really can't explain but Sister Hart and I have been laughing for the entire week about it hahahahaha

- The story of how we got in quarantine was one of our members exposed us last Saturday and then texted us Sunday night to tell us they tested positive. We weren't feeling any symptoms and thought we were fine and then Tuesday morning we were supposed to exchange with the Moscow sisters and I woke up with an awful sore throat. So we called Sister Seidel and she told us to quarantine for 5 days so we were inside until Friday. We took some at home covid tests (not sure how accurate they were) and we tested negative!? So we had symptoms but apparently they were from something else if the tests were accurate. Either way we finished our quarantine so we didn't risk them being false negatives and then we went out and exposed all of our friends. We are feeling much better now and I am grateful to be out of the house! Enjoy some of the funny things Sister Hart and I did while in quarantine down below haha.

- Also not really a story but just a random testimony of how inspired our mission president is, someone close to me was going through a hard time and President reached out to them to ask how they were just because he felt like he needed to check in! So amazing. I love President.

Spiritual thought:

- This week I finished the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time. I seriously cannot put into words how much this book has changed my life. I used to dread having to read my scriptures at home before the mission, but now I crave my personal study in the mornings! Getting to receive answers and direction from God each day, whether big or small, has given me so much purpose and happiness. I am a firm believer in the little things, and I know that if we are reading our scriptures and praying every single day that we cannot go astray. If you haven't read your scriptures in awhile, I invite you to do 5-10 minutes a day and try and notice the change it makes in your day to day and in your life!

Love you,

Sister Dickson (Diggy)

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