OH....IO.
Well I'm in Ohio now and it is completely crazy that I am actually a REAL missionary.
First off here are a few moments from my last few days in the MTC:
On my P-Day we were getting ready for the temple and my companion, Sister Nissalke thought her recommend was in the classroom. While we got to the classroom and she realized it was back in the room...as we were walking back to the room my comp was saying she felt horrible and guilty that we had to walk back to the room. I turned to her and said "you know, through the Atonement you can become guilt free." And my sweet comp goes.."don't go all missionary on me." Hahahaha. Love her.
Another time..(as many of you know I sing ALL the time) well I was singing at the top of many lungs and she goes "you know the worst part of having a companion...is when they do things like this...you can run away." Goodness, I loved Sister Nissalke so much. She seriously became my best friend. She is quieter compared to me but we laughed 24/7.
So I obviously had to say goodbye to my best friend Kira aka Sister Kutterer in the MTC. She left a day before me and it was not easy at all. She has been my #1 but we will be okay. She is in Georgia and serving two hrs away from my oldest sister. Love it!
Random facts: Elder Burrup ripped his pants in the MTC, my district called me Sister Delaware, Sister Nissalke and I switched badges without knowing, We kicked butt at volleyball, and I miss the MTC ):
Well I left the MTC at 3:45 AM last Wednesday. GROSS. Ha. My first flight was at 7:30 AM and it was three hrs long. I landed in Detroit at 12:35 pm their time then had a flight 1:35-2:55 to Columbus. So my companion from the MTC had a track phone to call home from and as I was calling my sisters to say I landed my mission president was at the bottom of the escalator. So the first time my mission president and his wife saw me was with a phone to my ear. #AWKWARD. Lol he understands...hopefully (; I spent my first night in the mission home and it was beautiful. I had the opportunity to go contacting at OSU and that was so cool!! Haha.
So my first companion here in OHIO is Sister Wolf. She is from California and is way awesome! She has been out for almost 5 months. We are serving in Fairborn...which I found out where my dad would spend his childhood to spend time with my grandpa Detamore. Also guess what people? We have a car. #BLESSEDBLESSEDBLESSED. But really haha I'm so happy I'm in a car.
I LOVE IT HERE. I have met a lot of members. We get feed by members every single night and have meals for the next week. #blessed The members are so solid here. I have met a lot of them...I especially love the Wards, Masters, and Miledbrants.
HOLY GOODNESS. WE HAVE A MILLION INVESTIGATORS. We have at least 16 so we are always busy, never bored. Seriously we have a hard time planning because we have so much to do. So we have 3 people who will be baptized on October 31st. One of them is “K”..and I love “K” with my whole heart. Like she just progresses every time we teach her and I adore her kids. She tells me all the time that she is counting down the days to baptism. So my first lesson in the field was to this guy (“J”) and the entire time he was blowing cigarette smoke in my face BUT I extended baptism to him for Nov. 1st and he said yes so #swag. But yeah first lesson in Ohio and I got someone to say yes which was a huge tender mercies. We did refer him to the elders along side another guy in his apartment complex who has a baptismal date the dame day. We are hoping to extend baptism to a cute 9 year old tonight. Her parents are less actives so we are so excited to help her get baptized!!! We have two investigators (a mom and daughter) who are little INCHES to bring baptized...like its so crazy. I love them! We have another lady with a baptismal date but I haven't met her..hopefully I will soon. So I have at least 4-5 baptisms... Maybe more by the end of the week. So my first day with my trainer was the only day I've done contacting so far. We were walking up to a door and just felt good. We met a girl named “S” and we were just talking to her and she told us she was trying to fix things from the past and trying to rely on God..we asked if we could come back to share a message and she said yes! We are going back this week and I feel so good about her! Also while we were contacting, we were talking to this girl and her dad asked who we were..we explained who we were and she goes "THEYRE WITH JESUS." Hahahahahahaha.
General conference was so killer. Like I got SOOOOOOO much out of it. My favorite was when “M”, her mom, and her 4 little girls came to watch conference with us. We are hoping to get a baptismal date for one of “M's” daughter. The daughter dad isn't approving of baptism right now but she always tells me that she can't wait to be baptized..her dad will come around I know it.
There is so much work that I could email you about but it would take hours to email because we are doing so much in our area. To sum it all up: when we plan, we have hard time figuring out what to do because we have so much to do and so many people to teach.
So I'm so sad because I took a lot of pictures on my camera but i am emailing from my iPad so can't send those pictures #sad but I do have a few on my iPad!
My first full day I was sitting at dinner at a members house and randomly homesickness just hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought to myself...the next 18 months are going to be like this. Every single day. I can't talk to friends, family, take a nap, do what I want when I want, have alone time, and all of the sudden I was sitting at a dinner table trying to hold back Nigeria Fall of tears. That night I pleaded with my Heavenly Father that I so badly wanted to be serving a full-time mission and that I didn't want to feel this sadness anymore. It then hit me....there is no way I'd be out here if it wasn't for my Heavenly Father and Savior. Because of them I can do hard things. I love this gospel so much. I want to share it with everyone...literally everyone. I'm so grateful I get to be out her serving the Lords children. When you are struggling, rely on our Savior and Heavenly Father. They will be there for you every step of the way.
To end my email I want to share with you a quote I found in "The Missionaries a little Quote Book" the other day. It days: This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it- or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I traded for it. I want it to be a gain, and not loss; good, and not evil; success, and not failure, in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it. - Dr. Hartsell Wilson
God gives us a new day. How will we use the new day we are giving? I love you all so much and so grateful for all the love and support I get! Ohio is beautiful and so so amazing! Can't wait to hear from everyone!
XOXO SISTER DETAMORE
Oh PS; I haven't had put heat on my hair since Sept. 20th so that's a HUGE accomplishment.
A quick ps. A lot of you know how much I HATE running. My comp makes me run every day and if I don't die yay!
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