Well my friends I have officially made down here to Eastland Texas and can I say it is so beautiful here! It is so green and there are even "mountains"! I love Eastland but man do I miss my Lubbock family! Monday night and Tuesday morning were spent saying goodbye to some very very close friends, who will forever hold a special place in my heart! I said goodbye to my bestest bud Larry! It was heartbreaking but he is in such good hands! I also said to goodbye to our friends who we had helped move and it was so sad! But the people in Lubbock touched my heart and I will never be forget them!
Tuesday I said goodbye to a few other people and then finished packing... because I didn't get much of that done Monday! Then I said goodbye to all the rest of my homies and headed off to Abilene! It was such a pretty car ride especially since I haven't seen trees in so long! When I got to Abilene we were greeted by tons of missionaries and some of my very bestest friends who I had served with previously! So I was stoked to see them all and my District Leader is a fellow Paul Idaho citizen! It's cool to see him a lot! My companion though was actually in a car wreck before I had arrived so she was a little late getting to the transfer site. She was all safe though which was good. We just didn't have a car so our District leaders area became a bike area for a week until we could get another car from Lubbock! My companion is Sister Howlett and she is from Ohio and has been out for 3 1/2 ish months she is so kind and I am going to learn lots from her this transfer!
Wednesday we started our day bright and early at 4:50 so we could drive the Abilene to play morning sports! Needless to say I was exhausted by the end of the day! On our way back from district Council we actually went and visited a bunch of people and didn't get home until after dark! By this point I had spent more time in other town than Eastland its self! I actually didn't see Eastland in the day light until Thursday! Crazy I know! Its a cute small town and we cover a lot of other little towns! We went to a little town called Gorman on Saturday for the peanut festival! It was so fun! When I imagined TEXAS I imagined lots of small towns with random festivals like that! They have a peanut queen and little miss Gorman and they even have Melon queens from the melon festival that happens in August! Also here in Eastland they have a mascot of a horny toad his name is old rip! I guess he got stuck in a rock or something for 20 years and when they found him he was still alive! But unfortunately he has since died from pneumonia! But he is place in a nice casket at city hall! I will take a picture of it when I see it! I am so excited for that festival I will let you all know what that festival is like when it happens! I am stoked though!
Sunday was a wonderful day! We actually had stake conference so we were up in Abilene again! It was a wonderful stake conference and leaving I know that we have a Savior who loves us and is aware of what we are going through! My testimony was salidified again! I have yet to meet many of our branch members but the ones I have met are super awesome! I love them with my whole heart! The stake president actually came up to us and said are we having a baptism Saturday! My companion and I were both very confused! He said our friend Corey was ready to be baptized! My companion got real excited but I had no clue who Corey even was! They said he was a preacher from another church who has taken the lessons a few times and he is ready to be baptized! We immediately set up a meeting with Corey. We went and talked to him and he shared with us his testimony of the Plan of Salvation and how he knows that God is a merciful God who wants all his children to return to live with Him once again! The spirit was so strong. He has a few hang ups like quitting his preaching job and his wife is not on board. We talked to him about fasting to receive an answer and he said that is something that I need to do! So is along with many others including our mission president President Hales are fasting with him to have peace and comfort and to receive an answer! I have so much hope he will get his answer and his wife will have the peace she needs! The Gospel of Jesus is Christ is real and it is true! God is so good my friends and remember he loves y'all too! I am grateful to be a missionary and for the wonderful people I have met! Love you all!
-Sister Browning
1. Tootsie the talking bird
2. The Gorman festival
3. The Queens
4. Max
5. Dereck and Kassie
6.Larry
7. One last Soda Shack Stop! 🛑
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