Week 14 With Much Love, Culver City - Getting Transferred to Chinese branch 12/16/2019

I'm getting transferred to the Chinese branch! 
Not staying with Sis. Lee either ): but my new companion is Sis. Shay! I love her and am excited to serve with her! 

We forgot transfer calls were last night.

We got a call last night.

We're getting transferred. 

Ah.

After white washing an area (basically it means you are brand new missionaries in that area) for a transfer, me and Sis. Lee are both getting transferred to new areas. We for sure thought we were going to stay, but alas, the Lord has a plan. 

Before serving a mission, I knew what being transferred meant (you move to a different part of your mission and into a new area). But now that I'm actually experiencing what "getting transferred" is actually like, let me just tell you. It is wild. Me and Sis. Lee forgot that transfer calls (basically you find out if you are getting transferred or not) until we got a text from our zone leaders like an hour before, so I guess this concludes my first transfer. I'm sad to leave Sis. Lee, but I'll be with a Sister named Sis. Shay and I love her!!! And Sis. Lee served in this last area for 5 transfers, so she's excited for me too. Seriously still can't believe we're both getting transferred because when you're in the Chinese Zone, you tend to stay in the same place for a while.

A thought in closing: 

Thanksgiving was a couple weeks ago, people on the college campus finished finals (加油), Christmas is actually pretty soon now that I think about it, and it's almost 2020, the year we all have waited for. But on the mission, the days seem to just fly by and you tend to forget these things because every single day, you are just working and hoping for the Salvation of the people. The Savior taught (3 Nephi 13:25): "For behold, ye are they whom I have chosen to minister unto this people. Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on." That is why I love being on a mission. There is nothing more important than helping each other return to our Father. 

Sister Chou and Sister Lee teaching in the park

Sister Chou gets package from Asian ward and Chou family