TRANSFERS

Packing my bags, and I'm headed to....


SAGINAW! ( people call it Sagnasty so that's rlly cool..) It's about 45 minutes north of Owosso, and I will be in the Midland Zone! My new companion will be Sister Lee. I'm so excited to meet her!! My trainer, Sister Abegglen is actually leaving Owosso as well. They are bringing two new sisters here. We both got to bare our testimonies in church yesterday, and yes, we both cried. It was so sad. This was my first area and packing up today is killing me! Change will be good though.


This week was VERY productive. 
We got in contact with 4 of our referrals and set up appointments with each of them. We gave out almost 10 Bibles & 10 Book of Mormons, had dinner appointments with 5 different memebers, got to do some service in Lansing for the clothing drive, and we even met an inactive member on the street and set up a time to go visit her and her fam! Now is not the time to leave Owosso haha. Bagel and I have worked hard to make friends here, but it will be good for the new sisters to come into the area with some work to do! 


Said goodbye to the foodbank crew we volunteer with every week. That one was hard. We love them. Linda even brought me a cake last week for my birthday! We will surely miss them all. Brother Coy was also a tough goodbye. We just barely got close with him, and he finally started to open up about some things and now were both leaving. Played sand volleyball on MSU campus with Grace and the Cochranes. We gave lots of hugs at church, and Iet me tell you, I am not much of a hugger. However, it felt necessary. I loved our ward and all the people we have gotten the opportunity to meet. I have a ton of packing to do today, so this email will be short, I just wanted to keep everyone updated! Good things are to come, and hopefully, I will be able to progress as a missionary up in Saginaw and help others strengthen their relationship with Christ. My heart is full. I love the work. God be with you till we meet again, Owosso fam.


- Sister Clanton 







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