Transfers!!!

Well hello!

I'm sure many of you are wondering where I am headed this afternoon.
What kind of new adventures are in store for me, what kind of people I'll meet and so on. Well, let me tell you. It's gonna be big.

Like huge.

I've pretty much waited my whole life for it.

SOUTH MANHATTAN!!!!

86th street to 125th, the west side of Central Park. Some of the best features include parts of Harlem, plenty of project buildings, all of the coolest parts of manhattan, and my church is held in the same building as the temple!

Aaannnddddddd......

Wait. Let me tell you a story first.

So, shot calls (or shock calls, whatever) come Saturday night...
Usually pretty late. Your zone leader calls your district leader, and then your district leader calls you. Saturday we came home and we sat down to plan. I was praying to start our planning session and I heard our phone go off. I silenced it, and assumed it was the elders calling us about our plans tomorrow.

I finish the prayer and look at the phone, and we missed a call from the mission office.

My stomach drops.

President Morgan had called.

A million thoughts run through my mind, and the only one that made any sense to me was that I had done something stupid and was getting sent home. So of course I'm in a panic and I call the office back. One of the APs answered, and said that president was busy and he'd call back.

In the mean time I listened to the voicemail he had left.

"Sister Toone, I need to chat with you. Call me back" that's about
10000 times worse than hearing "Carlee Rose!"

So president finally calls us back. I take a deep breath before I can answer the phone. I put on my most professional and innocent tone of voice because I'm pretty sure I am in huge trouble.

Turns out, I wasn't. He asked me if my bags were packed and I said no... And then he told me to start packing. He said I would be going to the south manhattan zone. I was so excited, but I still didn't know why president had called... It should have been elder Palmer. Then he said that I would be companions with Sister Campbell, and he asked me to take the position of a sister training leader.

I'm not in trouble.

I'm going to live in manhattan.

I'm a sister training leader. What the heck??

So for those of you who don't know, a sister training leader is the leadership for the sisters in the mission. We go on splits and help train all of the sisters, and we get to be a part of Mission Leadership Council. I'm so scared I could die, but I am also so so so so so excited. :)

We spent the first part of this week saying goodbye to people. Man.
That was harder than leaving all of you. I'm not even kidding. My favorite people just cried. I felt like I was taking away Christmas or something... And there was nothing I could do about it.


I can't remember what happened between Wednesday and Saturday...

Sunday we had church and I said goodbye to some members there. Then I went to go see Zuley and sister Sorensen. They both cried and cried and I felt horrible. The we had dinner at the Lennons. I love that family so much!

Monday we saw sister Font, Helen, Abi, Miguelina, and bishop. There were a few more tears and I'm pretty sure my heart was in pieces.

Tuesday I packed all of my crap because I have to take it on public transportation which is seriously the biggest nightmare known to man.
Then we saw Marjorie, the Phillips and the Portugals. We also stopped by Zuleys one last time. Then we met the elders at the church so sister Orme and I could each get a blessing. I haven't been sleeping well or been able to eat much the past few days... Go figure. Anyway.
I am so so so sad. I love Middletown and I LOVE this district so so much.

Look forward to some crazy adventures. Sister Toone is back in the city. Watch out world. :)

Love,

Sister Toone.