Haha judging by the title of the email, I'm just going to jump right in to my top 5!
1. We got transfer calls last Saturday aaaaanddd I'M TRAINING A BRAND NEW SISTER. Normally, missionaries are trained for 12 weeks (or 2 transfers), so I was only trained for 6 weeks and now I'm teaching another sister how to do this missionary thing...! I'm super excited, it's going to be quite the adventure! No lie, very nervous, but I know as long as I rely on my Savior, it's going to be okay! P.S. Trainers are called Moms (or Dads for Elders), and since I'm young and also not done with training, I'm #teenmom.
2. We taught the Hamo family this week, and Shafik (the Dad) wanted to be friends on Facebook. He tried and tried to pronounce "Macey Ingalls" (Arabic is his first language, he has a thick accent) and finally settled on the pronunciation of "Messy Angel". The younger daughter, who knows English, turns to me and says "that's actually pretty accurate". TRUE. I'm all over the place but it's cool as long as I have a smile on my face :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
3. We started a sport abend with the Werdau Elders last week! I totally thought I could take on the little 8 year olds in soccer (I have 4 older brothers, competition is my middle name!). Well I was WRONG! They are all super good haha! I ended up teaching them what Pickle in the Middle was, and then spent the remainder of my night in the middle... It's cool though, I totally had the time of my life getting beat up by little kids!!
4. The ward held a going away party for Sister Alton last Saturday! It was super fun, especially because I finally had the advantage on the little kids and beat three little 6 year olds in ping pong! YEAH! Okay, not sure that's the greatest accomplishment but we had fun. Also, Naghman came and brought us like 30 Pickups (its like the candy bar version of a s'more the German way. SOOO good.) because I gave him 1 like a week ago. He's kind of the best.
5. In district meeting last week, Sister Alton and Elder Riggs, who are both going home on Friday, shared a bit about what they've learned on their missions. It was super inspirational for me! Something Sister Alton shared is that we need to first love God, then the people we serve, then ourselves. That's the ultimate key to success! (#DJKhaled) I love these people with all of my hearts, and it's beautiful to see that the answers they are searching for are found within the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Liebe grüße,
Sister Macey Ingalls
1. We matched at her going away party
2. My reaction to becoming a teen mom
P.S.. If you have Facebook, make it a goal to (re)post something positive or uplifting this week!! Who knows the difference you can make by spreading joy on social media :)
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