For those who have been keeping up by reading these (tho I don't blame y'all as I only send them out like once a transfer now) I have never been transferred officially except by going home and coming back out to a new area until today! I'm being transferred! I know I know, the odds were against me, honestly I didn't think it could happen. But after 2 amazing transfers(3 months) with my trainee and 4 transfers here in Kissimmee, it is time for me to bid adieu. I have loved my time in Kissimmee and so this week was full of heart felt goodbyes. It's been really hard leaving this area after so long as I have so many good friends here in the area but I know the mission isn't about me and it isn't about what I want.
So although I would love to stay here it's time for me to make a new home and some new friends in a wonderful area called Windermere speaking Portuguese! I'm really excited to get to serve in a Portuguese area and will truly get to see how good my português is after all this time. I guess if they can't send me back to Brazil this is the closest thing they can get me to do.
Another big thing was I hit my 20 years since-I-was-born-mark! It was a super awesome time and I felt very loved by all my wonderful family here in Kissimmee! It's crazy to think how long it's been since I started my mission or left high school or a lot of other things but I guess time flies when you're having fun! Thanks goes to my mom for providing amazing presents even when I'm here all the way across the U.S.
Also to help show we are working and not just vacationing here in Florida, Elder P and I helped set a date for my wonderful friend E! She is so awesome and I am soo excited for her so please pray for her! It's been an eventful past couple of transfers but since I'm not going to recite everything that's happened, I will just say miracles come from working hard, especially when you feel the least like working hard! I love this work and I love my mission. I wouldn't change it for the world! I'm so thankful for the time I still have to serve the wonderful people of Florida!
Another thing that's really helped me recently is the realization that a hope in God is trusting that it will work out in the absolute best way possible. God is all-knowing and all-powerful. So guess what? That means he knows exactly what would be the best thing for us. So when we are going through those hard things, know that by going to God, he will be allowed to make sure that best thing happens. If we turn away from him he will still try his best, but it'll he so much better to turn to him. Trust in God, trust that he is, and trust that he loves you!!!
Love y'all
-Elder Pettingill
Pics
-party at the S's!
-one of my many cakes
-The S Family
-my district!
-4th of July
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