Caprice was made trainer to her new companion after having served only 3 short months in Lebanon, Indiana. She was feeling overwhelmed when we talked to her. She was feeling the burden of all the responsibilites that were once her own trainer's. She said there are so many things to remember! She messaged me later that day and felt so dissapointed because they were invited to dinner at a member's house about 30 miles away, and she realized on the way there that they didn't have enough miles left to use for the month for driving. She had to cancel their dinner appointment and felt bad that the members had made them dinner already and that she was not being a good trainer to her new companion (because she should not have made that mistake). I told her to stop being so hard on herself, she has to make mistakes to learn for the next time. We've been praying for her hard this week, and sending her messages to show her our support. It's times like that that I wish I was there to give her a hug!
She also experienced some dissapointments. A family they had been teaching had been avoiding them because they had heard some information that made them second guess the church. She also ran into Willow who likes to debate about everything without even having knowledge of the scriptures. They also have been teaching an amazing 11 year old girl who is soaking up the lessons and loves Jesus but she doesn't have any parental support, which makes it hard to get her to church or get further with the discussions.
Her district made a goal to have 100 new member discussions for the month of June! Caprice said they are constantly seeing miracles and people contact them to hear their messages in the coolest ways.
Caprice's mission farewell was held on Feb. 13, 2022 at our church building. So many friends and family came to her farewell and to our house after for Cafe Rio salads and dessert. Caprice practiced her talk all week and presented it with confidence and calmness. She shared some special stories about why she was inspired to serve a mission. We had such a big turnout after at our house that we almost ran out of food. Some old friends from Riverton came, new friends from South Weber, her friends from college and OATC and high school, and most of all our family members. We felt so much love it and it really was such a special occasion. Grandma Sue even made some beautiful flower arrangements with yellow and white flowers to represent the colors in the Indiana state flag.
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