Sister Karissa Jacob: Week 10 - Howdy from Chilhowee!😀❤️

Hey Everyone!

So this week has felt so long! It was crazy! I have felt like I have a
done a ton, but I have also felt like I haven't done much of anything.
It has been a great week though!

First off Monday. Monday was transfer call day and I believe I did
tell all y'all about that last week. I am in Chilhowee now. My
companion is Sister Wright and she is a total goofball! I just love
her. She is so fun and so out going! It's awesome! Monday was a
stressful day because of the transfer call though. We did a lot of
volleyball though and it was so much fun. Then we did our normal pday
stuff and I had to pack all my stuff up. It was a lot of work. Who
knew I would have so much stuff with only 7 weeks in the mission!?
😂😜

Tuesday I just said goodbye to as many people as I could. It was a sad
day and I realized that I didn't want to leave South Knox. Nothing
else really happened. Wednesday was transfer day and I have never seen
so many missionaries ever. Okay so that's a lie, I apologize. 😁😂The
MTC had a ton of missionaries. Transfers was fun. Just got settled in
to my new home in Chilhowee and got to know my new companion.

It's been raining a lot here and so it's felt like everything has been
flooded. When it rains here, it pours. It's insane, but fun! So a
little bit about Chilhowee. It is just north of my old area. So, I'm
not that far. It's amazing what a couple miles does though. It is so
open here and not a ton of city. Just the way I like it. The people
here are so amazing, happy, fun, and welcoming. They are also very,
super protective. So I am well taken care of and I love it. 😎😊 They
are also so giving. I just love it. 💜 I have really had to learn in
the past couple days to let other people serve me and do things for
me. It is so hard because I just want to help everyone else, but they
just want to help us and it's hard to take sometimes. 😳

I haven't done a whole lot yet teaching wise because everyone's
appointments fell through. I guess I just have that affect on people.
😳😁😂 Haha just kiddin, but I have done a ton of service. We serve at
a quilting place called the Quilts of Valor. It is so much fun and
they just make quilts for veterans. We also do service at a food
pantry. That is a blast and I met so many sweet people. I just love it
here so much!

I love this area and the people and the food and just Tennessee.💜 It
is a wonderful place and I'm just getting started! I hope every has
had a wonderful week! My week has been awesome! Ohh! I almost forgot.
So funny story. I have been trying to drink more water so my companion
reminds me every so often. Well we were driving to visit some people
and she told me to drink some water and so I took a HUGE gulp, but I
didn't swallow yet and she hit the brakes on the car. So we started
laughing because it was funny, but I still had a ton of water in my
mouth. And if you know me then you know I choke on just about
everything, air included. So I started choking and I couldn't breathe
and we had no clue what to do and we were on a busy street. So she
pulled over and I was choking and panicking and I just started like
throwing up water. It was the grossest thing, but after I was all
better we were just dying of laughter. Now I know what it's like to
almost lose my laugh. IT's really sad cause I love laughing and it
hurt so bad to laugh, but I sounded so funny! Sister Wright calls it
my smoker laugh! 😂 I'm totally fine though. We just thought it was a
funny story!

Well I hope everyone is having a great day and that you all have a
great week! I love you all! The church is true, the book is blue, and
God loves you! 💜😊

Love,
Sister JacobServing in Chilhowee