Transfers!!!

Dear Familia,

Bet you can't guess who is getting transfer?! Yeah, THIS girl here :D squeal! I'm so EXCITED!!!! Can you tell? :D So, I find out with who and where tomorrow and I'll be opening up a brand new area in the mission AND I will be training in a trio, woot woot! Oh and Sister Howard and Sister Mahilum will be getting a third companion too. I really can't wait, I love change. I love Sister Howard and Sister Mahilum and they have changed my life for the good and I can't wait to see them in the Eternities, really great woman! 

Yesterday, was really sweet and tugged at my heart strings a lot and of course I cried plenty of times too. The branch President Stretch when he announced the news, before he said it started to cry, it was really sweet and I'm grateful for the kind things he said. I'm really going to miss the Gulfport branch, there are a lot of great and fun individuals in that branch and ha ha of course there are some crazy weirdos but what is a branch or ward without those...less drama? Bah aha ha ha, I meant just more excitement, yay! Anywho, my heart was really full yesterday and had touching experience after touching experience. We had one last lesson with Alicia and her brother Brandon Benally and her son Issac AND we had the pleasanter surprise of her mama Sister Birdsbill!!! She was back from visiting her daughter in Montana for 4 months and I was extremely grateful to see her once more before I left Gulfport. At the lesson both of them made me cry from the words they said about me and I really want you all to meet them, they have powerhouse spirits and great things ahead of them. Sister Birdsbill said in the native american culture it is not common for people to just love others right off the bat like she did with myself and Sister Jenkins, she said when she first me us she just fell in love with us. I love her!!! I am praying a ton that Alicia and her mama will go back to church. Brandon has and he's working toward the Melchizedek Priesthood and he's getting his patriarchal blessing on Sunday, oh my heart is full! I love them! 

Let's see, we also saw Sister Merrill and had dinner with her (a great branch member, she has the best accent EVER and is a remarkable woman) and of course I cried at her place to, Sister Howard said a lot of kind things about our companionship and was crying and I was crying and ha ha sweet Sister Mahilum. And I cried more when Sister Merrill gave me a hug and spoke in my ear all that she was grateful for from me and told me how special I was, ah the amount of love from people is overwhelming! Good grief, oh and she gave me this really pretty necklace and is going to paint me something. Why are people so sweet?!!!! 

I really can't wait for the life after this to be able to reunite with people because I can't stand goodbyes, argggggggggggggggggggggggg! Anywho, Sorry for how annoying I'm being in this email, I just have a lot of gratitude and good grief, overwhelmed. 

So to the point, I am grateful for Gulfport even with all it's quirks the good and the bad, I am grateful to God, God is so GOOD. I Love Heavenly Father and I feel like boasting of HIS Strength and how wonderful HE IS. Early in the week, on Thursday, October 24th, I saw the most breath taking Sunset I have EVER seen in my life. I echo Hiro when he says God manifests His love and power through nature. It is stunning and I'll have to get pictures from Sister Howard and Mahilum to send. Any who I am very grateful and pray you all are toooo! 

Give, Give Give your hearts to God and Miracles proceed forth and you will see God's love, I cannot quite comprehend is love but it is GREAT. Do not be put down by the advisory, LOVE beats everything, every negative thought, every bad day, every tiring times, LOVE BRINGS US TO TRUTH. Love who you are because you're from God, love each other because they are too, but most important Love God because HE loves you!

And guess what? I do too :)

LOVE YOU ALL!

Sister Tasha Cosette Bush 

P.S. Attached are pictures of me and Sister Dina Merrill, the other one is of Alicia and Pat and the last one is the 2nd Gulfport trio - sniffle - greatly will be missed!