Wow
this past week has been a tough week. I have honestly had a hard time
adjusting to this new situation. I agree with Bro Harris. The first
transfer is the hardest. It was really hard to leave Innisfail. I had a
hard time saying goodbye.
Well it has been an interesting overall week.
Monday
Well
I told you mostly about monday. We had transfer calls. We then went and
emailed. We went shopping and I really didn't need to buy much. We went
back to the apartment for a little while and I started packing. Packing
wasn't actually that bad. We went and played basketball with some of
the youth again. We had a good time. We then had to hurry back to
shower, change and then go out to the Robertson's. It was a really cool
experience out there. one of there daughters is LA and we were able to
answer a lot of her questions and concerns. She had some concerns about
eternal families. We told her that if she prayed and read her scriptures
and came to church the next week that she would be able to find her
answer and know for herself the importance of eternal families. The
Spirit was really strong. We then drove back and stopped by the Mower's.
We stopped by to say goodbye and we had some things to talk with Bishop
Mower about. We were talking downstairs at his Japanese heated table.
It is the coolest thing. It is a low table that sits on this rug, it
has a blanket that comes out just underneath the edge of the table.
underneath the table is a heater that heats up the space underneath the
blanket. It was soo warm and comfortable. We went back and we were about
to do some planning when there was a knock on our door. It was the
Georges'. They were dropping off some left over Turkey soup. I was able
to say goodbye to them.
Tuesday
Well today we were running around saying
goodbye to some more people. We got a call that morning and Bro Ellis
wanted to make breakfast for us. We went over and then I said goodbye.
It was probably the hardest goodbye I had to say. It was like leaving
home again. Later we went up to Penhold and help Lori out some more. We
ended up crawling underneath her trailer to try and put some supports in
place so that the wood stove would be stable. Well we crawled from the
only opening available until we hit a wall. We pushed out the side of
the trailer to be able to see better and found out that we weren't
there yet. Well we went to the other side of the trailer and pulled out a
wall. Well then there was a wasp's nest built into the insulation.
Elder Sorensen had gloves on and pulled it out and then we Raid-ed the
rest. Well we really didn't want to crawl under there anymore, but we
peeked under and found a giant stump already holding up where we needed
it.
"Oh the guy that lived here before had a wood stove there."
"How big was it?"
"Bigger than mine"
It
was not a fun conversation. Well with that done, we went and grouted
her tile. Oh the things you learn how to do on your mission. Well then
we drove back and Sister Kinder was going to meet us at a park so the
kids could say goodbye. Met them at a park by the local pool. It was a
good thing that the windows were closed, Elder Sorensen would have been
dying. (He was a swimmer did I mention that). We went over and said
goodbye. Then went back to change. We changed and went over to the
Blanchards. We then went back and picked everything up. I got to say
goodbye to the Georges one last time. Bro George was just getting home
and they helped load everything into the car. We then went to say
goodbye to Bro. Burns but he wasn't home. We then stopped by the
Woodruff's and M&B Ellingson. We then had dinner at Sharon's. It was
a great dinner. We were able to share a little message with them and I
bore my testimony. The lesson didn't go really how we would have liked,
but Elder Sorensen is going to start teaching her again one day. We then
drove up to Edmonton. We got out of Sharon's late so I didn't get a
chance to say goodbye to the Christensen's and Joseph's like we were
planning. I called them as we left town and said goodbye. It was hard. I
still miss Innisfail and the wonderful people there.
Wednesday
Well we had transfer meeting. We had to be
there early, because Elder Sorensen had to go to the trainer's meeting.
His new companion is Elder Nemeth. He is from England. He seems really
great. Well my new companion is Elder Phillips. Thought I told you that
last week. He is a great missionary. He has been out for 3 months. Have I
told you about missionary posterity? Well your trainer is you dad and
his trainer is your grandpa and then there are brothers and sons and
nephews and uncles. Well Elder Phillips is my nephew. He was trained by
Elder Crow who was trained by Elder Marsh. Getting it?? Well anyways
Elder Phillips has had a rough couple of weeks. Elder Crow had some
depression and went home. He was with with another missionary in the
next area over and they were covering both areas until transfers. He is
great. Well we had transfer meeting and it was great. Then the adventure
began. I thought it was a little unfair. So they were shuffling a lot
of cars around because they were trying to get the Subaru's which have
four wheel drive out to the outlying areas and leave the Chevy's Cruzes
in the city. Well we lost our car. We are in a car share with the other
Londonderry Elders. The bad part of it is that they are the Zone
Leaders. So we don't really have a car. Well we called them and they
came down to pick us up. They dropped us off and then the adventure
began.
Well the next couple of days were just about all the same. We
had to walk everywhere until we got bikes. It got cold. It snowed
yesterday. My legs are in constant pain. All of our lessons with our
investigators have fallen through. It hasn't been too much excitement or
fun.
Well that was my week. I'm trying to stay positive, but it's hard.
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