This
past week was very crazy and hectic! We went to Mildura last week and it was a
5 hour drive and so we spent the night for a few days. We had zone
conference which was the last one for the transfer and we were able to get
that all finished up which was nice. We then drove all the way back to Adelaide
and started transfer planning as we only had a few days left. This is where
things got hectic and that is because 95 percent of the mission was transferred
and we had about a day and a half to figure out all of the logistics of how
it will work. Which included buying all of the plane tickets, making sure there
were enough cars for all of the new areas, making sure everyone could actually
get their luggage to transfers and making sure all of the SIM cards stayed in
the same area and that every area had a SIM card and to make sure there
are enough flats and places for missionaries to live in! So that was crazy and
the biggest transfer I have ever heard of and seen on my mission. When the
day arrived it actually went very smoothly and everything worked out, so
definite blessings from the Lord! We also switched our area out of the city to
an area down south called Glenelg which is a beach side city near Adelaide so
that should be exciting. It was funny because during the transfer phone call I
had the phone on mute and did not realize until we read 90% of the transfers. Everyone was saying they were flipping out because they heard presidents
remarks about all of the big changes and they didn't know what they were. It
was funny adding all of that suspense ha ha. I also found out that I was
accepted into BYU Provo so that was exciting news for me! Today all of the
arrives are coming in so we are still going through week one festivities as
they call it. I hope you all have a great week though and I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
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| Me & Elder McDonald (my companion) |
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| Mission Leadership with President and Sister Marquis |
9/2/18
Hey
everyone,
This weeks update will be shorter as I wrote my last one mid way through the week last week, but we still had a busy second half of the week. We had all of the new arrivers come in and so we spent the day getting to know them and help them get adjusted and familiar with the mission which was great and they are great missionaries as well! We then had arrivers dinner and testimony meeting and we were able to announce where the new missionaries will be serving, which is always exciting to see their reactions! Then on Thursday we had arrivers training 1 and so we did the training on smartphones and that went well. Then on Friday we were able to go and proselyte in our new area which was interesting. We cover a city on the beach and so we get to contact people on the jetti and along the beach which is super cool. We then visited a lot of new missionaries in leadership and we were able to go through their responsibilities with them and it's great and feels great to be able to help them out. On Sunday we then attended church in Marion and that was interesting being in that ward again. We then attended a fireside that night ran by the mission and we helped President out with the presentation. I was able to see some people from the City branch so that was awesome! We then helped pack everything up and we had to make a lot of car runs to the city branch and drop off all of the displays for the sisters. That took a while, but we did and that was the second half of my week so not too busy but busy enough. I hope you all have a great week and I LOVE YOU All!!!
This weeks update will be shorter as I wrote my last one mid way through the week last week, but we still had a busy second half of the week. We had all of the new arrivers come in and so we spent the day getting to know them and help them get adjusted and familiar with the mission which was great and they are great missionaries as well! We then had arrivers dinner and testimony meeting and we were able to announce where the new missionaries will be serving, which is always exciting to see their reactions! Then on Thursday we had arrivers training 1 and so we did the training on smartphones and that went well. Then on Friday we were able to go and proselyte in our new area which was interesting. We cover a city on the beach and so we get to contact people on the jetti and along the beach which is super cool. We then visited a lot of new missionaries in leadership and we were able to go through their responsibilities with them and it's great and feels great to be able to help them out. On Sunday we then attended church in Marion and that was interesting being in that ward again. We then attended a fireside that night ran by the mission and we helped President out with the presentation. I was able to see some people from the City branch so that was awesome! We then helped pack everything up and we had to make a lot of car runs to the city branch and drop off all of the displays for the sisters. That took a while, but we did and that was the second half of my week so not too busy but busy enough. I hope you all have a great week and I LOVE YOU All!!!
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