7/22/18
Hey
everyone hope you all had a great week this week! This past week for us was
really busy as it was the week 1 festivities of the transfer. We had on Monday
the official transfers and those actually went very smooth compared to last time and there even was a broken down car on the way to transfers this time ha ha! We were able to get that day done and not have any problems. Also that same day we had some of the leavers stay the night with us and
one of them was my former companion Elder Li and so we got to talk about past
things that happened on their mission, that was a great night. In the early
morning we had to then wake up and take Elder Li to the office so he can make
his flight. The other elder actually forgot something at his flat that he
was in and his flight was a little bit earlier. We had 30 minutes
to go and get his other item before he had to leave and we made it right at the
30 minutes and he was able to make it on time. That same day we had leadership
meeting and sister training leader meeting. Both meetings went well and they ended around
4:00, so it was a pretty long day.
The next day we had the arrivers come in and we were able to meet all of them. We had a plan to port over all sim cards from Vodafone to Optus. The Northern territory and Mildura were the first zones to do it and all of sudden Alice Springs and Mildura went off the grid. Turns out they had phones that were locked to Vodafone and would not accept Optus sim cards. They had to call us through the senior couple's phone and one zone from a pay phone, so that was crazy. We in turn had to roll out some of the smartphones to the missionaries in those zones. That way everyone has one to do missionary work and to be in contact. Turns out that Alice Springs had their smartphones so that worked out, but Mildura was 5 hours away and they did not have their smartphones in storage. Elder Pickett had to take a missionary and drive 2-3 hours to mid way point and drop off the phones and get back before arrivers dinner and testimony meeting. They made it on time and we had the arrivers dinner and testimony meeting. I was able to bear my testimony in that meeting which was great to be able to do that.
The next day we had arrivers training. We finished up around 2-3 and we had a little bit of time to proselyte. Friday we had time to go out and proselyte, so we did that. On Saturday we also had some time and attended a city meeting. We were able to proselyte and then had to go out to Marion to drop off a baptismal record sheet for them to get signed and we drove down south. We then had church on Sunday and Elder Pickett gave his farewell testimony. That was the last Sunday for him and we had lunch the day before with one of the recent converts which was fun! Then today we had to roll out the smartphones to Adelaide zones because of the phone problem the NT had. Last night we drove all over Adelaide literally from the North to the South and dropped off the phones to each zone leaders flat. That was a long time about 2.5 hours, but we got it done. Today they switched over to the smartphones and we are now in the mid roll out faze ha ha! I hope you all have a great week and I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
The next day we had the arrivers come in and we were able to meet all of them. We had a plan to port over all sim cards from Vodafone to Optus. The Northern territory and Mildura were the first zones to do it and all of sudden Alice Springs and Mildura went off the grid. Turns out they had phones that were locked to Vodafone and would not accept Optus sim cards. They had to call us through the senior couple's phone and one zone from a pay phone, so that was crazy. We in turn had to roll out some of the smartphones to the missionaries in those zones. That way everyone has one to do missionary work and to be in contact. Turns out that Alice Springs had their smartphones so that worked out, but Mildura was 5 hours away and they did not have their smartphones in storage. Elder Pickett had to take a missionary and drive 2-3 hours to mid way point and drop off the phones and get back before arrivers dinner and testimony meeting. They made it on time and we had the arrivers dinner and testimony meeting. I was able to bear my testimony in that meeting which was great to be able to do that.
The next day we had arrivers training. We finished up around 2-3 and we had a little bit of time to proselyte. Friday we had time to go out and proselyte, so we did that. On Saturday we also had some time and attended a city meeting. We were able to proselyte and then had to go out to Marion to drop off a baptismal record sheet for them to get signed and we drove down south. We then had church on Sunday and Elder Pickett gave his farewell testimony. That was the last Sunday for him and we had lunch the day before with one of the recent converts which was fun! Then today we had to roll out the smartphones to Adelaide zones because of the phone problem the NT had. Last night we drove all over Adelaide literally from the North to the South and dropped off the phones to each zone leaders flat. That was a long time about 2.5 hours, but we got it done. Today they switched over to the smartphones and we are now in the mid roll out faze ha ha! I hope you all have a great week and I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
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| Last Lunch with Elder Pickett |
7/29/18
Hey
everyone hope you have had a fantastic week! This past week was an interesting
week. We have had a lot of time to go finding and teaching this past week. We have been teaching someone that is so prepared and his name is Freddy! He
first met the sisters missionaries because they taught his friend and he was passed to us!
So it has been great to work with him now. Elder Pickett went home on
Wednesday. On Monday and Tuesday it was his prepare to leave days and
we went out to eat with a lot of the members and he bought a few souvenirs!
Then the latter half of the week we had MLC and it was the first one we had
had with President and Sister Marquis. It was a great council and a lot of
things were discussed. Other than that we have been finding and teaching and
preparing for our overload in meetings this week, next, and the week
after that one until the end of the transfer. It will be super busy for us as
we will have a lot of councils, meetings and zone conferences. We go to the
Northern Territory (NT) next week for the whole week and it will be the longest time in the NT since
I have been traveling around, so it should be interesting! I hope you all have
a great week and I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
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Sincerely,
Elder Ethan Salcedo
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