Wow, I can hardly believe that it has been another transfer
already. This one went especially fast, probably having to do with my
emergency transfer in the middle of it. Before I let you know what is
happening for this next transfer, I'll tell you a bit about the last
week.
The last week went alright. We saw progression in some areas and
degression in some others. Overall, I think it was a positive week
though. Of course the highlight of the week was General Conference.
Hearing the words and direction of the prophet and the rest of the Lords
servants is very inspiring. As a missionary, though, I really realized
just how special of an opportunity General Conference is. Only twice a
year we can sit and be given this direct, inspired revelation from the
leaders of the Church. I really enjoyed Conference and I know that the
other people here did as well. We were able to invite some less-active
members to come and some of them did. They really enjoyed it and felt
the power of the words of the prophets. Hopefully it will be a great
boost to them.
Yesterday though, we decided that we would bike home from
Conference in efforts to see a few people. None of the people were home
and as we were riding through one neighborhood, one of Elder Campbell's
pedals fell off! Ha. Go figure. We were a long ways from home. The other
Elders were even father away on the opposite side with the car. Luckily
we were able to call Brother Brooks, a service missionary serving in
our branch, who has a pick-up truck. He kindly picked us up and brought
us home. People who provide service are awesome!
So this transfer is going to be very interesting. With Elder
Wilkinson going home in just a few short hours, we knew that things were
going to be changing. We expected that Elder Hoopes would come back to
the branch from serving English, though of course we didnt know who
would serve with him. Turns out that it doesnt matter, because we were
just wrong. We dont know where Elder Hoopes is going, but we do know
that Elders Campbell, Robison and me with be serving in a tripanionship.
What that means is that our areas will be combined and we have to pick
an apartment to live in. (Currently both sets of elders live in the same
complex at different apartments. We need to pick which one, which is
more difficult than it sounds due to several issues like bed bugs.) The
combination of areas is intriguing because it really means that we have
no boundaries at all. Thats a little scary... and a little cool. But
mostly scary. We dont really know how things are going to work out, but
it will certainly be an adventure and I'll have a lot more to say about
it next week.
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Phong Manhardt
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