Aug 12th 2013

Hey Mom,

So Transfer calls came and I am being transferred to Eugene 5th ward. It is really weird because I am serving in an area that we were in ALL the time but now I just cover the family ward. So this is probably going to be my weirdest transfer. 

So things have been going pretty good. Our baptism that was going to happen this last week was postponed to the 25 which will actually be better for Lauren. It is a huge bummer that I wont be able to work in the YSA anymore but luckily I will be able to go to all of their baptisms. So that will be good. 

This week was a good final week in the YSA. Got lots of work done. Had some awesome lessons with Lauren and Nate. Had a great meeting at the mission home. Walked like crazy all over Eugene on exchanges.

I'm excited to work like crazy this next transfer. We will be walking a lot because we dont have a car. With the new age change we have been getting a huge increase in missionaries so they are doubling up wards. So now I will be sharing the ward with a set of sisters.

I'm not sure who my new companion will be. I will be picking him up on Wednesday. Tomorrow I have two meetings I have to go to. One goes from12:30 to 4 and the other goes from 4 to 9. Then on Wednesday we have more meetings from about 9 to 7 or so. So pray that I get through it. 

August 5th 2013

Hey Mom,

Sorry for my last letter being lame. Things are going great here! This last week was awesome. We had exchanges with the assistants to the president on Tuesday and it was really good. It was a good exchange.

 

We also taught this white guy that converted to Muslim and we asked him about his conversion story. Turns out he was selling cocaine in a back room of a lingerie party and there was a Muslim guy that he was selling to who started teaching him and eventually converted him. Pretty interesting. He lives in a pretty weird part of Eugene. He also got into a debate with this guy that was on something as to whether God was a man or a woman. And when we had the lesson he wanted us to just sit on the sidewalk and talk with him. 

Other highlights of the week were we got into the spanish missionaries apartment and took all their fans because they would leave them on all day.

We also had dinner with this weird druggie less active in his apartment. When we came in it was really small and smelt like pot. He is an artist so he had paintings everywhere and one that he was working on in the middle of the room. It was pretty cool and very colorful. He also had some "herbs" next to it that probably made him think that it was waaay more vivid.

We had a really long day on Sunday but it was great! we had stake correlation with the Stake President, his crew, and President Young his councilor P Lowary and our district leaders. It was pretty crazy. President Barnes and President Young didn't see eye to eye on some things. It was weird too because President started telling them about some of the transfers going on in the stake. A few of the wards are going to be doubled up with Elders and Sisters. Salt Lake asked President if he felt like this mission could be a 50% sisters mission. So that might be happening soon. So I might be getting transferred a week from today. I'm not sure though. President hasn't told us which one is being moved. But I kinda want to stay.

After our stake correlation we had ward council and church. The YSA here has really good fast and testimony meetings. We had about 17 people that gave their testimonies. We had to people that came to Church. Lauren, who is getting baptized this Sunday, and Ryan. Then after Church we had a lesson with Lauren that was really good. She went to a Baptism with us on Saturday and now she is really excited for hers. She is VERY prepared. After Lauren's lesson we taught Ryan. He stayed for all of church and in our lesson we walked in and said "I'm ready to be Baptized." Turns out he was praying the night before for an answer to all these different questions and at church he got all his answers. He said that he was really surprised that he got his answers so quick.

Then after our lesson with him we taught a less active who wants to get back in to things. So it was a great day Sunday. 

So that's about it for this week!