Back again, this time after a very very strange week. It was very weird and my schedule was really messed up, but this week is going to be great, so it doesn't even matter.
Transfers/Group Gone: So transfers happened on Wednesday, but it all started on Monday. Elder Finster, a Visa Waiter for Taiwan, was going to fly out Tuesday morning. We were asked by the Assistants to drive them down, so after our dinner on Monday night, we left for the airport. It took about 45 minutes to drive all the way down to Idaho Falls and when we did get there, we dropped him off to President and everyone else who was going home this last transfer. Afterwards, since Elder Crosby wasn't going to have a companion for another day and a half (because he was getting on Wednesday) we took him with us until Wednesday Morning. The group that is now gone was the Now AP, the Visa Waiter, Elder Crosby, and My trainer and I, but now we all are gone. Except for Elder Crosby and I. My new companion, Elder Cruz, has only been on his mission for about a month longer than I have been and we are both ready to try new things to get more work going in the Rexburg Bilingual area. He is from California and this is his 3rd area. A lot of weird things are happening this transfer with our schedule and everything like that with announcements and broadcasts and changes to the mission set up, so it should all be very fun and very interesting.
Sickness: I got sick, after not being sick after leaving the MTC in Mexico, i got sick again. The good news is this time it is only a cold and not anything worse. Luckily i didn't get the flu that has been going around this area in the past week or two. Should go away in about 2 or 3 days, so it doesn't worry me very much, but it should be good to remember how being sick is, haha.
New Year’s: Just like Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we had another long break from proselyting, which now seems less like a blessing and more like something holding us back. Buttttt, on Saturday night, the last day of the year, we headed over to one our ward buildings with the missionaries from the city of Rexburg. We played some volleyball, signs, and chair soccer and just had a good time. Because the day wasn't as slow as it was on New Year’s, we were able to teach a lesson to a member that hasn't gone to church in a very long time, but still has a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. She is setting a goal for the new year to read in the Book of Mormon every day in the upcoming year and the new year is a great time to set goals that last, not just go away in a week or two. Then New Year’s Day, it was a little crazy and we had a meeting with a member of our Mission Presidency and our Stake President, to talk about all of the work and how we can increase how the work is progressing in the stake. Then for our activity that night with all of the missionaries, we just played some board games (like bible edition Apples to Apples) and then went back home and relaxed for the night. Now today we have another P-Day, but it shouldn't be as weird or as long as the others, because we are emailing and shopping today.
Studies: One of the coolest thing that I learned in my studies this week was more about how someone should live their life. At the beginning of the 2nd Book of Nephi, it is his father, Lehi, talking to his children and his grandchildren. In his last days of his life, he did not pity himself or wallow in despair, or suddenly realize that his life has been sinful, but he taught and served others. He talks to all of the members of his family and blesses them and their posterity. Those who are unrighteous, with his last breaths, he exhorts them to keep the commandments because that is the only way that they can receive joy in the promised land. To those of his children that are keeping the commandments and are faithful, he shows his love and blesses them because of their diligence. I will work and pray, so that when i am increasing in years and have a larger family, that i will never slack in doing the small things: Reading the Scriptures, saying my prayers, or going to Church to partake of the Sacrament. I exhort all of you to do the same with the new year coming in. What better time is there, than to read in the Book of Mormon and receive a testimony that it is the true word of God!
Love y'all and hope that you had a happy new year. If you want, you can always email me, you know. It's fun!
Elder Carson Maurice Baker
Pictures:
1. My new companion Elder Cruz
2. My trainer Elder Bramwell
3. The group at the drop off site
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