March 9,
2015
Howdy!
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| Saying goodbye to Adrian |
Well sadly,
I am no longer serving in Spanish. This past week has been a little harder for
me. It was my first time getting transferred into a new area, and it has been
hard, especially the first few days were rough. I really miss my old area, and
speaking Spanish, and living close to other missionaries to get together to
workout in the morning and stuff. I was overtired and a little homesick, but I
have gotten used to it all, and I’m quite excited about the ward and the way
things are moving, and like President Hermansen told us last Zone conference:
"There is no comfort in the growth zone, and there is no growth in the
comfort zone." So I am out of my comfort zone, but that’s ok because the
Lord is growing me! I am serving in Cold
Springs, NV – which is a little town with nothing but a 7-11, a liquor store
and a LOT of houses. We live in a huge double-wide trailer that is way too big
for the two of us, but at least we each have our own bathrooms!!
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| Two baptisms in my new area |
This week
has been pretty crazy, actually. We have been busy doing random Zone Leader
stuff, like doing baptismal interviews, and some stuff for President. We have
yet to have a full day of proselyting!! Wednesday will be our first full day.
But we actually had two baptisms yesterday/Saturday! Two teenagers were
baptized. It wasn’t quite as exciting as Juan and Laura for me, because I hadn't really met them before Saturday. But it was memorable nevertheless.
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| Transfer Day |
But our area
is actually quite a nice area. There are a few trailers, but mostly lots of
middle-class houses. I have only seen one person that I could speak Spanish
too, aside from the returned missionary who just got back from Peru like 8
weeks ago (and he has already been married for 4 of them!!!!) But because our area has had really really
good missionaries for a while, (it has been the ZL area for almost 2 years), the
area is pretty exhausted. Everyone on the ward list has been contacted a few
times, and Elder Klingensmith (my new comp) said that he has tracked most of
the streets in our area and knocked most doors. (He has been here for 5
transfers). So basically the opposite of the area I came from, which I opened
up. But, nonetheless the area has been consistently baptizing ever since it has
been a ZL area. I hope to keep that up, and we fasted yesterday that we can
find a family of 4 this month that can be baptized next month. I know that as
long as we stay busy and work hard, the Lord will bless us.
At MLC
(mission leadership council...once a month meeting with all the zone leaders),
President was talking about how the only thing that he put on the shelf to use
again when he gets back from his mission is his 20.5' Glastron Ski boat!!!! So
it is a sign that we need to follow in President's footsteps and be as
righteous as he is and buy a boat. ...cough cough DAD....
I love you
guys. I love getting the letters and pictures from everyone, it makes my day
when I do!!! Thank you for all of your love and support. Have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Todd
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| Saying goodbye to Walfer and Rosa |
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| Saying goodbye to Veronica and her family! |
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Super messy desk...trying to pack up all my stuff
from the old apartment |
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| Sparks Zone run in the morning |
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| With Juan and Laura and Elder Short |
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| Saying goodbye to Juan and Laura and Adrian |
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Doing all the stinkin dishes
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| Elder Short and me |
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| Moving apartments...without a truck |
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