9-29-08

TRANSFER NEWS
“Elder Besler (my companion) is leaving and going to Aztec, NM as District Leader and Elder Fillmore (our DL) is leaving and going to ABQ as a Zone Leader . Myself and Elder Hullinger are staying and are receiving new companions. Both sisters are staying here but they are training a new one so we are now going to have a sister threesome.

“My new companion is named Elder Buchanan, or something like that. Don’t have any real info on him. I meet him tomorrow and I am the one driving. We do northern transfers at Farmington, NM.

“Elder Besler hurt his legs last Tuesday morning so I was inside ‘till Thursday and even then, we just went to appointments because he still can’t really walk. On Tuesday morning his legs just gave out on him and he fell. This happened a few times and he ended up hurting his knees and was in quite a bit of pain. We don’t know what it was or how it happened. The doctor in ABQ said to take it easy the rest of the week, which is what we did. He can now walk again but it still hurts him somewhat. He has never had this problem before. I’ve been driving him around now because of his legs, but he is the designated driver.

"Yeah, that’s awesome that Bro Schloss and Sis Baldwin are coming around here to see the sights. I don’t know when we will be back in Cortez on Tuesday, but oh well.

"Yeah, I think I have ticked the postwoman off because I put mail out to be picked up and I come back in the evening and it’s still sitting there.

"For service hours we have been working in a Methodist Thrift shop checking to make sure that electronic equipment that comes in is good for selling. My companion and I also have been mowing a part member family’s lawn (older couple) bc he had gotten back surgery and wasn’t able to do it.

"Here’s some interesting stuff:
(As a reminder, half of Jake’s MTC district was heading to NM and the other half to Kentucky. Elder Winter is one of those from that district.)
Elder Winter’s companion in Kentucky is from a ward in NM where Elder Smith my MTC companion is serving now. Elder Winter’s companion and Elder Besler (my trainer) were in the same district in the MTC. Weird!"