Last night I got a call from President Anderson telling me that I was being ET (Emergancy Transfered) out of the area and was heading to Taos, NM. The reason is that one of the trainees (just new to the mission field) up there has been having some severe medical problems and is having to come down here to be closer to Albq. for treatment. He would lake my place and I his. So I started packing my bags bc I would be leaving today.
I then received another call from President A. a little later telling me that we are holding on that plan bc they are going to decide today whether they need to send the sick Elder home or down here. They have to get direction from Church HQ so I am not moving yet, but still may be. I'm just waiting on a call. I have 1/2 my bags packed and am afraid to unpack them so there is just stuff all over our place.
An interesting day is right. I am like freaking out with energy or something. Last night we couldn't get to sleep bc we had so much energy so we went out and star gazed a bit which was cool, but it was just a little to cloudy and the moon was a little to bright.
I am not worrying about staying or leaving. I've found that over the many transfers, what is going to happen will happen whether I want it to or not, so I stopped making predictions.
On P-days we have been getting together with others from our district. The Elders in Estancia and the Sisters. The District Leader & companion is in Albq so they don't come out on P-Days. We play tennis, Bocce Ball, P-Ball, B-Ball, and whatever else we feel like doing.
We use the laundry at the member's house so we don't have to go to the laundromat.
Our ward mission leader is Bro. Krause and he is a great guy and eager to help.
Finding new apartments is taken care of by the mission office.
We may not be staying at the Somerville's house much longer so it may be beneficial to send mail to the Mission Office and they will forward it to where ever we may be.
Hope all is going well! I'm doing great out here! Tell everyone I said hello. Oh and
tomorrow is my 11th month mark! Wow, it's flying.
HRS. LATER
I got a call from President Anderson a bit ago and I am now staying here in Edgewood. The ill missionary is going home for a time for treatment. All the energy I had all day is gone and I have to work now to think straight. Man its going to be a long night!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
06-22-09
Although the town is called Edgewood, there are no woods here.
The Ward is a comparable size to 3rd Ward in Farmington.
We refer to our "space" as our "shack" b/c Elder Thompson kept calling it our trailer b/c he just came from living in a trailer. But that wasn't right, so we named it the shack. The missionaries had been here for about 2 transfers, after they had moved out of their old apartment in town. However, the Somervilles are moving to Utah b/c Bro. Somerville got a job there, so as soon as they sell the house, we are out.
NEWS!!!!: I accidentally deleted all the pictures that I had on my camera from last transfer! I thought I was deleting just one but I misread and it was all of them. I am very sad b/c I had pictures with members and investigators that I really wanted. So I only have the ones that I forwarded over the internet.
The Ward is a comparable size to 3rd Ward in Farmington.
We refer to our "space" as our "shack" b/c Elder Thompson kept calling it our trailer b/c he just came from living in a trailer. But that wasn't right, so we named it the shack. The missionaries had been here for about 2 transfers, after they had moved out of their old apartment in town. However, the Somervilles are moving to Utah b/c Bro. Somerville got a job there, so as soon as they sell the house, we are out.
NEWS!!!!: I accidentally deleted all the pictures that I had on my camera from last transfer! I thought I was deleting just one but I misread and it was all of them. I am very sad b/c I had pictures with members and investigators that I really wanted. So I only have the ones that I forwarded over the internet.
Monday, June 15, 2009
06-15-09
Edgewood is like working in Cortez, CO but without having the additional Mancos Ward.
It's really spread out. We have 44 miles to use a day.
We did double transfers into the area so its been kind of slow this first week finding out where everything is and meeting people. We didn't meet the Bishop and Ward Mission Leader until Sunday b/c the Bishop was on the Stake youth trek all last week and the Ward mission leader was on business in Boston. Unfortunately, the previous Elders didn't leave that great of notes, but we are beginning to get a good idea of the area. We have been way busy.
We live with members of the church called the Somerville's. We live in a corner of their huge garage where Bro. Somerville had built a two story office-like space that we now occupy.
The District consists of the City View Spanish speaking Elders, the Estancia Elders, the Cedar Crest Sisters and us. We meet for District Meeting at our Edgewood building. For church services Estancia has their own branch building but Cedar Crest meets in our building. City View meets at the Indian School Rd. building in Albq. Yep.
The truck is way nice. Her name is Claire and she is a tan color. She runs great and only has some 2000 miles on her.
It turns out I am Senior Companion. My new comp. is Elder Ben C Thompson from
Syracuse, UT. He arrived in the mission in Dec. '08 and had been serving in Thoreau, NM on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
(additional notes provided by Elder Thompson)
"Edgewood is mostly white or Hispanic people. The area is full of upper middle class white people who live on acres of land and are very content with what they have both temporally and spiritually...so finding new people to teach is going to be challenging."
"The ward is good sized, ea sly about 150 people. We are being fed almost every night (which is good seeing) we have no kitchen. However we do have a microwave and a camp stove."
It's really spread out. We have 44 miles to use a day.
We did double transfers into the area so its been kind of slow this first week finding out where everything is and meeting people. We didn't meet the Bishop and Ward Mission Leader until Sunday b/c the Bishop was on the Stake youth trek all last week and the Ward mission leader was on business in Boston. Unfortunately, the previous Elders didn't leave that great of notes, but we are beginning to get a good idea of the area. We have been way busy.
We live with members of the church called the Somerville's. We live in a corner of their huge garage where Bro. Somerville had built a two story office-like space that we now occupy.
The District consists of the City View Spanish speaking Elders, the Estancia Elders, the Cedar Crest Sisters and us. We meet for District Meeting at our Edgewood building. For church services Estancia has their own branch building but Cedar Crest meets in our building. City View meets at the Indian School Rd. building in Albq. Yep.
The truck is way nice. Her name is Claire and she is a tan color. She runs great and only has some 2000 miles on her.
It turns out I am Senior Companion. My new comp. is Elder Ben C Thompson from
Syracuse, UT. He arrived in the mission in Dec. '08 and had been serving in Thoreau, NM on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
(additional notes provided by Elder Thompson)
"Edgewood is mostly white or Hispanic people. The area is full of upper middle class white people who live on acres of land and are very content with what they have both temporally and spiritually...so finding new people to teach is going to be challenging."
"The ward is good sized, ea sly about 150 people. We are being fed almost every night (which is good seeing) we have no kitchen. However we do have a microwave and a camp stove."
Monday, June 8, 2009
06-08-09
ON THE ROAD AGAIN....TRANSFER NEWS!
We were informed on Thursday that transfers were postponed a week bc of the out- break of 17 cases of swine flu in the MTC.
Then on Friday we were told that transfers were back on as usual bc the MTC changed its mind.
We were informed Saturday morning that Elder Hullinger will be training a new missionary here in Farmington 1&3 wards.
Saturday night I learned I am going to Edgewood, NM to serve with a companion I have not met or heard of, Elder B C Thompson. Edgewood is on the east side of the mountains which serve as the eastern border of ABQ.
The two districts in Farmington are being combined bc the mission is loosing sisters and are not getting any, so they are shutting down the sisters area in 4th ward and are combining the district to create a huge 12 person district.
Elder Hullinger is the District Leader. Oh and Elder Cooper is now coming back to Farmington, but will be working in 7th Ward instead. Crazy.
I am pretty much all packed and everything. I will be in a truck area but I don't know if I am senior or not. My guess is that I'm probably still junior and Thompson is District Leader bc last transfer that area was a DL area, but it could have changed. We will see. They told us very little this transfer as to anything that was going on.
That's great that the missionary work is progressing in Hudson! We had an investigator at church as well, which was great.
I am doing great and am just tired from packing. Hope all is going good!
We were informed on Thursday that transfers were postponed a week bc of the out- break of 17 cases of swine flu in the MTC.
Then on Friday we were told that transfers were back on as usual bc the MTC changed its mind.
We were informed Saturday morning that Elder Hullinger will be training a new missionary here in Farmington 1&3 wards.
Saturday night I learned I am going to Edgewood, NM to serve with a companion I have not met or heard of, Elder B C Thompson. Edgewood is on the east side of the mountains which serve as the eastern border of ABQ.
The two districts in Farmington are being combined bc the mission is loosing sisters and are not getting any, so they are shutting down the sisters area in 4th ward and are combining the district to create a huge 12 person district.
Elder Hullinger is the District Leader. Oh and Elder Cooper is now coming back to Farmington, but will be working in 7th Ward instead. Crazy.
I am pretty much all packed and everything. I will be in a truck area but I don't know if I am senior or not. My guess is that I'm probably still junior and Thompson is District Leader bc last transfer that area was a DL area, but it could have changed. We will see. They told us very little this transfer as to anything that was going on.
That's great that the missionary work is progressing in Hudson! We had an investigator at church as well, which was great.
I am doing great and am just tired from packing. Hope all is going good!
Monday, June 1, 2009
06-01-09
20 YEARS OLD TODAY!
In addition to sharing my birthday with Frances' grandfather, I also share it with Elder Hullinger's sister, who is turning 19, and with an investigator here in Farmington.
(When asked about having room for the sports equipment he's been acquiring/A volleyball, softball mitt, Frisbee golf discs etc.) I'm still figuring out about packing the stuff but I'm sure I'll fit it all in =)
The family we had scheduled baptism on June 14 is no longer ours. They live in 7th ward and somehow we missed that when we started teaching them so we are handing them over to the 7th ward
Elders. =( But so goes life.
In addition to sharing my birthday with Frances' grandfather, I also share it with Elder Hullinger's sister, who is turning 19, and with an investigator here in Farmington.
(When asked about having room for the sports equipment he's been acquiring/A volleyball, softball mitt, Frisbee golf discs etc.) I'm still figuring out about packing the stuff but I'm sure I'll fit it all in =)
The family we had scheduled baptism on June 14 is no longer ours. They live in 7th ward and somehow we missed that when we started teaching them so we are handing them over to the 7th ward
Elders. =( But so goes life.
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