East side, representing!
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I feel right at home!
And...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN! Wow...I can’t believe you are already
16...I remember when I pulled you around the house in that little Lego wagon we
had...and now look at you...with a driver’s license! Yikes!
Well, all that pleasant banter aside, needless to say, I am very
content with this change. Sad, because President Veirs is now home. Happy,
because President Klein is an amazing man! (and I will get to know that amazingness
on Wednesday when he comes through Progreso to meet all us missionaries!). And
very happy because my new companion, Elder Zepeda, is awesome! He is from
Nicaragua, and has 18 months in his mission. But he became a Zone Leader at 11
months, and is super smart and super experienced as a leader! We are already
bringing about super awesome stuff, and I am very excited and very honored to
be working with him.
This week was a very interesting week. We were distracted with many
different things. But in all, we ended the week strong. We have unfortunately
had to drop many investigators and are in the process of looking for many new
people to teach. It was full of crazy and different experiences, going to the
airport to pick up parents (not a good idea, elders shouldn’t go to the
airport!), seeing hilarious but well-done skits as a farewell, climbing
mountains, and taking charge of an area/zone at the same time.
Needless to say, there is work to be done. We have high goals, and high
expectations for us from our new President, and we have got to step up to
those! And we can do it, our new zone isn’t very new...there were only 4
changes, but it is full of powerful people. We have lots of new ideas and lots
of new things going on, and I have to say I am learning so much.
I love being here, I love being a missionary, and I love my family.
Change is sad, but it brings improvement, and excitement. Here we are, the
tools in the hands of the Lord. How great a cause is the one that we have
embarked upon.
Losing oneself is the greatest joy ever-
