Hey Family!
This week was nuts! That new area opened. E.
Davies and E. Bartling were sent there. They are going to have a blast
there. I have a new companion: E. Harris. He is from Spanish Fork.
He is ripped and an amazing missionary.
To answer your questions Dad, we are assigned to an area.
It is massive. I'm still fuzzy on where it ends and the neighboring
areas start. But the average week we have time to work in our area,
finding and teaching investigators. Yes, I wish we had more time.
That is something E. Harris and I are going to try and change, getting
out of the office faster and into our area. And Greg Madsen is in the
Bangkok North zone.
So this week was transfers. Boy am I glad it is over.
Here's the rundown of how it went:
Sunday: E. Fronberg
and I went to pick up this new missionary from Burma. He will be serving
in Australia but stopped off in BKK to be set apart by President Senior before
heading to the MTC in Provo. He was hilarious and spoke English like a
champ.
Monday: We spent all
day in the office planning and preparing for the new missionaries and
transfers.
Tuesday: We had a
training meeting at 10 AM with the new trainers. Then we helped President
finalize the transfers board. We also remade the transfers powerpoint
which took forever. Instead of sleeping we went to the airport with
President and Sister Senior to greet the new missionaries. 5 sisters and
1 elder. We took them to their hotel and then hit the hay at about 3 AM.
Wednesday: We woke up
at 6:30, as usual, and took the new missionaries to get their blood drawn and
photos taken for their work permits. Then we took them to the office for
their orientation stuff. We finished preparing for transfers and left the
office for chaengwattana around 12. I was driving the van full of new
missionaries. E. Marvel was my navigator. Well, I made the mistake
of following the GPS instead of my natural compass. We got lost.
Way lost. An hour and 2 GPS destination points later we made it to
the church where transfers was held. Becuase I got hecka dayz lost,
transfers started 40 minutes late (Yikes!). It was a good meeting though,
everyone was pumped for their new areas. After the meeting, we took the
dead missionaries (those who were going home) back for dinner with the Senior's
and got all the luggage and stuff together for the Kamphaeng Phet elders. Eventually
we got some sleep.
Thursday: We woke up
at 2:00 AM to send the dead missionaries off at the airport. It's always
weird to see them go. We went home and got a few hours of sleep and a
little studying in before heading back to the office. We pulled up, walked
inside and walked right back out to load up the van to take some more
missionaries to the airport. Due to visa problems they couldn't fly out
that day and would have to wait a few more days. So we ate lunch with
everyone at the airport and then headed back to the office to make some
reports. That night we took the 4 elders opening Kamphaeng Phet to the
bus station to send them off. Amazingly, I found our way home without a
GPS or a guide. Prayers are answered.
Friday: We had a
normal day. We studied, weekly planned, hit the office for about an hour,
then hit the streets to find some new investigators. I feel like my
street contacting skills have atrophied. I watched E. Harris get numbers
after numbers while I got rejections after rejections. I guess that's why
we are together, so I can relearn how to declare repentance and baptism.
Saturday: We
took the missionaries who previously had visa problems to the airport again at
5 this morning. This time everything was squared away and they were able
to fly out. E. Harris and I got home, fell onto our beds and were out.
The week of craziness finally caught up to us.
Nutshell: This week was nuts. I went to the
airport 5 times. Straight up nuts.
Now we are looking towards January. The mission's
faith flame is stoked for the new year (holler at that imagery). I know
this gospel will roll forth to fill the ends of the earth. Mormon 8:22.
How lucky are we to be a part of it.
I love you tons.
Elder M. Riley Creer
the only
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