One Little Slip 2/15/2022

 This whole week I've felt like the scene in Chicken Little where he's trying to maneuver around town and school and eventually get to class. It's been a little hectic and crazy in the mission due to all the weird transfers.

 

One notable event we started the week with was helping a family move into our ward boundaries. I don't remember the father's name, but we talked a lot about video games and he showed us his weapon collection, and I even got a picture with his sword. That was pretty fun and we had the other Elders there to help as well. 

 

To go along with the pattern of wild events after district councils, on Wednesday we got news that I was leaving the area and headed to Oyster Creek in the Richmond zone. It was part of the last mini transfer of the 6-week transfer and honestly surprised my comp and I, it was the only move in the district. Even more is he's still staying in the area, still being there since the beginning of his mission. I said goodbye to everyone on Thursday and Friday morning we transferred and now I'm with my new comp Elder DeCarlo. The area isn't very large geographically, but we're in a big city area so it's really dense and highly populated. We're also down the street from a triple a baseball stadium which is a fun sight to drive by frequently. Our church building is also the mission office which is pretty whack. It means though that we get to see another district there on pday and at district council which is a good change of pace from just 6 missionaries.

 

This weekend we taught a girl who is on date to be baptized and is in a part member family so we're hoping the whole family eventually joins the church. I also got to meet the ward members and learned what amazing missionaries they all are. They like to feed us quite a bit and load us up with money and groceries, but more importantly, they ask us all the time how they can help us reach out or assist the work with investigators. They also like to send us out to part-member or inactive families so they like to keep us busy.

 

I'm excited to see what happens in the next few weeks and to get in the flow of the work in this area. 

 

-Elder Thompson