As you can guess by the title, transfer calls came this week, and I am leaving!
I have had just one glorious transfer here in Stafford YSA, and it has been super great! Elder Weaver and I both got calls from President with new responsibilities, and it should be a good time!
Anyway, this week was jam packed! We had a pretty interesting night on Monday. We had to stay in our apartments the whole day because of all the tornado warnings in the area (Stafford had nothing but a light breeze and a light rain). At the time we got the call, we were with the Zone Leaders (long story, their car broke down, and we were helping them out), so we had an unplanned sleepover!
Tuesday was interesting. We had a sweet district council (pun intended, but it really was excellent) with refreshments by Elder Little (brownies with marshmallow cream and chocolate frosting, way too sweet but really good!). We had an interesting discussion with Todd and Kori. We just stopped by and they were both home! We got a bit of an earful though. They were super not ready to be committed to a baptismal date (they are still working on gaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon) so we have decided to read with them and answer questions, focusing a lot on helping them keep their basic commitments and gain a love for the Book of Mormon. We had Institute that night, which was excellent! I highly recommend Institute for every Young Adult!
We had interviews with President Smith on Wednesday, and though my interview was fairly short, I loved it! Nothing brings a smile more to your face than knowing that your mission President (and the lord) is very pleased with your work. He dropped a very slight hint about transfers, referencing my "brief stint" here, but I really tried to reason myself out of thinking that. Too bad predictions don't determine results! We also had exchanges with the Aquia Elders, which were great! Elder Koster and I had a great time together. We read Jacob 5 with Todd and Kori, and they loved it (with a little explanation)! We also had a great member dinner and lesson with one of the coolest people they are teaching! He is super close to baptism.
Thursday was interesting as well. The Aquia Elders told us about a cool place called serve, where lots of YSA's volunteer. We also made contact with a couple folks, and talked to a lady while she was waiting for her ride to show up. She seemed super interested in the book of Mormon, and always wondered how one can know what is true and what is not. We were about to get contact information and set an appointment when her ride arrived, and she just super abruptly cut off the conversation and got in the car. Nooooo! We are praying
super hard for another opportunity to talk to her.
On Friday morning, we visited a member who is pretty cool (most of them are) and he is more than willing to help us out in many ways. We also crossed paths with the Aquia Sisters this afternoon. We were also able to have several good conversations just walking around a neighborhood! We also did a lot of much-needed organizing the large amounts of information and lists we have received over the course of the transfer.
We went to Rock Hill's baptism on Saturday morning with Patrick (our newest person being taught), had lunch at 5 guys (so good!) with Wagner. He has been so awesome, but is leaving for Japan soon (in the navy)! He will be greatly missed. We had another lesson with James, the practicing Catholic, and it went pretty well. I ate way too much food at a member dinner and was waddling around a neighborhood when we got the transfer calls and the call from President.
Sunday was sweet! The other elders had a super cool guy with sweet dreams come to church, named Lamarr! He's my man! He absolutely loved the whole thing, made about half the comments (all good comments too) in Priesthood, and was raving about it after church! I love seeing that! Valerie, a recent convert, made us sack lunches for after church, and we had a meeting with the Garrisonville bishop. It seems that every bishop has loads of candy. I'm pretty sure that's not church policy, must just be deeply embedded in our culture. We went to the Stanford's home for a rebroadcast of the face 2 face with Elder Cook, and wow! Their home is super nice. They have a sweet home theater and basically the whole basement is just full of good party group meeting stuff!
I got some ties today at Ross, which made me pretty happy, and became barber Brown today. I cut my hair, Elder Weaver's hair, Elder Loftus's hair, and Elder Cox's hair. Now I have to pack.....so bye!
Elder Brown
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