The final district meeting for this transfer was pretty
good. We did service that evening. Some friends of a member were looking for
some help around their house in getting things ready for Christmas. We were
able to do service for a couple of days.
Chopping and stacking wood. And
more hardwood floor laying. We didn’t
get it all done, he was hoping to finish on his own prior to Christmas. A super cool guy!
For Christmas we opened packages in the morning and went to
a member’s home for lunch. That evening all the missionaries in our district gathered
at the church and skyped our families.
While there we were able to watch a few Disney movies as per President’s
approval. I mostly just took the time to
write some letters trying to catch up on the ones that I am behind.
We did have a little
snow one evening, it didn’t stick, but we had snow! It’s been really cold also- negative C’s.
Friday was Boxing Day, another big holiday here. It was our p-day that day. In the morning we had breakfast with the
Bishop. Boxing day has a lot of sales
like Black Friday for America, huge sales.
I got a pair of brown dress shoes and new watch because mine had
broken.
With service and the holidays we didn’t have a lot of time
that we did finding this week. We did
have follow ups with some of our recent
converts. One was so excited to see us
and immediately asked who is praying to start. He was really excited to start
the lesson. Doing great, I am going to
miss this one. The guy baptized last
week was able to be confirmed at church this week. He is great and sad to see me leave, I will
miss him as well and his daughter, that we recently baptized.
I have been here for 7 ½ months and I am going to miss
it. I hope the work keeps up after I
leave.
Yes, I am moving this
transfer. President called Sunday night and
said that I would be going to another area and he would like me to continue at
District Leader in the new bigger area.
This District had 6 missionaries and the new area will have 10
missionaries. So it’s going to be a huge
change, but it should be good! I am excited
for another adventure ahead. It’s weird
though because I am going back to the same Stake I just came from, a new area
and ward, but the same Stake. My new
companion has been out for about 6 months, and pretty sure he’s a fairly recent
convert himself. I am super excited to serve
with him.
Studying this week.
People on the street are always like “I am a good person, why do bad
things happen to me? Why is life so hard?”
And Jeffrey R Holland said, “Expecting to have an easy life because you
are a good person, is like expecting a bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”
Which I thought was pretty clever analogy, because it’s true. We are going to
have hard times in our lives.
Sunday was my last church in this area, which by now feels
like a family to me. I will miss this ward and the people here, I was able to
say good bye to several of them. But I am excited to be heading to a new area.
Thanks for all the letters and emails. Love, Elder Stevenson
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