10: See ya Merlin/Grants Pass!
We got transfer calls on Friday, and I am going to be heading up to Springfield 3rd ward! I finally am getting my dream fulfilled and living not in the boonies! I’ll be with Elder Tarazon, who has been out for 18 months.
9: Moving. Multiple. Fridges. In our exchange in Cave Junction, one of the families there needed help moving a fridge from their neighbors house to their own. However the one that we were moving that took several hours to figure out how to get out of the kitchen, was the wrong one. That felt good. Then we visited this one lady who wasn’t interested until we asked her if there was any service we could do for her. She needed a broken fridge, a broken oven, and a broken washer. So we grabbed brother Gill and came back with a dolly, and spent forever moving appliances. Should open a business. After all that she was interested in what we did as missionaries.
8: Strambauchers are cool cars Looking around our areabook, we noticed that we were in the area of a part member family, so we decided to stop by, and see how they were doing. As we were talking, the member showed us his classic car collection, all Strambauchers, in the process of being restored. Very cool, and I got a picture in one off them.
7: Elder O’Bannon will be getting a problem child The elder coming in to replace me is apparently a “problem child” and Elder O’Bannon is excited. He hasn’t had a difficult companion yet, and he is going to change him to being a good missionary.
6: A member in our ward passed away Saturday. Leo Freedman was out cutting trees, and his chainsaw bucked and his son found him. We taught Leo earlier that week, and he explained what he did for work. Making wooden bowls. He served in Oregon on his mission, and decided to come back. He is a great man, and I know that he is continuing the missionary work that he started here, only on the other side of the veil.
5: Packing is fun! I’ve realized that I have too much stuff, like desk ornaments, and Christmas decorations. So I’m sending that home. I now have much more space for the really important stuff, like clothes.
4: Church was wack. You’d think that the bishopric would have cancelled the other talks, which were on the self reliance classes, and give a talk about the plan of Salvation. But no, even though Leo’s non-member family were all that there. Then in Priesthood session the discussion drifted to some really obscure deep doctrine that has no scriptural basis. That was fun, might tall with my next ward about what church is, a place for learning basics, and not for deep doctrine.
3: that’s really all I got for this week, I need to keep packing. Sorry, but stuff gets busy as a missionary, so I’m going to have to get going.
I love you all, and will let ya know if my new address in Springfield.