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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Feb. 8, 2010
Sorry that it's taken me a while to get to writing you. We had a bunch of visa waiters leave last week and we're having three more come in today and we're doing two emergency transfers today as well. Along with the normal Monday stuff. Things are going really well though. Tonight we'll be driving out to Tullahoma to do a transfer of a visa waiter and then out to Fairview and then back to Brentwood and I'm looking forward to that. I've not been out to Tullahoma yet, and both Tullahoma and Fairview are way out in the country and you see the crazy stuff out there so I'm kinda excited.
The weather here has snowed a little bit, but not enough to stick at all. Mostly its just been darn cold. It's different here too, the mornings are warmer then the afternoons. This morning I went outside to see how cold it was and it wasn't that bad so I didn't grab my coat and now its freezing cold outside! Learned my lesson, just grab a coat anyways. The forecast says that its supposed to snow tomorrow but its probably nothing too big.
Sorry I couldn't give more details but we've gotta get rolling so we can grab some grub and get on the road for tonight. Love ya and have a great week!!
The weather here has snowed a little bit, but not enough to stick at all. Mostly its just been darn cold. It's different here too, the mornings are warmer then the afternoons. This morning I went outside to see how cold it was and it wasn't that bad so I didn't grab my coat and now its freezing cold outside! Learned my lesson, just grab a coat anyways. The forecast says that its supposed to snow tomorrow but its probably nothing too big.
Sorry I couldn't give more details but we've gotta get rolling so we can grab some grub and get on the road for tonight. Love ya and have a great week!!
Feb. 1, 2010
Hey, this week's been a grand week. First, to answer your questions, we use the trailer about 3 times a transfer. We use it to move missionaries into new apartments and to close old apartments. When visa waiters come in and they need a third bed at the apartment we sometimes use the trailer or we'll just take the seats out of the van and use the back of the van. We don't use it too often, mostly its just used as extra storage :) but it's always nice to have just in case.
I put my memory card into its labeled and addressed package. Now all it needs is postage and it'll be on its way tomorrow. I had to wait for tonight because tonight we burned the altar that we used at zone conference where everyone put the things that they were going to sacrifice. We'll be collecting the ashes and putting them into little bottles and distributing them throughout the mission so everyone can have one as a reminder of their sacrifice.
So this weekend it snowed!! Lots!! This is the worst storm that Tennessee has seen in about 15 years! It snowed straight all day Saturday and a little bit Friday night we got about 2 inches. I know 2 inches sounds pretty weak, but for Tennessee its insane. Everything shut down, fast food places (including Subway the national chain,) grocery stores, our office building sent everyone home (not us of course), it was insane. We had all of the cars parked in the mission and it was one of the best weeks we've had number wise. It was a fun weekend.
Over the past year and over the next year the number of missionaries in our mission is being reduced. We've already lost 12 missionaries from this year to last. So in order to combat having to close areas down President Hutchings has become very good friends with the lady in Salt Lake who is over deciding where missionaries who are waiting for visas go. We currently have about 14 companionships that are sustained by visa waiters. This Friday we got a call from Salt Lake informing us that 7 of the visa waiters are flying out over today and tomorrow. Usually when they go they go one at a time, but this group is going together. So we've had to realign a few companionships and we're hoping to get some new visa waiters in next week. It was kind of funny because that same day Elder Hansen and I talked about how if all the visa waiters got called to their missions then pretty much an entire zone would be completely gone!
That's pretty much what's been happening since last Wednesday. Zone conference and ZLC are this week. We're focusing on understanding the Holy Ghost and receiving revelation. Elder Hansen and I are training on asking the right questions in order to receive revelation. It'll be fun. That's about it though. Hope everyone has a great week!
I put my memory card into its labeled and addressed package. Now all it needs is postage and it'll be on its way tomorrow. I had to wait for tonight because tonight we burned the altar that we used at zone conference where everyone put the things that they were going to sacrifice. We'll be collecting the ashes and putting them into little bottles and distributing them throughout the mission so everyone can have one as a reminder of their sacrifice.
So this weekend it snowed!! Lots!! This is the worst storm that Tennessee has seen in about 15 years! It snowed straight all day Saturday and a little bit Friday night we got about 2 inches. I know 2 inches sounds pretty weak, but for Tennessee its insane. Everything shut down, fast food places (including Subway the national chain,) grocery stores, our office building sent everyone home (not us of course), it was insane. We had all of the cars parked in the mission and it was one of the best weeks we've had number wise. It was a fun weekend.
Over the past year and over the next year the number of missionaries in our mission is being reduced. We've already lost 12 missionaries from this year to last. So in order to combat having to close areas down President Hutchings has become very good friends with the lady in Salt Lake who is over deciding where missionaries who are waiting for visas go. We currently have about 14 companionships that are sustained by visa waiters. This Friday we got a call from Salt Lake informing us that 7 of the visa waiters are flying out over today and tomorrow. Usually when they go they go one at a time, but this group is going together. So we've had to realign a few companionships and we're hoping to get some new visa waiters in next week. It was kind of funny because that same day Elder Hansen and I talked about how if all the visa waiters got called to their missions then pretty much an entire zone would be completely gone!
That's pretty much what's been happening since last Wednesday. Zone conference and ZLC are this week. We're focusing on understanding the Holy Ghost and receiving revelation. Elder Hansen and I are training on asking the right questions in order to receive revelation. It'll be fun. That's about it though. Hope everyone has a great week!
Jan. 27, 2010
Hey, sorry I couldn't e-mail on Monday. Things just got pretty busy with the new arrivals. We had nine new ones coming in. One of the missionaries mentioned the first night in conversation that his mom was obsessed with the Tennessee Nashville Mission now and was looking up people's blogs and was talking with someone's dad, then I remembered what you had written me about someone contacting you about it and it made me smile and then I let him know that it was my Dad.
Another thing we did last week is a member visit with the Tolk family. She is a professional pianist and he is a chemist for Vanderbilt, and their son is a professional painter. We talked about how the gospel has blessed each of our lives and Brother Tolk talked about how he was never very mentally active in the church and never intended on going on a mission. Then when he was in college he had 2 very influential institute instructors whom he visited with one-on-one quite often and they eventually influenced him to go on a mission. Those two teachers were Henry B. Eyring and Truman G. Madsen!! They're older and very successful; just to judge what kind of home they live in, Garth Brooks was their next door neighbor a few years back. Brentwood's crazy!
Today was a little weird. We took the departing missionaries to the airport and in the group was Elder Calkins and Elder Cornado, who were both in my district back in Hendersonville. It was really weird to drive them to the airport and watch them go through security. It wasn't really sad for me or anything else, it was just really bizzare. In the back of my mind I know that they're going home and they're going to resume life as normal, but it just seems like we're sending them on a really long transfer or that we're sending them through this gate but no one really knows what happens on the other side. I don't know how to explain it but it was a strange feeling. We took them to the airport this morning at 5 a.m., so we were loading up their stuff at 4:30 a.m. then at 8ish I did my trailer certification, where we hook up the trailer to the van and I drive it around. For the certification it only requires a half hour, but we don't like using the trailer unless it's really needed. So we loaded it up with old furniture and took it down winding country roads to the dump and then drove out to Linden to help a senior couple move, then back to Brentwood to pick up more stuff then out to Lebenon, so we got back home about 7. So now I feel alright about driving with the trailer.
I'm really sorry about the memory card, I have an envelope addressed and ready to go, but my original plan was to wait until I got the pictures from this Saturday on it because we were planning on burning the altar from zone conference and roasting hot dogs. However with some situations that came up, President couldn't be there and Elder Cornish of the 70 came for a regional meeting and was staying at the mission home, so we thought it not wise to start a fire in the back yard until a later time.
I think that's pretty much all. I love you and hope that your having a wonderful week.
Another thing we did last week is a member visit with the Tolk family. She is a professional pianist and he is a chemist for Vanderbilt, and their son is a professional painter. We talked about how the gospel has blessed each of our lives and Brother Tolk talked about how he was never very mentally active in the church and never intended on going on a mission. Then when he was in college he had 2 very influential institute instructors whom he visited with one-on-one quite often and they eventually influenced him to go on a mission. Those two teachers were Henry B. Eyring and Truman G. Madsen!! They're older and very successful; just to judge what kind of home they live in, Garth Brooks was their next door neighbor a few years back. Brentwood's crazy!
Today was a little weird. We took the departing missionaries to the airport and in the group was Elder Calkins and Elder Cornado, who were both in my district back in Hendersonville. It was really weird to drive them to the airport and watch them go through security. It wasn't really sad for me or anything else, it was just really bizzare. In the back of my mind I know that they're going home and they're going to resume life as normal, but it just seems like we're sending them on a really long transfer or that we're sending them through this gate but no one really knows what happens on the other side. I don't know how to explain it but it was a strange feeling. We took them to the airport this morning at 5 a.m., so we were loading up their stuff at 4:30 a.m. then at 8ish I did my trailer certification, where we hook up the trailer to the van and I drive it around. For the certification it only requires a half hour, but we don't like using the trailer unless it's really needed. So we loaded it up with old furniture and took it down winding country roads to the dump and then drove out to Linden to help a senior couple move, then back to Brentwood to pick up more stuff then out to Lebenon, so we got back home about 7. So now I feel alright about driving with the trailer.
I'm really sorry about the memory card, I have an envelope addressed and ready to go, but my original plan was to wait until I got the pictures from this Saturday on it because we were planning on burning the altar from zone conference and roasting hot dogs. However with some situations that came up, President couldn't be there and Elder Cornish of the 70 came for a regional meeting and was staying at the mission home, so we thought it not wise to start a fire in the back yard until a later time.
I think that's pretty much all. I love you and hope that your having a wonderful week.
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