Monday only seemed to consist of
saying goodbye to all of the people of Panorama and trying not to get baggy
because of it. I was able to pass by the houses of a couple members and tried
my best to just make the whole ordeal as quick a possible....but everyone just
wanted to give us food and wanted to sit and chat for a while....so it went all
the way until 9:30. Once we got back home I started packing...a project that
lasted until a little bit past midnight, and after I felt floored, I retired to
my bed and awaited the change meeting of the next day.
Even though our taxi came
incredibly late, we were able to make it to the meeting just before the opening
prayer. I sat down next to Elder Chunga and Elder Prestwich and awaited my
fate. The meeting as a whole was very positive and uplifting, I enjoyed it a
lot. President Caffaro talked about the improvements that we saw in the mission
during the past change (which were many) We are closer than we have ever been
since September to reaching our overall goal of 200 baptisms. It was a
spiritual meeting and a great sendoff to a lot of great missionaries that have
helped me a lot since the beginning of my mission, especially Elder Potter,
who's testimony that he bore at the very end truly left an impact on my heart
and the hearts of those present.
Then, just as always, one by one
they named off the changes, area by area, zone by zone, familiar and unfamiliar
faces all filed out to their new areas with their new companions.
And so, that was when they sent me
to Castillo Lara in Zona Utatlan with my new companion Elder Hughes. I was so
excited to hear the change that I jumped out of my seat, all ready and willing
to go off to a new area and have a new adventure. There were only two changes
in our whole zone, myself and that in Kaminal Juyu, Hermana Campbell (from my
last district) went to be in a trio with two other Sister Missionaries (Hermana
Pantoja and Hermana Mansell).
We then went to my new area. My new
comp, Elder Hughes, is from Mesa Arizona, he has been in the mission for 21
months and is a really great missionary. I am learning a lot from his great
example of faith and diligence.
From there the week just sort of
went by with a blur, going on divisions with my new District Leader, Elder
Refuerzo from Alaska. In the area of Centroamerica. And on Friday we had a big
meeting with President Caffaro and the AP's, they talked a lot about the faith
and the statistics to be able to achieve our overall goal of 2 baptisms in
every area every month and 200 baptisms as a mission. It really helped me to
put things in perspective and gave me the energy and the faith to be able to go
and try to help the mission to achieve our overall goal!
My area is very different than any
of my other areas, the people are very humble and very ready to listen to the
gospel, there is just a very different feel about this area. In church
yesterday I could sense the love that the members all felt for each other and
for the people who are investigating the church.
We brought a family to church and
the members were all over them! It was great.
So...life is good, and I am just
ready to go out and give it all I got this week!
Have a great week!
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