Goodbye Elder Grant!

March 11, 2019

So I guess I am not able to live with Elder Grant my whole mission or something, so we got split up! Elder Grant actually stayed in his first area and I am the one that left him behind. I got transferred to the place that I wanted to go the most... Mindoro! This is probably the most sought after zone, so I was super excited. We have two islands in our mission; the first is Marinduque and the second is Mindoro. The last 4 people that got transferred from my old area went to Marinduque, so everyone was telling me that was where I would probably end up. I didn't want to go there because it is very rural - most of the apartments don't have running water and there are no stores anywhere to buy good food. So when the assistant to the president called me and told me I would be going to an island, I was certain he meant Marinduque, but then he said "I'm super jealous, you're going to Mindoro!"

I was super excited to hear the news! The area I am serving in is Baco, and my new comp is Elder Richeson. He is so awesome! I've been out 6 weeks more than he has, so I was a little nervous about us being two inexperienced Americans, but it's gone super well. The first night Elder Richeson and I were talking, he told me I looked so familiar to him, but we couldn't figure out any connection. Then like 30 minutes later I saw this picture of him and his friends on his bed, and I realized that his best friend went on a church history tour with me a couple years ago! His friend and I had talked a bunch, while we did the church history tour together, and he was way awesome! So, Elder Richeson and I were freaking out when we both knew this guy. Elder Richeson also knows a lot of my other Vegas friends from the tour too.

MONKEY SQUAD

We've been doing some good work here, and I'm loving the new area! Also, my old zone leader I had during my first 2 cycles, is now my district leader, so that's pretty awesome! He's super funny. He called me for like 20 minutes last night and we caught up on our missions! Even though it is sad to leave Elder Grant, I am super stoked for this new cycle!