Look out for that cactus! The other turns and says, "What cactussssssss?"
Date
October 8, 2016
Area
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Companion
Elder Kelton Wharton
Look out for that cactus! The other turns and says, "What cactussssssss?"
And so concludes my lame joke for a subject line and another wonderful
transfer!
This week has been the kind that we end up driving for ever!! We literally
had two work days and that's it, we drove the rest more or less. Elder
Nielson of the 70 and head of the missionary department came to tour/train
in our mission so on Friday. We went down to Midland to be wonderfully
edified by him!! That meant we left Thursday to stay in West Branch (my
last area so that was awesome!) It was so worth the lost time and driving
though. We had such a good training from him. We first talked about the
atonement, both the redeeming power and the enabling power and then about
how we get that knowledge/application into our investigators. It basically
comes down to the fundamentals used in our twelve week training program
(church, study, prayer, commitments etc.). It was so simple and awesome. I
dunno, it's hard to transcribe the feelings and thoughts into an email..
Previous to all this on Monday we had another Carolina Reaper challenger,
Elder Engel. We totally hyped this thing up before he ate it and he was so
nervous to do it, but he took it like a champ. Here's the run down. He eats
the pepper, chews for the prescribed 10 seconds, swallows and says
something akin to "hmm, that's hot.. Hmm that's pretty hot..." "Maybe I'll
have a little bit of milk." Drinks half a glass "Hmm, maybe a little
more.." Drinks a full glass "I'm good now! That wasn't so bad." It was
really boring to say the least.... We all felt so lame and inadequate
compared to this legend..
Now, regarding transfers. We got the call today! I will be staying here in
the Soo. Elder Morris will be heading down to Williamston (part of Lansing
basically). He will be replacing Elder Webb (My trainer if you don't
remember) who is going home after a successful two years!! He's pretty
stoked! My new companion will be Elder Wharton. He came out about 3 months
after me. He's a really cool guy. I've met him a handful of times before
and everyone talks very well of him. It should be a bombdiggity transfer!!
That's all I got today.
-Elder Boyd