Hey guys!
So I know that it's Friday, but I got a call yesterday afternoon from my Mission President (President Heid), and he called me to be an Office Elder and that I'll be leaving early the next day to come to the office. I was very surprised by this call because I still haven't finished my training (12 weeks or 2 transfers is a typical new missionary training period) and they're moving me to work in the Mission Office. Since the current Office Elder (Elder Zick) is leaving in 3 weeks, they wanted me to come and be trained by him so that when he leaves I can train another Elder to be an Office Elder. If you don't know what an Office elder is, they basically just drive around the whole mission and bring things to people like mail, supplies, etc, and just help out with whatever the Mission President wants. I'll be driving a lot so it's a good thing I got my IDP (International Drivers Permit) back home! Also transfers are super busy for us because we will be picking up new missionaries from the MTC and bringing missionaries going home to the Airport. Also, I won't get a lot of time to do proselyting, I think we have about 4 hours of total proselyting time total in a week, but Elder Effiong (current AP and first companion) told me he's only gone proselyting once while he's been AP, so it might be different. I'll be staying at the mission home with the Mission President, the AP's, and us, the Office Elders. So I'm once again with Elder Effiong! I'll take a picture of my companion soon so I can send it on Monday but his name is Elder Zick and I think he's from Southern California. I wasn't able to say goodbye to really anyone in Klagon, since it so sudden, but I was able to see a couple of really important members to me so next Monday i'll send pictures of them.
So I know that it's Friday, but I got a call yesterday afternoon from my Mission President (President Heid), and he called me to be an Office Elder and that I'll be leaving early the next day to come to the office. I was very surprised by this call because I still haven't finished my training (12 weeks or 2 transfers is a typical new missionary training period) and they're moving me to work in the Mission Office. Since the current Office Elder (Elder Zick) is leaving in 3 weeks, they wanted me to come and be trained by him so that when he leaves I can train another Elder to be an Office Elder. If you don't know what an Office elder is, they basically just drive around the whole mission and bring things to people like mail, supplies, etc, and just help out with whatever the Mission President wants. I'll be driving a lot so it's a good thing I got my IDP (International Drivers Permit) back home! Also transfers are super busy for us because we will be picking up new missionaries from the MTC and bringing missionaries going home to the Airport. Also, I won't get a lot of time to do proselyting, I think we have about 4 hours of total proselyting time total in a week, but Elder Effiong (current AP and first companion) told me he's only gone proselyting once while he's been AP, so it might be different. I'll be staying at the mission home with the Mission President, the AP's, and us, the Office Elders. So I'm once again with Elder Effiong! I'll take a picture of my companion soon so I can send it on Monday but his name is Elder Zick and I think he's from Southern California. I wasn't able to say goodbye to really anyone in Klagon, since it so sudden, but I was able to see a couple of really important members to me so next Monday i'll send pictures of them.