What's going on guys
I got a haircut last Tuesday from a member and since then everyone's been like "no your waves are gone" but they'll be back in like a week or two
Angel, Caroline, and Kimberly (the siblings who all got baptized) got their temple recommends on Tuesday too, they were able to go the temple on Saturday, more on that later
So on Tuesday we get a call from the mission office that the mission Housing Coordinators were bringing over a new bunk bed. We weren't told why until Friday, but they were going to make our house a 7-man with three companionships and one being a trio. But apparently last minute they said that wasn't happening anymore. While it would have been fun, we barely have enough space in the house for the bunk bed and the new desk they brought in (we haven't set up the new desk yet we don't know where it'll go) but we put the new bunk bed in the room where the ZL's sleep and we all have been sleeping in the same room since Wednesday. It's actually been super fun.
On P-day apparently Elder Gonzalez and Elder Jensen (they went down the hill and I stayed with Elder Soto, they took a missionary to the airport) went to hang out with President and they asked him if they could stay in Victorville, and President told them both no.
Also they changed transfers where instead of finding out Wednesday night we only find out if we're leaving Friday morning and then Saturday Morning at transfers is where they figure out their area and who their companion is. But we knew Elder Gonzalez was leaving already. One less day to pack is kinda sad lol
Oh yeah remember how last transfer I said our zone was in shambles, this transfer was even worse. The other district had 4 companionships to start and it ended off the transfer with just 2. Up in Barstow since Elder Parry went to Peru his companion came down to join an elder whose companion went home and both the sisters went home. They closed Barstow for missionaries for two days.
Transfers was honestly insane. I'm still in Victorville. The ZL's were kinda upset because president had said "I don't want to change things up too much" but then everything is crazy different. There are 17 missionaries in our zone (one trio for two weeks until a missionary finishes his mission, he extended) and only 6 were here last transfer. The ZL's aren't in the same district as the other companionship of elders in their ward, or us, even though we live together. Our district leader is up in Barstow, which got whitewashed. Our ward got another companionship. Another one of hermanas (sisters). So our ward has three companionships now, one of elders (us) and two for hermanas. Apparently like 22 new missionaries came in and a billion of those were Spanish speaking. We were asked by the assistants to President (AP's) if our ward needed another companionship and I told them sure there's enough work but they'd need to be good missionaries. It was weird seeing their area book have absolutely nothing on it because they're opening the area.
I think Elder Gonzalez had a really hard time leaving. He loved this area a lot. We went and said bye to a lot of members and friends. I'll miss him too not gonna lie he was awesome
Now he's down in Redlands and Elder Jensen went to San Bernardino.
My new companion is Elder Pittman. He and Elder Gonzalez were like best friends even though they were never companions. He's super cool, he actually went home for the last two transfers to get knee surgery but he's back out. I have to show him around the area now and I was a little scared of that but it's actually proving to be pretty fun.
So Angel's family went to the temple on Saturday, the parents and their youngest brother stayed outside but they had a great time. Unfortunately, the AP's told me I couldn't go. Transfers were too crazy that if I joined in I'd be holding up other companionships by going to the temple when they could already have been in their areas. Elder Gonzalez got to go, though, since the temple is in his new area.
We also had a ward Christmas party on Saturday evening, which was really good, there were a ton of people there (easily like 150) but then the next morning barely anybody showed for sacrament meeting. Because everybody got sick at the party with some stomach virus. Which was not really good. We were working so hard to get rides for friends and even some of our friends had gotten sick at the activity. But we did our best.
The work is super awesome guys and this transfer even though we need to get used to all the changes I know our 2023 goal of 660 baptisms will happen! We're actually really close!
Oh yeah also this transfer is 7 weeks so we in for the long haul
Spiritual thought:
10 But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.
This scripture was super cool to me as a missionary, it doesn't matter how hard it is sometimes we're just here to spread the gospel, and I saw some real miracles last week, and those make it all worth it.
Elder Hanson
Picks:
Elder Gonzalez and me
Elder Pittman and me in front of a bunch of hay we hauled for the Nativity play at the Christmas party
Elder Pittman and me with the wise men
Screenshot of our transfer news (victorville on the right)
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