Not too much going on this past week - - just normal missionary work. This is kind of the calm before the storm because we should get assigned to start inspecting missionary apartments right after transfers (tomorrow), and that will fill up as much time as we let it! Since we don’t know anything, we’ll start slow and then see how many we think we can practically do in a week. Our primary responsibility will still be Member Leader Support in the Peavine Valley Ward, so we’ll have to work to make sure apartment inspections (and the resulting maintenance) doesn’t take over our time and energies! We think it will be nice to meet more of the elders and sisters, and try to keep the process from becoming adversarial.
For today’s prep day, we went down to Genoa, NV, where Mormon Station is. We visited there in June with the Gigueres, and my companion has had it in her mind since then to go back to the little jewelry store there for her main birthday present. She bought a beautiful white turquoise and silver pendant that she says will go great with her winter wardrobe (which she is really looking forward to wearing, since she is tired of her summer clothes we wear every day!). While she was shopping I stayed out of her way by eating a HUGE two-scoop bowl of ice cream in the grill next door. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten that much ice cream in one sitting (which is saying a lot)! I have learned my lesson about shopping with Diane – it’s just better for everyone involved if I’m not there.
After the shopping and ice cream we went on a hike above the town. Genoa was the oldest settlement in Nevada, and now it’s a beautiful farming & ranching community at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Not to mention it has a really nice little jewelry store. (I have the feeling this is not the last time I will see Genoa…)
Tomorrow is transfer day, and it’s always fun to see the changes that take place! In our MLS assignment we only get to know the other three companionships in our district and the zone leaders, so it will take us longer (if ever) to get to know all the missionaries. We’ve also found that we aren’t needed as much at the transfer location. Local RS sisters prepare a lunch for the new missionaries and their companions, and we’ve felt a little like “3rd wheels” there. Diane will talk to one of the office senior sisters today to see if we should just stay away until the outgoing missionary dinner at President Godoy’s home in the evening. (Looks like they want us there so I can assemble bikes.)
President M. Russell Ballard will visit this weekend, so we are really looking forward to that! We have a single mission-wide conference with him Sunday afternoon, which should be really wonderful! All the missionaries in the eastern part of the state will come in and stay the night before and/or after, depending on how far away they are. Diane is helping to put together sandwiches for the traveling elders and sisters.
Diane mentioned last week how it seems like we have too much spare time sometimes, but when you list everything we do at the end of the week, it’s a lot! There’s no doubt that we are serving much more than we ever have at home, even when we held responsible callings. There’s also no doubt that every mission could use ten senior couples!! We have 4 in our mission. Our friend’s mission in New Zealand has 16 senior couples and two senior sisters (probably because it’s one of those places where every senior couple would love to go…) We think more couples should leave it up to the Lord to choose. He always gets it right.
We love our mission, and we are happy! It may never be perfect, but neither are we!!!
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