Hi everyone!
Well this week has been rather interesting. For one, it's been really slow. It's probably been the slowest week for teaching I've had in a couple months. But the lessons we did have were pretty good. Reagan is still progressing well. Unfortunately, she probably can't get baptized until she gets off parole, which shouldn't take too long, but still. It's just kinda frustrating. And she wants to be baptized so much. Hopefully it won't take too long. Anyway, it wasn't the greatest week, but it could have been worse. And this week is actually looking pretty dang good, at least compared to the last few weeks.
Well, transfers have come yet again. It's a week sooner than normal, because this was only a 5 week transfer. That's because we have a new mission president coming in next week. However, this upcoming transfer is going to be a 7 week, so a little longer than normal (6 weeks is normal).
Anyway, I've been kinda freaking out all week about who I'm going to get. Elder Burt goes home on Wednesday, so I knew I was getting a new companion. And here's the news. I'm staying in Snow Canyon as district leader, and I'm getting Elder Fairbanks. Funny thing, Elder Fairbanks has actually been in my District this past transfer so I already know him pretty well. So Elder Fairbanks is coming with me and his companion, Elder Montoya, is getting transferred up to Beaver (about 45 minutes north of Cedar City). That means Red Cliffs (their area) will be getting whitewashed. Actually pink-washed. There are sisters coming in. And the other Sisters are both staying in Sunset Spanish. So I just became a "relief society president", a district leader over all sisters.
Something cool/funny, this will be Elder Fairbanks's last transfer, so in addition to "killing" Elder Burt, I'll be "killing" Elder Fairbanks in 7 weeks (he's only got a transfer left). Here's the best part about that. His "son" (trainee) is named Elder Montoya. That means at the end of my mission, he can walk up to me and say: "Hello. My name is Elder Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
As you all know, yesterday was Father's Day. It kinda stinks because unlike Mother's Day, I didn't get to call home. But anyway, I just wanted to take a second and say thank you to all the dads reading
this. You're pretty awesome, and if there's one thing I've learned on my mission, it's that, despite me thinking otherwise in High School, my dad actually knows things. So I've gotta give a big shout out to him. Something else I've experienced on my mission is a closer relationship with our Heavenly Father. Obviously I don't have my family here with me, so I've really had to learn to rely on Him that
much more. He's the best. There's a reason that the first thing we teach about as missionaries is about God, our loving Heavenly Father. So in addition to letting your earthly dads know how much you
love/appreciate them, take time to pray and let God know too.
Have a great week!
-Elder Oswald
PS- Tomorrow is my 17 Month Mark! I can't believe it's been that long!
PPS- My birthday is on Sunday! :)
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