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KEOKUK, IOWA!
Yes, that is right, I have indeed been transferred from Bloomington, Illinois to Keokuk, Iowa. I am still Jr. companion, and my new companion is Elder Hayes Medina from Rosevill/ Salt Lake City, Utah. No he does not speak Spanish. He is like me I'm half-Mexican, only his dad is from Spain, and neither of us were taught Spanish as children. However, he does actually look it, so he's got me there. But he's awesome, and has been on his mission for 20 months, and it is likely that this will be his last area, and I will be his last companion, in missionary lingo this would be called "killing him off" So I am killing him off! Good stuff. In other news, Keokuk is also 30 minutes away from Nauvoo, Illinois, so that's a pretty fun fact. So in July when the Nauvoo Pageant comes around I will get to go to Nauvoo on a daily basis and help with it- THEATRE 4 LIFE, YO! I'm way excited to get to watch that, and to be involved with at least something along the lines of theatre here haha!
I am super excited for my new area. The only annoying part is that the missionaries for the past few years who have been serving here were Zone Leaders! So guess what that means?! You guessed it! They pulled out the Zone Leaders, moved them to Ft. Madison, Iowa; and now Elder Medina and I are White Washing Keokuk, as a normal missionary, and starting it off new and fresh. Which isn't a bad thing, because E. Medina and I both have alot of experience in doing this so we're doing a good job. Also, I am the designated driver, so I get to drive our 2011 Cevy Malibu. It's a very nice car, and I like it alot, but the Ford Fusion feels alot better. And because I drive now I feel alot less like the Jr. Companion! Elder Shelman is still in Bloomington and is now training his 2nd greenie.
So These past 3 days have been crazy because we have been working super hard to try and get to know the members in our Branch, and to build trust with them. The Zone Leaders had plenty of trust with them, just you throw in two new elders and nobody really knows what to think. So we've been trying to find the members that are in the main auxilaries as leadership, and trying to find out what we can do to help them. We are going to give a presentation to the ward for the 5th Sunday which is next week actually on Mormon.org and being more missionary minded. So this is going to be interesting since this was just dropped on us out of no where. Yay for white washing!
We have also been getting busy tracking down the investigators that the ZL's left us here, and we have only been able to get ahold of one of them. Tiffany and Thurman are way sweet; they are not married but live together and are looking for a church. They have two kids, and kind of butted heads with one of the Zone Leaders that was serving here, and so they kind of closed off and dropped them. But they were about to the text the ZL's the day before transfers and what do you know, the spirit guided the ZLs there right before they texted them. Creepy? No! That's cool, because it shows God works in mysterious and amazing ways. :) But they like us I guess and want to visit with us, and they are planning on getting married, just not yet... so we are going to work with them and help them to progress and get baptized! HA! BOOM BABY! They have a retarded kitten too, and it scratched the tip of my pointy finger really badly and took a good chunk of it off, so typing hurts too. Let it be known the pain I am going through to bring you this joyous message.
I do miss the people of Bloomington alot. It was hard to leave, they are great people, and I love the ward there. Just the difficult part is the whole fact that not much was going on there no matter how hard Elder Shelman and I were working, and that is why I believe it got a greenie. Greenies just bring good luck.
But anyways I'm excited to be here and to work in this area. It's right along the Mississippi so that's pretty cool. I'm safe though! So don't panic, if I'm about to die it is most likely I'll go down with a fight, so just know I'll die with honor. Swinging my buster blade or something at that tornado...
anyways Mormon.org is cool, check it out. Letters are good too.
Love ya
Peace!
P-Trowser
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