April 27, 2009

Finally have some time to write you all the things that have been going on! I have a long list of things to tell you! Well, let's start with the Monday before transfers. Wow, that seems like so long ago! Yet, it went by so fast! I actually found out Monday night that I was being transfered. But I wasn't told where. The ward temple trip was that Saturday and we both wanted to be able to go but we didn't know if one of us was being transfered and if one of us was... if it was close by so we could still go. So we called up President Van Komen and told him the situation. all he told us was that I was being transfered and it would be close. I had to wait until Tuesday night for the details. That was torture knowing I was leaving but not knowing where. You know how I hate not knowing things! Ha ha!

Tuesday morning we went to the Farmstead. We weren't in the barn this time, but in the "fishing shack" Haha! It was a lot more fun than the barn! Haha! We found all kinds of ways to catch the little fishies in the "lake"... it was more of a pond, but it was loaded with little bluegill fishes! Fishing is not usually my sport or the sport of any other ADD person.... but I liked it because it was so dang easy to catch a fish in that pond! Haha! And there's no complicated equipment involved... just a long thin stick, fishing line, hook and pale of worms! Haha! It took 2 seconds (literally) of having the line in the water to catch my first fish! Haha! Right after the farmstead we got ready and then went to the Independence Visitor center with the Bumatays. That went really well! They are progressing very well! 

Wednesday morning we went to downtown Kansas City, MO to go to the school Bro. Laudie goes to... UMKC. We went there to get our teeth checked out by him. Wednesday night we had dinner with the Capener's. The last supper... in overland park! Haha! We had some amazing BBQ ribs! MMM!!!! I'm really going to miss them! Right after dinner we went over to the Bumatay's to have a lesson and eat some amazing homemade strawberry cheescake!... Because I was leaving. That's was very nice of them! I sure miss Overland Park, but I'm sure I'll be back sometime.

Thursday was of course transfers! We drove all the way to Independence just to come back to Olathe! Haha! My companion is Elder Caceres. He came out at the same time as me. He was born in guatemala but has been living in Orem, Ut for the past 9 years. We get along pretty well! We had weekly planning on thursday when we got back to Olathe. Then we set out on our bikes the rest of the day and got 5 lessons!

Friday we got to go to the St. Louis Temple with the Olathe 1st ward! We have a recent convert here named Rosario and she was able to go on the youth temple trip! We took a charter bus there. It was pretty nice. The St. Louis Temple is beautiful! I wouldn't say my favorite, but still beautiful! I got to confirm the youth for the dead! My companion was baptizing people! It was way awesome! Friday night we drove up to my old area in Overland Park to stay the night with Elder Murie and his companion so we could ride with him in the morning Saturday up to the church to get on the bus and go to the temple with Monica. Well, we were there at the church Saturday morning at 6:00 but then Monica never showed up! :( We tried calling, Elder Murie went to her house... nothing! We were about to go to the temple anyway, but then at the last second we decided not to go because we had just gone the day before. We decided it would be better to go back to Olathe and work. I'm kinda glad we did, too. We got 6 more lessons on that day, which gave us 25 lessons for the week! I was pretty bummed about Monica, but I'm better now. 

Okay, here's what I'm going to do so I can get this letter sent out Tuesday monring. I'll send this letter off and in another letter I hope to have done soon I'll tell you about last week.