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| Elders Huff and Murray |
So Monday morning (I have a hard time believing that
that was only a week ago) we got transfer calls. That morning all I did was pack Then we went
shopping, I of course didn't buy anything, then for the last time the district
Elders went to Taco Bell together. *sad face*. We then went to the church,
played volley pong for the last time, shot off a few emails, then went to our dinner
appointment. We had Papa John's pizza with the Dicksons and they were super
surprised that I was taking off. We then went and saw Homer, and said goodbye
to him. I'll miss Homer a lot and I sure
love him to death. Then, we went to the Brown's and read the scriptures with
them. I gave Nicole the Book of Mormon that my awesome family wrote their
testimonies in and she and Ben were super happy about it. Thanks for that Book
of Mormon, I wish I had a million of those, hint hint. *winky face* We then
went home, signed each other's ties, and I signed the Concord Cheetah, Charles.
The next morning, we got up, studied, then went to the Kannapolis building.
Elder Nelson got his new companion, Elder Norconk, then we said a quick goodbye
and he took off. *sad face* I'll miss Elder Nelson a lot... Elder Washburn then
got his new companion and took off after saying goodbye. Elder Christensen and
I then played horse together with some dude until Brother Wooten from the
Summerfield ward came and picked me up. Then I left the area I loved so
much. *sad face* We then drove the hour or so long drive up to Greensboro and
Brother Wooten and I chatted it up. It was weird not being with another
missionary. We went to his favorite burger spot for lunch and then he dropped
me off at my new apartment. I then met Elder Murray, who is pretty cool and
pretty hyper at times like me. I am now in a very similar position as my first
area. I am companions to a relatively new district leader. Both Elder Nelson and
now Elder Murray have only been here one transfer and they don't know the area
very well at all. It's weird how similar the circumstances in the ward and
missionary work are in both my arrivals in my areas (hopefully that made
sense). We are on a trishare car thingy again like Concord. We have the car two
weeks and then we don't for a week. I was fortunate enough to come to
Summerfield on bike week. Then it stormed.
We got an email Thursday morning
that said that a storm was coming and we shouldn't drive or ride our bicycles
during the storm. So Friday the storm came, and honestly, it really wasn't that bad. The way the people here were and still are
freaking out about it I thought it would be a little more fierce, but we maybe
got a foot of snow...*confused face*. Don't get me wrong, it sure was an inconvenience. We had to walk everywhere this week and my
legs are so sore. On Friday we walked a total of about 10 miles and were walking
for about 4 hours. We went to an appointment and had to walk 1 ½ hours to get
there and the same amount of time back. It was crazy. Everything shut down and
it was like a ghost town. I was bored along the walk so I took some videos. They are kinda
dumb, but just keep in mind, I had been walking for so
long I had to try and make things exciting. We walked all day Saturday and
Sunday too. I am pretty beat. I can't wait to get the car today and for the
snow to melt. It barely can be called snow either. It is
mostly ice that just accumulated and looks like snow. Now I know what it means when
Utah says it has the greatest snow on earth. So the snow was fun for a while,
but now I am sick of it. There are still a lot of people that haven't even left
their houses since Friday. We have helped a lot of people get unstuck from the
snow as well. What a Utah boy and Rexburg boy know how to do is getting out of the snow.
People here freak out when they get stuck. They just floor the gas and burn all
the rubber off the tires. The only reason that this storm is so
dangerous is because the people in NC freak out whenever
they see snow. We were at a member's house on Wednesday and there were a few little
flurries going on outside, nothing big at all. It wasn't
sticking to anything, and the member kept looking out the
window and saying things like, "Oh, my goodness, I wonder if the plows are
out yet." And, "I could call someone to give you guys a ride, I don't
want y'all to be snowed in." It did start to pick up on the way home on or
bikes, but it really was nothing big at all. Church was even cancelled!
*surprised face* So President authorized us to have the sacrament in our apartments.
We have
only had one dinner appointment this whole week, so hopefully this next week
will be better and I'll be able to meet more members. I maybe know five people
in the ward right now. We had a missionary general broadcast on Wednesday and
that was very good. Elder Anderson, Elder Oaks, Elder Clayton, Elder Bednar,
and some other people spoke about the fundamentals of missionary work. They had
a lot of good insights and practices we can implement.
Now I am officially not
being trained and I am eligible to be a trainer now, though I doubt I will be
one anytime soon. I don't really want to be one anyways.
I did not get Marieta's package before I left
Concord...I probably won't get it for a couple months. It'll show up at
Concord, then they'll wait until they go to the mission office, then they might remember
to take it, then I'll have to wait till we go to the office, and hopefully I'll
remember it and pick it up. Tell Marieta thank you for me anyways. It's awesome
that they're thinking of me.
Well, I love y'all, hope everything's going well.
Go Panthers!
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| Homer & Elder Huff say goodbye |
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| Elder Huff with Homer's cat, Puff . . . HUFF and PUFF |
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| Everyone had to get their bread for the storm. Everything was in full stock, except for milk and bread. |
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