The Transfers!

So we got transfer calls, and a lot of things are changing. On Sunday morning we got a call from the zone leaders. I'm staying in Summerfield. I don't know whether to be happy or not, but it is what it is. Elder Murray, is being transferred! No! He's going up to Danville, VA! So he'll still be in the zone so I'll be able to see him a couple times this transfer so that's good. He's going to a four elder apartment. Well actually it's a house, a really small one with four elders crammed in it. It only has one bathroom! 😆 Poor Elder Murray, he's not too excited about that. But Danville has been on fire for the last couple months so hopefully he'll see some success and baptisms there, cuz he sure ain't seen them round these here parts! It's pretty ghetto up there so he'll have fun. I'll miss the guy, he's a great companion and even more so a great friend. We're already talking about meeting up after the mission. Summerfield just won't be the same without him😢. 

I also found out who my new companion is going to be! It's Elder Skinner! You know, the one elder who was in Kannapolis my first transfer in Concord! So that's pretty cool. At least I got someone I know fairly well. I'll probably only be with him one transfer, we'll see how it goes. So, a ton of people got transferred out of the district and I've heard almost half the zone is leaving! That's a lot! Only three companionships stayed the same in the entire zone. Sister Godfrey is going to Moorsville and Sister Starr is replacing her. Sister Krummenacher is going to Boone and a brand new sister is being trained by Sister Lovell. Elder Wilde is going to Newton-Conover and is being replaced by Elder Rasmussen (an Elder Elder Murray trained!), then comes the stinger.; both Elder Hulet and Randall and getting transferred and they are not being replaced! There will be no more elders is Guilford. Huge bummer! Who are we going to hang out with on P-days?! Yikes! Elder Hulet is going to Bethania (he's being reunited with his trainer, he's super pumped) and Elder Randall is going to Cornelius. I feel like I'm being left in the dust! All three of my buddies are taking off and only Elder Skinner is replacing them. It's really weird. Oh well! Only about 44 days till next transfer! Not that I'm counting or anything😑. 

Well. Not much went on this week. We had a slow week...again. We went on exchange with the Guilford elders for the last time. Elder Randall came to Summerfield with me. I'm really going to miss the Guilford Elders. Elder Skinner is going come and be the district leader and he isn't going to have anyone to exchange with other than the zone leaders, who only do one exchange per transfer. He has a district full of sisters! Poor Elder Skinner!😏 Elder Skinner is my fourth companion. He's also my fourth companion that is a district leader....weird. 

The Summit Elders had a baptism this week. It was really good and I felt happy for them. They've been working real hard together for the last 4 1/2 months and they finally got one. So now the only companionship in the district that didn't baptize is Elder Murray and me! Yay!☹️ So far on my mission I've attended 11 baptisms. That's a good amount in less than 8 months. So I've been surrounded by success, but I can't seem to scrounge up any. We'll see how things go in the future. 

Yesterday we went over to the Quijano's so Elder Murray could say goodbye to them. We had dinner (I ate octopus, I'll send some pictures!) and when we left, Sister Quijano started crying! The ward members really love Elder Murray, he'll be missed a lot. We visited the Smiths for lunch today too and tonight we're going to visit more people that Elder Murray wants to say goodbye to. It's kinda sad seeing him go. He's my first companion that got transferred and I stayed, so it's a whole new experience.

Trying octopus

This morning we went to the International Civil Rights Museum in downtown Greensboro. It was pretty cool, but I think we paid too much. I didn't really love the tour guide either. She made it seem like the Constitution was really faulty and America wasn't that great because of the whole civil rights problems. But I do have a newfound respect for all the men, women and children who fought for their rights. They had to be really brave to do what they did. We had fun. It was good. Afterwards we ate at Jimmy John's then said bye to Sister Godfrey and Sister Krummenacher. We'll see the Elders tomorrow at the Salisbury church building where we are meeting with our new companions. It's a huge change, and I don't know if I'll like it, but everything will be just fine. Hopefully Elder Skinner and I will have some good success this upcoming transfer. We'll have to see! Love y'all!