Hello everyone!
So, this has
been a crazy week so far. As you all know, I flew into Raleigh on
Tuesday afternoon. All of my flights went well. I was a bit worried,
because I've never flown by myself before, but it all went well. I even
met some other missionaries on the flight to Raleigh, and get this: one
of them was a sister missionary who is Elder Ward's cousin! If you don't
remember, Elder Ward was my companion in the at home MTC. He told me
that I might meet her, and he was right.
After
we got into Raleigh, the Assistants to the President (APs) were there
to meet us at the airport. Normally the President would be there to meet
us, but he was stuck in meetings, which was understandable. That same
day that we came in, around 10 or so missionaries were going home, so he
had to take care of that. However, after we got to the mission office
we got to meet President and Sister Maurer (pronounced more-uh). They
are super nice, and they are from Australia, which is super cool! We got
some training, and some dinner that night, and then we went to a hotel
to stay the night.
The
next day, we got to meet our new companions. My companion is Elder
Alexander. He is pretty cool, you can tell that he is dedicated to the
work. He will be a great trainer. We got placed in Lelend, NC, which is
about as south as you can go, and only about 15 minutes from the beach! I
knew I wanted to see the beach, and that is a very real possibility
now! However, Elder Alexander and I have to whitewash the area. This
means that they pulled the two Elders that were here before, and placed
two new Elders (us) here. Normally, when someone gets transferred, one
person stays, so that there is always one person that knows the area.
Because we are both new here, when we got here we didn't know anybody.
It has been hard, but I know that we will get through it.
The
best part of North Carolina has definitely been the people. Everyone is
so nice here, and I can attest that southern hospitality is real. The
members of the ward were all so kind and inviting, and it was a nice
welcome. We have already had meals with 3 different families of the
ward, and we've been here less than a week. That part has been awesome.
Hopefully by next week we will be teaching more people, and I will have more to share.
Elder Orchard
This is the view from our apartment. We are on the third floor.
There was a Christmas tree set up when we got here. Not sure whu, but we'll probably leave it up.
Here is kind of an overview picture of my apartment.
This is my desk, with all my study materials.
Here is my bed area.
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