Dear Parents,
Well, I'm having a baby
boy! Not in the worldly sense, but in the weird mission lingo sense. Yes, Elder
Ramiah is leaving me to go to Fairfield, and I will be training a brand new
missionary. No I don't know his name, where he's from, or anything. Because, he
is still in the MTC today! They all get here tomorrow when I'll pick him up. So,
it should be interesting. I've waited forever to train! It'll be sad to see
Elder Ramiah go, and of course, I will be a babysitter again for 2 problem child
missionaries... Awesome. Funny how I always seem to get those kind of
missionaries, huh? Elder Schulte and Hunt got moved to a different district, so
my district will consist of me and my greenie, another elder who has only been
out like 6 months (if that) and his greenie, and then the 2 problem missionaries that have only been out a year (if that as well). As for me, I'll
be hitting my 16 month mark this week, crazy! I only have 5 transfers left...
that blows my mind.
So we had Stake Conference for the Vacaville stake this weekend, and Elder
Zivic of the Seventy came and presided. He's from Argentina, so his English is
pretty hard to understand. After the Saturday night adult session (it's still
weird to me that I'm considered an adult...) all the missionaries in our zone
got a picture with Elder Zivic and his wife. It was a good meeting. Then,
yesterday at the general session, President and Sister Bunker gave incredible
testimonies. I still can't believe that they're leaving. This is their last
transfer before they go home... I'm going to miss them very much; President
Bunker is very dear to me.
As for the work here,
it's been picking up a bit. We're teaching a few investigators, a few of them
have alcohol problems and we're trying to get them into the LDS Services 12-Step
Program. But there is still work to be done. Talking about whether I'd have the
heat of Vacaville or the stink of Clearlake, well... you must understand that
Clearlake stunk because it was freaking hot there. So, I'd prefer just the
heat.
I'm really jealous of
your trip to Brussels... Give my love to those that you come into contact with!
Especially Anita, she was a neat lady, and I liked her a lot. You could just
send Max to be with me for a bit, I'll take him around tracting and contacting
with me, it'd be fun! I'm sure he'd love to help, plus being in the hot sun all
day would wear him out. I would enjoy it! Although, we can't have pets... so
that's a problem...
So what all happened with the NFL Draft??? I assume Andrew Luck from
Stanford went straight to the Colts? What else happened? What other big news is
there? I heard about the coach of the Saints and something about paying players
extra to hurt others and take them out of the game. Yikes...
Have a great trip! As to when I am calling on Monday, I'm not sure... I
can't think that far in advance! I imagine that I'd call in the morning around
10 your time or something like that... I don't know though... I still have to
talk to President Bunker about all that good stuff. I love you both very much!
Have a great week!!
Love,
Elder Brennan
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