Hey everyone! So. As the title may suggest, we got some surprising news this week.
I don't remember if I even mentioned transfer calls in my last e-mail, but they were Saturday. Elder Wright and I weren't expecting anything TOO exciting, we knew there was a decent chance that he'd leave, but we were ready to roll with that. I should have known better. If there's anything I've learned on my mission, it's that
"God's logic is different from Man's logic" -Sister Jordan.
So
basically, I got transferred. Again. Elder Wright got transferred too,
which means that our beloved Hawkesbury will be getting two new elders
that don't know anything about it, and there will be no one here to tell
them what to do! That being said, we've been quite busy since that
phone call setting things up to help them out. As I was going over our
member list yesterday highlighting things in tons of different colors
and writing notes on everyones name I thought to myself "gee, I really
hope they actually USE all this stuff". But, what can you do? The Lord
works for maybe's (read Jacob 5 if you don't believe me) and so do we I
guess.
So! On to the good stuff. My dear Elder Wright is
going to live MY dream (the jerk)! He's going to Petawawa, which is a
teeny tiny little place in the middle of nowhere on the far west border
of our mission. Any of you who have been following me may recall that I
once served in Chicoutimi, a teeny tiny little place in the middle of
nowhere on the far EAST border of our mission. I wanted to get both
edges. ; ) But! He'll be way happy up there.
As for myself, I'll be serving on the Island of
Montreal in the French speaking ward of Ville-Marie. I'm also training
again. So, not only am I leaving my beloved area here in Hawkesbury to
get two new elders, I'm inheriting the beloved area that some other
missionaries had to do the same thing to! I've been working extra hard
to prep this area for the newcomers in the hopes that Karma DOES exist,
and my counterparts in Ville-Marie will be as kind to me and the
noobie.
What the Noobie?! I'm TRAINING again! Hah! I'm
actually pretty stoked for that. :) I was admittedly upset when I got my
transfer call, but I had a nice chat with the Big Guy about it, and now
I feel better. The conclusion I've come to, is that Hawkesbury was a
tender Mercy of the Lord. Our whole mission revolves around the Island
of Montreal, which is a MASSIVE monstrosity, teeming with people of all
shapes and sizes. Anything you might want to find in the entire world,
you can Find in Montreal. It's a big, busy place, and nothing that
happens there ever happens slowly. When I was in Laval, I was right NEXT
to the action, and it was still stressful and tiring. Basically, God
allowed me to come out here for this short time to have these wonderful
experiences, and take a breather from the insanity of Montreal, so
instead of complaining that I'm "Leaving too soon", I should really just
be grateful I even got to come out here! I've loved this branch and
these people with all of my heart, and it was a needed break from the
madness of Island life. Now, with my batteries recharged, new friends to
get my back, and new lessons learned to help me out, I'm going back
into the action one more time. Wish me luck? I'll keep you posted on how
it all goes.
Bises!
Elder Christensen
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