Week 7 (First Week of Transfer)

I am no longer the newest missionary out. The last intake was just two sister missionaries, one is in my district. There were a bunch that were supposed to come, but had visa problems so got pushed back six weeks, so the next intake will be pretty big. This week was good, as every week is. We have two new investigators so our teaching pool is continuing to grow. Our investigator with a baptismal date was not able to come to church, so her baptism will have to be pushed back, which might be good just to make sure that she will be ready. Also one of our other solid investigators had to cancel, which was disappointing because I was looking forward to the lesson all week, but I am getting used to people cancelling.

 

This last week was also a little strange because of how often I was on exchanges. Normally I am on exchanges once a week so the Zone Leaders can go on exchanges with the assistants, or district leaders, or have special training. This last week it happened a lot because there was a couple of those happening that week. I guess it is good to get experience leading an area, but a little weird not working in my area some days, and missing out on lessons, but it is no big deal.

 

This week I also saw some Australian wildlife, unfortunately it was the type that could kill you. Not that I was in danger at all. When we were tracting there were some big spiders by American standards, but normal for Australia. Also we took a bike path by a lake and in the middle of the path there was a big snake. We were far away from it but could not pull out our cameras in time before it went into the grass. But do not worry about snakes or spiders, they are not a problem for missionaries. I also started driving this week, which has been pretty good. It was a little weird driving after two months of not, but I got used to it pretty fast. The two annoying things is you naturally drift toward the shoulder when you drive on the opposite side of the road, and the turning signal is on the opposite side, but I am getting used to those things.