Sorry I was unable to email yesterday, we got on the computers and we were unable to get onto our emails, so we got permission to do it today.
Transfer Calls were yesterday. I am being transferred to the Mindarie area, which is the other area in the ward. The members are going to be so confused. My new companion is from Samoa. He is a really good missionary, and I am excited to learn from him. This week was good. We were not able to set any baptismal dates, none of
our investigators were quite ready, and we were unable to see a couple of them. We were able to continue to find more, we just need to get them to progress. Well I guess I won't really be a part of it. This was supposed to be a quiet transfer because of all of our goals for March, and next one is going to be crazy, but all of the companions in the zone except two are being affected. I'm not sure if I told you, but next transfer is going to be crazy because there is a large intake coming in, and most of them are sisters. I think the intake is around 20, with around 15 of them sisters. Sister Lindsay has no idea what they are going to do with them since normally they stay the night at the mission home, but it cannot hold that many. The other problem is having enough sister trainers, and the areas to put the new missionaries. We are excited because hopefully more country areas will be opened. While country areas are generally hard, I want to be in one of those areas for just a little bit because it will be such a unique experience.
I am hoping to be able to get my first baptism in Mindarie because they have set two dates, and have a couple really good investigators. Hopefully we will be able to find more and meet our area goal of two baptisms and contribute to our district and zone goals.
This week we were able to talk with someone who just returned from his mission in Hawaii. It was interesting to see how different the missions are. They baptize about 1,000 people a year and the highest they did in a month is 130, which is close to our yearly baptisms which was a high water mark for our mission. It took me by surprise
because I would not have picked Hawaii to be a high baptizing mission. I find it interesting because our mission is so much larger as far as land area goes, and has twice as many people, but they have twice the number of
missionaries and 5x the baptisms. I guess it could be discouraging, but it just motivates me to work harder.
Love,
Elder Cook
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