Now Go, And Be Golden: And the New Companion is...

…..Elder Pettegrew.

Now that that is out of the way, this past week has been something else. Last Monday was a good day. After emailing ya'll and getting kicked off, then trying again but having the library's power go out, we went and saw all the families that Elder Smith wanted pictures with before he took off. It was pretty nice to see all the cool people in the ward all at once.

The next was transfers. So how transfers work around here: on the Saturday before transfers, we get a call from our District Leader, who gets a call from the Zone Leaders, etc. That night they tell us if we are getting transferred. That's it. Just if we are leaving or not. So we were up in Wrightwood with our District Leader when he got the call. They said Smith was leaving, which was no surprise. Then on Sunday we get a call or text telling us which transfer meeting to go to, there are two, one for the desert and one for the valley. This time there was just one, down in the valley. When we get there on at 9 o'clock in the morning we have a little talk by our mission president. Then after that's done he, his wife and the assistants to the president take turns reading off a list telling everyone where they go and who their companion is. That's when I got my new companion, Elder Pettegrew. He's only been out 3 months longer than me and we are almost as opposite as can be. It is really hard for me, but I guess it will make me a better person/missionary when it's done, right?

The rest of the day was mostly spent at home in Phelan while he unpacked all of his stuff.

The rest of the week has been spent mostly tracting. Man that is the pits.

We have found one person that might actually seem interested. We just knocked on her door, talked to her at the door for a couple of minutes, then we ended up going in her house and teaching for about 1 hour and 40 minutes. It was a pretty cool experience. We are meeting with her again later this week. I hope she becomes an official investigator. And a pretty funny thing happened after that, too. This woman's son was outside when we were going back to our truck. Pettegrew went to shake his hand, and when he put his hand out this guy got in to a fighting stance and said that he doesn't shake hand with people. He also told us that every Mormon he's ever met has had a similar facial structure. Whatever that means.

This upcoming Saturday Jenny will be baptized! I am so excited for that. It will be awesome. We've been waiting for a few months to be able to get her baptized, and finally it is coming up. That whole is a rad.

As an Angel From on High,

Elder R. Sage Taylor