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Hablas Ingles! (Chapter 4: Goldsboro Week 1)

 And it came to pass in the commencement of the third transfer I was transferred to Goldsboro second ward!


New area! People speak English here! There are 2 people on date and the work moves really fast here. Basically if people don't come to church we stop teaching because there are so many people and we don't have time to keep teaching them if they can't keep that commitment. Kinda wild and a lot faster pace than Siler. It's pretty fun to be somewhere so busy but also exhausting. And sadly there isn't much service and the service isn't nearly as interesting. However, the members are a lot more active in missionary work! And we get fed a lot more here than in Siler.

Elder Pedersen is amazing! He is my new companion. He's helping me be a better and more dedicated missionary and I'm very excited to be with him for 7 weeks! We also just get along really well. Too well actually. It's a problem sometimes. But it's a great and fun problem.

The apartment is super nice! Wifi 2 bed 2 bath decent kitchen area. That's about all a missionary could ask for. I've been pleasantly surprised with how nice the apartments are. We are pretty close to an airforce base and lots of trains so every now and then it gets a little loud and things shake a little bit. Pretty cool.

We had a Christmas party for zone conference. We played many games and somehow I ended up wearing an adult diaper. President and Sister Stevens gave us chocolate then after a while made an announcement not to eat it. Apparently Ghirardelli chocolate has green tea in it and is therefore against the word of wisdom. I didn't know that and neither did President and Sister Stevens until someone brought it to their attention.

This week we had exchanges so I got to go with Elder Pedersen for day. There are two Elder Pedersens. Actually three but one of them pronounces it differently. It's really confusing because one of them is my DL/comp, one is my ZL and the last is my AP. The exchange went well but not too much happened.

This week I started at the beginning of the Book of Mormon again and I'm highlighting 4 things. References to Jesus Christ, Christlike attributes, words of Christ, and the doctrine of Christ according to the Book of Mormon which is faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. To me Christlike attributes has really stuck out to me. There are so many that I never thought about that are really cool to recognize and pop out as I looked for them. One in particular that stuck out to me that Elder Pedersen and I have talked about is desire. There is power in having the desire to serve, having the desire to learn, etc. I highly recommend highlighting a Book of Mormon this way!

I love all y'all! Have a great week!
And thus ended the first week of the third transfer

Elder Walker, Elder Pedersen, and I all happened to have matching ties!





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