New Stake! (Ch7: Lake Wheeler, W5)

And it came to pass in the fifth week of the sixth transfer...

Our friend Tammy is so elect! She has a super strong testimony of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. She is "giddy" and wants to be baptized so much! She is also already sharing the gospel and telling everyone about the Book of Mormon. She is going through so much and she is determined to not let it stop her. Every time she visits she tells us she knows it is Satan because every time she tries to come closer to God bad things happen and she isn't going to let it stop her this time!

Mike and Sandy unfortunately have decided to postpone their baptisms indefinitely. I'm really sad about it.

I had an exchange with Elder LaRose. He gave me a haircut! It was a good much needed exchange. He forgot his stuff so we had to drive back down and back up so we didn't get back until after 10pm. Then he forgot to get the SIM card back from Elder Freeman when we exchanged back so we drove back down and back up again. The we drove there and back again for the adult session of stake conference.

There is a new stake! I am now serving in the Raleigh East Stake instead of the Raleigh South Stake! The Raleigh Stake is now the Raleigh West Stake.

Fun Statistics:

Months in North Carolina: exactly 8

Transfers served: 6 (almost)

Areas: 3

Wards: 3

Zones: 3

Ward conferences: 2

Stake Conferences: 3

Stakes: 4

Stakes formed in North Carolina in the last 6 weeks: 3

Stakes formed in the southeast this year: 16

"that is on pace with Africa! You are the Africa of North America!!"

-Elder Vargas, general authority 70

I love all y'all!

And thus ended the fifth week of the sixth transfer

Some members took us out to the amazing Mexican restaurant! This is what I got!

My haircut

June 1, 2026

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