Well, this week was another REALLY
crazy one! It was transfer week, which is always the craziest week of the
transfer. You know what the second craziest week of the transfer is? MLC ( Mission Leadership Conference) week. And
guess what!? Thursday was transfers, and Friday was MLC! We did them both in
one week!!! How's that for CRAZY!? haha
Monday we had some fun playing
basketball, then went to the office to get a head start on the week and that
was pretty much the whole day! Monday evenings are when we make leadership
calls to let people know of new leadership assignments. So, we did that then,
too.
Tuesday was packed. We had district
meetings in the morning and went straight from there to the "Train the
Trainers" meeting at the mission home. After the meeting, we just stayed
there all night. We had dinner with the Riggs family and talked a LOT! It was
super productive though. We got all our ducks in a row for transfers, MLC and
zone conferences, which start tomorrow. We made transfer calls from the mission
home, too, then after that, went back to the office for another late night!
Wednesday is always one of my
favorite days. AIRPORT DAY!!! I LOVE picking up the new missionaries from the
airport. It's one of the best moments EVER! It brings me back to my early days,
seeing the anticipation and excitement all at once! This transfer was unique
because we had more sisters than elders! 8 sisters and 3 elders! It was crazy!
After picking them up, we brought them back to the mission home for their first
dinner out here and some orientation stuff. After that, we sat down to
double-check if the new missionaries were with the right trainers. After we got
that figured out, we had a great opportunity to just talk with President and
Sister Riggs. Elder Riggs and I love just picking their brain about things.
Thursday was transfers! It was
insane, as usual. We started early, and had a whole bunch of technology to set
up because we were watching the Saratov Approach in the cultural hall after as
part of our meeting. So, we were scrambling to get bluray players and speakers
and lapel mics all set up, and we made it!!! Our office elders are pros, we
couldn't have made it without them.
Friday, we sent off a couple more
really good friends. They boarded the plane and disappeared into the sunset. We
went straight from the airport to MLC, and straight from there to an exchange!
Saturday after we got back from the exchange, we went on another, emergency
exchange, which we were on until late last night... And that's been our week!
This week, in addition to the many
other transfer weeks I've lived through has helped me to see and gain a
testimony of the oath and covenant of the priesthood. It says, in the doctrine and
covenants that "whoso is faithful unto . . . the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies." I've seen in a
very literal way, my body be renewed as I give my all to the calling I'm in
right now, in particular this assignment. There's no logical way I should still
have energy to operate, and yet, I'm invigorated! It's a huge blessing seeing
the Lord bless me and my companion and all the others who are serving here according
to our diligence and trying to magnifying of our callings.
Well,
I'm excited for another week here, and another transfer of insaneness! We have
one (1) day this transfer that doesn't have some sort of meeting.... It'll be
fun!
Love
you all!!
-Elder
Hodgson
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