So...
This has been a crazy last few days. So our Mission Christmas Conference
was yesterday. EVERYONE on the mission arrived in the stake center in
Cariacica. It is an enormous and beautiful chapel. It was my third or fourth
time in the chapel. I saw Elder Anderson, Elder Gneiting and past companions:
Elder Wilson, Elder Salvador, Elder Vieira, and Elder Collins. It was neat.
108 missionaries. We had presents, skits, and lots of neat stuff. I got a tie,
a glass, a cd of mission photos, and photos with lots of my missionary friends.
Then the transfer happened after. 58 of the 108 missionaries were transferred,
that is more than ever on my mission. I sat on a bench with Elder Anderson,
Elder Gneiting, and our three missionaries that we are training. That was
neat. Because we are training, we were not transferred. Only 17 of 54
companionships stayed the same. There are now Sisters in our zone. That is new
too. Zona Campos.
Except, everything went overtime and went
late. We went to the bus terminal in Vitória and learned (it was 7:30pm) that the next bus to Campos
would be leaving at 7:30 am. We had to have the secretaries come to the bus
terminal and pay to store all the bags at the luggage storage station and then
us and two other elders went to the secretaries house in Vitória to sleep (lucky
that I know my way around in Vitória super well). the Sisters went to Jardim da
Penha on the other side of Vitória to sleep. We slept without pjs, pillows,
etc. On old matresses on the ground. Very similar to my first days in Vitòria
when I slept on the ground in the same house 11 months ago.
Then the trip. We got to Campos around noon. We had to help one set of Sisters get on a bus that was already rolling out of the bus station and another to cross the road, get on a city bus, go to the other bus station, and get on a bus there that was already rolling away. And between the four sisters they had 9 or 10 gigantic bags. It took all 8 of us to make everything work. We got permission to send email today. PS. Our lunch today fell thru. So, it has been crazy. We are now living with a brand new Elder and an Elder from Argentina that Elder Hein trained (Elder Hein trained me too). Their names are Elder Cunha (new) and Elder Melivilo (Argentina). It will be interesting.
Then the trip. We got to Campos around noon. We had to help one set of Sisters get on a bus that was already rolling out of the bus station and another to cross the road, get on a city bus, go to the other bus station, and get on a bus there that was already rolling away. And between the four sisters they had 9 or 10 gigantic bags. It took all 8 of us to make everything work. We got permission to send email today. PS. Our lunch today fell thru. So, it has been crazy. We are now living with a brand new Elder and an Elder from Argentina that Elder Hein trained (Elder Hein trained me too). Their names are Elder Cunha (new) and Elder Melivilo (Argentina). It will be interesting.
I can´t believe that December is practically half over. One of the former
secretaries who met with us when we arrived in the airport in Vitória on our
first day went home yesterday. Reality check. Every day an adventure.
I am so grateful for the Gospel and for the peace and confidence it gives.
Any other source than Jesus Christ is incomplete.
Have a good week,
Feliz Natal e Boas Festas
Elder Bodily
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