Monday, November 26, 2012
HI Mom!
It was a good week. We stayed pretty busy for the most part! Ok so
big news... I'm getting transferred! To Santa Barbara to be a zone leader
again. Haha crazy. So I’m staying in the same zone, just moving 45 min away. My
new companion is elder Fullmer from So Jo Utah. He’s way nice and I’ve served
around him before in Bakersfield. He was my district leader in Tehachapi. He
goes home 6 weeks after me, so that’s crazy. This is the last transfer of my
mission. Its crazy how time flies! President called me last night, so here I
am. Haha all over again! But I've learned alot since last time, and there is a
lot I’m going to do different. Elder Fullmer is really a fun missionary and
really gung ho, so I’m excited! This 6 weeks will go fast!
For Thanksgiving we had pie for
breakfast at the Bishop's, and the other missionaries came, and they played
basketball with the youth. Then we had dinner at the Bishops (We made 28 people) and it
was good! Then we went to
another dinner at Vandenburg with some non-members in the other area. It was
pretty good! The turkey tasted like beer though, I think they marinated it in
it. Yikes! Then Tamales at a Spanish members house. A lot of food!! I didn't eat
breakfast the next day! I was way full. Good holiday though, and So much to be
thankful for. I'm trying to do the journal, its hard though with all the stuff
we have to do. But I’m trying!! I also do thankful prayers at night. I don't
ask for anything, just thank. :)
Just send whatever for Christmas, I don't really care, and like you
said, I will want to get stuff when I get home, so just save it, haha! Treats
and letters would be nice. Nothing I have to bring home.
There is a family here that went to school in Poky and love Idaho
and are going to visit the 1st week of Jan, so I'm sending them with a box of
things. They have family in IF, so they will come drop it off. There is a
letter for you on top, and we'll just open it when I get home. Its honestly just
junk, but junk i want. Also those pants you sent me, haha.
They put up a christmas tree in the foyer of our church, and so we
offered to do service and decorate it (Mainly me, haha). So last night we were
struggling to find things to do (and president called, so i was all freaked
out), so we went to the church and put it all together and decorated it. You
would be so proud haha! It looks good.
It has definitely been one of the hardest transfers of my mission,
this last one, but I’ve grown a lot. I think mostly it was just to try me, but
I'm doing better now. Last night we visited a less active that I love dearly
(Sis. Craycraft) and told her I was leaving, and she said that I helped her a
lot, and she definitely helped me a lot. She crochets, and showed us an afghan
she made for her daughter that has a big cross in Burgundy on it. Then she went
back across the room and got it and gave it to me. She said that she had been
feeling that she should give it to me, but knew that we don't use the cross,
but then really felt that she should give it to me. It was so sweet of her! I
think she is defiantly one of the reasons I was here.
So now to Santa Barbara.. The Goleta Valley ward in Goleta and the
El Camino YSA ward in Santa Barbara and Isla Vista (UCSB, one of the biggest
party schools in the US, we called it Sodom and Gomorrah). I'm pretty excited.
Being a zone leader will be busy, so this time will fly for me. That’s good,
and I'm excited.
Thank you so much for the package! I loved it, and LOVE the
Christmas music! MOTAB is great. Thank you mom! I love and appreciate you so
much! Keep up the support! Keep in touch, I love you so much
--
Elder Matthew Monk
California Ventura Mission
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Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2013 -
