Dear Fam,
Well I got transferred. Monday night the
call came in and I left Foggia. I got transferred to a city about 3 hours south
called Taranto. We were "blown-in" and "opened up" a
companionship meaning me and my comp are both new to the city and there weren't
missionaries here previous to us. Currently, there are already a pair of Elders
there but they decided to add another one so we came in. So that's exciting....
kinda. Haha
It was sad to leave Foggia though. I was
honestly really bummed. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent saying a lot of
goodbyes to people, doing a lot of laundry, and resentfully packing my things.
To be honest I didn't want to leave Foggia at all so saying goodbyes was hard.
It was hard to leave a city after having accomplished so much. Our friends were
sad to see me go and I was equally as sad to leave them. Tears were shed, but
not my own. (Insert picture of a Bull) I guess God has a plan for all of us and
this is a part of mine. I will hope that this is the case. But looking back
before I got to Foggia I had heard of other missionaries talking down on it.
Now having served in and left the city, I can honestly say Foggia was one of my
favorite times in my mission. I learned a lot and loved a lot. Had a lot of
fun. Met a lot of great people and was surrounded by the best. Like Dr. Seuss
once said "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened". Well
at least I think that's who said that and I think that's how the quote goes but
I'm not really sure haha.
Well, now I'm in Taranto. It's a pretty
big city in southern Puglia. It's on the ocean and has a real big port so big
ships are coming in and out all the time. The missionaries just recently got a
new house (the other one was horrible and disgusting). The new house is
awesome. It's new and it's on the 16th floor. So we have a cool view. Since we
just arrived though and the house wasn't equipped for 4 missionaries, me and my
comp don't have study desks or closets or like anything except beds hahaha. All
my stuff is still in my suitcases. I might live out of it for the next 5 weeks.
My companions name is Anziano Talon Bates. He is from Gilbert, Arizona. We were
actually in the MTC together so we started our mission together and in 5 weeks
we will finish together. So that's neat. The church here in Taranto is pretty
big. We have a nice church building and lots of members coming each week. So
that's cool.
So the next 5 weeks will be interesting.
Since we are opening up this companionship here we don't have the work of previous
missionaries to really work off of. We are basically starting from scratch.
Which kinda sucks. But I guess God wants to see if we're gunna work hard or
roll over and die before we finish our missions. I don't plan on rolling over
and dying though so it's going to be an uphill battle for the next little
while. I'm okay with it though. We have a lot of people here willing to help
us. My companion and I are both very experienced. We got a lot going for us so
we will hope for the best.
Well that's about it for this week. I
love you all and hope you have a good week.
Anziano zyskes
Goodbyes from Foggia
PDay Action
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