Week 86: 15th Transfer! (Out of 17!)

Hey Family,

Scripture of the week: D&C 39:7, D&C 6:33-37

TRANSFER WEEEEEEEK. welp the dream team is being split up. Yup i still am not excited about it, but it is ok because that is what the Lord needs to happen in the mission right now. This is Elder Wells last transfer, so he will be heading back into the field to finish it off. Hes got a tough job ahead of him.  An area that president is thinking about closing down, and he is shot gunning it. So he has his work cut out for him. He'll do just fine though. ill miss working with him though thats for sure. But you all remember Elder Walker. He was in my district back in the lyndon days. He worked for Staci in high school, from Honeyville Uta?. Well he is going to be my new companion so that is pretty sweet. If i had to get a new companion i cant think of a better one to have, so itll be great. 

So the events of this week. Tuesday we had leadership meeting, and that went really well. We then drove the missionaries home, and stayed the night in Essex, it was just weird without the Polls there. When we got back to the office wednesday morning, Elder Pettingill the car man asked if we could help him go pick up some new cars. so we said of course. We drove to a jeep dealership where we had three jeep compass waiting for us. Now the compass would not be my first choice if i were buying a jeep, but its ok it was still super fun to drive a brand new jeep off of the lot without a companion. we were driving down the highway and i look out my window to see elder wells in his jeep recording a video of me on his camera. it was just a good

time. Wednesday thursday and friday we were in the office the whole day helping with transfers. we would be working on odd jobs and then pres would call us in periodically to "inspect" what he had done. It amazes me how much he trusts our judgement. By friday night he had all the transfers finalized, and that is when our lives got really crazy. There are 92 companionships in the mission, and this transfer 67 of them are getting shook up. that just made life wild this weekend. Tomorrow is of course transfer meeting. well elder wells and i had to sit down and decide how everyone is going to get to the meeting, to their new areas, when they will leave all of that good stuff. we were up till 2:30 sunday morning working on travel plans. It was a party. But we made it through in one piece. Sunday morning after a few hours of sleep we had to call out all of the travel plans to the zone leaders so they could call them out to the missionaries before church so they could arrange for rides. After that we spent the rest of the day getting phone calls from missionaries who thought they had a better way to get where they needed to go. But thats just the thing, the way we said is the way it is going to happen, so we did a lot of patch work yesterday. Because the way these travel plans work, if one person messes it up, then the whole thing falls apart. I make it sound like a really big deal, and you may think that is dumb, but it really is a big deal. Tomorrow morning will be the test to see if everyone gets to where they need to be on time. itll be a miracle if it works out. 

The Transfer board with Elder Wells! 

I'm not really sure what this week is going to bring for sure. we haven't had time to plan that far yet. All i know is this afternoon we are meeting President at the airport at 4 to pick up the new missionaries, and then spending the rest of the night with them. Tomorrow is transfer meeting, then we have to take a visa waiter to the airport so he can finally go to brazil. Wednesday morning we take all of the missionaries who are going home to the airport. should be an eventful week. 

Ah fair week. Probably one of my favorite weeks of the year. It is like a holiday for me. Cant wait to be able to go to cow shows again. Most missionaries start to miss things during the holidays, i just start to miss things during show season. But its ok im good with being weird. I will be looking forward to getting LOTS of PICTURES. and hearing how everything went. Yes the caps were a hint and a stern reminder to take and send me lots of pictures. 

What are we gonna do about the coyotes chasing the calves? we cant have that happening. guess we will have to start shooting them. Stupid coyotes. 

I am happy to hear grandma and grandpa zilles are improving in their health. Also happy to hear the good news about grandma norm. I will as always continue to keep her in my prayers. 

So before i go i just want to share an experience. With all the transfer mumbo jumbo yesterday we were late for church and missed the sacrament. we were both pretty upset about that. So we started scheming and decided we would attend the bedford ward to take the sacrament. It was a really neat feeling to be looking forward to the sacrament so much. im very glad i was able to partake of it. So my invitation to all of you this week is to make sure you are preparing for the sacrament properly. Each day you can prepare for it. I promise you will have an increase of the spirit in your life if each day  you will make a conscious effort to prepare for the sacrament. love you guys

cant wait to hear about the fair

Hold to the rod

Elder Zilles