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| from left to right...Elder Roberts (trained by Elder Bagley), Newly called Zone Leader...Elder Odland , Elder Bagley, and Elder Odland's New Companion Elder Hinrichson |
Thursday we had
Transfers!
Now before I talk about
what happened, I'm going to go back to Tuesday!
:p
Tuesday is the day that
President Vest does leadership calls.
So we were busy doing
our normal thing and were about to get on our bikes
to go to an appointment.
It was then that I
heard Elder Fallon answer the phone... and then I hear him say,
"Yeaup, my
companion is right here!"
and comes over and
hands me the phone.
At this point I'm like,
uh ohhhhh :-D.
So I take the phone and
I see that it's President Vest... So I answer and
he proceeds to extend
the calling to serve as a Zone Leader!
....And of course I
accept and thank him.
At that moment I knew I
was leaving Lee's Summit!!
Mixed emotions rushed
over me.
It was sad because I
was really enjoying the sweet people of Lee's Summit
and my great companion,
Elder Fallon.
But I know we have to
move on sometime.
I am excited to begin
my new calling as Zone Leader and
pray for the Lord's
help to do a good job.
So Wednesday we visited
some of the sweet members I have come to know
and I said my
good-byes.
And then Thursday we
went to transfers!
I am now serving
in......
The Olathe, Kansas 1st
Ward as a Zone Leader
with my new companion, Elder
Hinrichson!
He is an awesome Elder!
He is eager to learn and to serve and
he is super funny.
I think we will get along really well!
My first day in the
area went well! We had to do a lot of logistical work.
We sorted out the miles
driven for each of the 13 companionships in the zone.
This took some time!! :-D
We also visited a few of the members and met
the ward mission leader.
My second day in the
area we helped a family move! We emptied one of those huge U-haul trucks. I
actually really enjoyed it. It was nice to do some
manual labor that didn't
take much thinking! :-D
and it was a good workout!
It has been a little stressful with this
transfer since there is a big transition
of responsibilities
that I now have.
But I'm doing
good. :-D
And one of the greatest
things about this new area, is
that 80% of the work that is done here
is Spanish!
And ... I have a Spanish speaking companion!
So that will help me
out a lot in learning more Spanish. It has been a bit difficult because I am
really rusty after being in a mostly English speaking area for the past couple
of months.
But I will keep working
hard at it and give it my best! :-)
On Saturday we had MLC
(Missionary Leadership Council) but this one was a special one.
We were blessed with a
visit from a general authority....
President Suarez (president
of the Seventy).
MLC is a meeting where the Zone Leaders and
sister Training Leaders are trained onthings that the mission
needs to do or change.
We then bring those
trainings to the Zone at a Zone training, which is kind of like a big District
meeting! So I had an awesome time hearing President Suarez and he gave some
awesome advice and trainings! And now on Tuesday we will have Zone Training!
So it should be super
sweet!
I'm hoping and praying I
do well.
As a District Leader, I
only had 6 missionaries to train,
now I have 26 missionaries! :-0
At church, on Sunday, I
met the Ward Mission Leader and
what a great man he is.
He is so on top of
things and so willing to spread the gospel ... it's amazing!
I had a warm welcome
from the ward and
I am excited to be here in Olathe, Kansas.
Adios with much Love,
Elder Odland
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