This was insane. What a week. On preparation day we went golfing and tanned. Nothing crazy. I finished up packing in preparation for transfer day the following morning. It was sad leaving the Charlotte branch, I came to love a lot of people there. It was a hard goodbye to Elder Nelson. Love that Elder so much.
Tuesday was long and hectic. We arrived in Lansing where the T-van picked us up around 1045. Elder Tueller was whipping it so you already know I got shotgun. It was about an hour and 15 minute drive to Mount Pleasant which was the next stop. There were about 12 missionaries on this van, it was popping. We arrive in Mount Pleasant and I meet my new companion Elder Fonnesbeck. He is such a good Elder. I love him so much. It took a total of three and a half hours to travel to our apartment in Sault Ste Marie. Since we were driving for so long we decided to stop and take a picture at the Mackinac bridge as you may have seen on my profile. Also, since the bridge is 45 minutes from the top of our area we decided to go door knocking before I could even unpack. We did that for about 2 hours. We found 2 new friends to teach, let's go!
When we rolled up to the apartment… this place smelt bad. For the next two hours before I even decided to bring any of my stuff from the car into the house we deep cleaned. We were dripping sweat because we were cleaning so hard. Insane. Elders don't pick up after themselves. I am just being sent from area to area to clean up elders apartments. The following day we had to go to yhe store to stock up for the week since we just threw everything out and I deep cleaned the fridge/freezer. We dropped 150 bucks at Walmart, there goes all the money for the next two weeks. One of the meals we prepared was Enchiladas. Mom sent me the recipe and it did not disappoint. I did burn the Tortillas, but with the creamy Jalapeño it was celestial. So many Ws this week.
Background on good ole Elder Fonnesbeck. He is one of the funniest people I have ever met. He's from Gilbert like I said. He's an athletic boi, and he's been out for 4 and a half months. He is one of the best elders in the mission though, he is such an amazing teacher. When President told him that I'm coming up there he said,"We have to send the AZ boys up north during the summer because they couldn't handle it." AMEN to that. I am not complaining. Elder Fonnesbeck reminds me a lot of Hanks Wallace. He talks, acts, and looks like him. It's very strange, but funny.
One thing you got to know about up north is that the sun feels like it never goes down. The sun sets usually around 10pm and rises around 5am. It is crazy. We are about .5 miles from the border of Canada. The weather is still chilly. Some days the highs are around 50 degrees while others are 70 degrees and sunny. It jumps around from sweater weather to tanning. Michigan is built.
Crazy thing about the church building is that we don't have one. They rent out an office building that has three rooms. To my surprise there are two super nice computers in it though. Serving in the other two areas I have not had computers at the church, but when I come up to an area that doesn't even have a church building they have computers…I am not complaining! There are about 20 people who attend church and we are in charge of blessing and passing the Sacrament. It heavily consists of elderly woman, but it all starts there.
In the Soo we have gym passes. Every morning we go and grind about a 45 minute workout. On Wednesday we did legs… we did 5 sets of 12 reps and I went up to 235 pounds. It was not the move yall. I could barely move the following day. We don't miss days though, we are always hitting that gym that's 5 minutes from our apartment. There is a full indoor track, basketball court, free weights, and platforms. I am living lavish up here.
I've never laughed so much in my life than this past week. Elder Fonnesbeck and I literally feed off each other's energy. We cry every night. Elder Fonnesbeck Is a very funny Elder. It gets hard to write in my journals every night because we are laughing so much, but do not fret, I still finish writing everynight.
The success Elder Fonnesbeck and I have been having is so good. We are finding new people to teach everywhere we go. People are literally approaching us, WHAT. God is so good.
Today we are attempting to do Murph since we couldn't last week. We have a pull up bar, an indoor track, and everything necessary to do it. I might have already completed it while you are reading this. My body already aches. I love you all so much. This area is so amazing. I am still getting used to the weather, can't believe we are still wearing jackets sometimes. I love you! #FindTime4Me
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