Hey everyone!
CRAZIEST WEEK OF THE MISSION SO FAR!! First of all, we found another 13 people this week, and we have been progressing our friends BIG-TIME! And then also some crazy stories… it’s also been a full transfer!! LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!!
Tuesday
P-dayyyyyy! And a very fun one! We started out playing pickleball… one of the sisters in our district (Sister Adams) fractured her arm in a bike accident, so sadly they werent able to make it. But she still played volleyball?!?! And honestly still played well! We played for a few hours with the district, and Shawn (our recent convert) came as well! Then, we went to the church and played some board games! Then, we went to a complex and knocked around for a bit… Unfortunately Balls injured his knee… 🥺 Oh no!! Luckily though we’re doing an exchange and he’ll be in a car instead of on a bike at the YSA on the University of Arizona campus! And i’ll be with Elder Ashby!
Wednesday
These two upcoming days were the craziest of my mission so far! 😭 Elder Ashby and I started off talking to some old friends Jason and Evalina who seemed like they wanted to get back into meeting with us! We were going to have a pass-off lesson with the hermanas but the guy said he wasnt interested from his Ring doorbell… bruh! Then we helped these Filipino guys move! HUGE MISTAKE. First of all, it was really hot and they had us move like the heaviest furniture I’ve ever lifted… i only thought we were helping them put the stuff into the uhaul, but then they said they needed help moving it into the new apartment as well! Andddd so they made us RIDE IN THE BACK OF THE UHAUL! 😫 What’s even crazier is that they told us to just leave the back open!! Heck no! So we held on for our dear lives as we got hauled to the new apartment. Ashby and I definitely bonded over that terrifying experience! Then, we talked to some random people in a complex, and then hit a lesson with Nathan (with Shawn there!) Both the GOATs. Then, we met one of our friends on date named Ashton who was very philisophical and really wanted to talk to the “higher-ups.” ??? Idek but we eventually dropped him. We were going to exchange back, but Balls had torn his LCL and his leg was in pain, so we decided to wait to exchange back. So I had another night with Ashby, yay!
Thursday
Crazy start to the day!! As Ashby was showering, someone knocked on our door… i assumed it was Balls and Rahn, so i opened it in my garments (and shorts)… but no it was this guy wanting me to call 911 cause his car got stolen overnight? 😳 And then he texted his girlfriend on my phone asking her to call him? So i called 911 (for the first time ever) and eventually they needed his registration / license plate which he didnt have… Idek but eventually he just said thanks and went to go figure it out for himself… and I went back to cooking! This all happened in like the first 30 minutes of the day… then, we had zone conference with an area seventy (who actually spoke in this year’s April General Conference!) named Elder Larreal! He was SO awesome and funny! Then, we went to Cane’s for lunch, ran through some contacts, and played some volleyball! 🏐 Our friend David came as well as Shawn! We had dinner with the Maxfield’s, and i got to show them some magic tricks!
Friday
Today was packed!! Started off with going by Nathan in the morning (we accidentally woke up him, oops!) But he’s still doing well! He’s unfortunately going through lots of pain but he’s thugging it out! Then we had a pass-off with the Hermanas (which went really well! It was a girl on baptism date!) And then the hermanas helped us do my FAVORITE THING OF THE WEEK! There’s a lady in the ward named Sister Cox who turned 99 today! 🎂 So I made a bunch of paper hearts and put them on her door… and the hermanas made her cookies! And then we all sung happy birthday to her! We then got fattened up by Brinda, who fed us some of the best tacos I’ve ever had… she’s Mexican, and so everything was homemade! And we invited them to church! We then met with Rafael, our Filipino friend… he said he’s “not ready” for church cause he’s so busy… but we’ll keep meeting with him! Then we taught our friend Kevin Karnes the restoration!
Saturday
Pretty good day! We went by some referrals to start, and did a church tour with this tuff guy named Cody, and his son AJ (who’s 6 years old)! Then, we got lunch from the Long’s, who gave us pizza!! 🍕 Then, we got fed MORE pizza from the Peterson’s! We were gonna meet with Samuel, but he randomly didnt show up! Bruh!
Sunday
Brinda and Mike came to church! And we had ward conference, so we got to hear from the stake presidency! The rest of the day was pretty chill, talked to a lady named Cindy West who was reallyyyy going through it and needed comforting. We also talked to this guy named James, who we found calling! He’s an old guy who basically lost his entire family in the past year… but we taught him the plan of salvation and that seemed to give him comfort! We are likely going to put him on date soon! 🌤
Monday
Today I found out that i’m going to be with Elder Banta!! I heard he’s awesome, and we talked a little bit and i’m HYPED! And ofc sad to see Elder Balls go, he was a goat. But happy for him since he’s off a bike now! We had district council, meet with a few people, and then Brother Escarcega fed us dinner! 😋 He’s the best, he gave me a doll and contact solution?!? And then Elder Balls got ANOTHER flat tire on the way back to the apartment. Poor guy!
TLDR
The end of the transfer is over!! Overall amazing transfer! I’m so happy that I started my training here, and I’m looking forward to leading the area here with Elder Banta!
Byeeeee everyone!
Elder Andrew Hyun
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