WEEK 58 - MOVE ALONG

Hey everybody, how y'all doing today? It's just me again, Elder Z.S.Weber, checking in again from Erie, Colorado, with an update on how my life as a missionary is going in the Colorado Fort Collins Mission. Now, before we get anywhere, you might recall that in my last email I told y'all that Elder Hale was going to take over the driving from now on. Anyone remember that? Well, fast forward to today...everything about this was a bad idea. Now, I'll admit, I'm not the best driver, so the people in the Mission Office must've thought it'd be a great idea to put Elder Hale in control. No it was not. At least now he understands why I always jumped five feet in my seat whenever the TIWI would come on, "CHECK YOUR SPEED!!" And, on the other hand, now I see why he always laughed so loudly when that happened, as well.

Anyways, on to the week. This week was very interesting, as we were working around the new changes that came from the Transfers last week. The first change was that District Meeting was now on Thursdays, and like a half-hour drive away from our home. It's like Nebraska all over again! Heck, the building we now meet in is actually the the same building as the Mission Office for the Colorado Denver North Mission. Why that's in our mission boundaries, I have no idea. However, there are some new and familiar faces in our District. Elder Earl, from my first District, is there, as well as Elder Taylor, who I believe I remember from that same Zone, and Elder Anderson, from the Nebraska Zone. All in all, it seems like a pretty all-right group. They're serious about the work, but not so serious that they can't have fun, too.

Another major change was our service. Because we now have District Meeting on Thursday, our Thursday service at EFAA now has to be bumped up a couple hours in order to get to it and get work done. This week, actually, we had to uproot yet another bush (just how many bushes are we gonna end up uprooting?!) and prune some of the other bushes up. Luckily, our friends Elders Mortensen and Olson needed to move their service up, as well, so we were able to have an enjoyable time pruning. Elder Olson even got up into the tree that was beside the bushes we were working on, and pruned some dead branches that were getting in the way. I can tell you right now, I would've not done the same. First of all, I can't even get up into the tree, and second of all, I'd just cling to the trunk for dear life, unable to do anything productive.

That's pretty much everything major that changed with Transfers though. Things are pretty much the same as they were before Transfers. Heck, we still see Elders Olson and Mortensen on a nigh daily basis. After all, we're both in the adjacent wards and areas, we have service in the same places. Last Saturday, even, we were at the same dinner at the Stake Center. Work's still going slow, but I hope things get better as time moves on. Sorry that I don't have a spiritual message this week...things are just draining right now—mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, everything. Still, there's always positive in the future. If we work harder, and stay more focused, we should be able to get out of this funk of ours, and move along.

Hope to hear from y'all again soon.

—Elder Z.S.Weber