WEEK 75 - FoCo MISSIONARY

Hey everyone, it's me again, Elder Z.S.Weber. Once more, I am

reporting in from the Mariana Butte Ward in Loveland, Colorado.

However, by the end of tomorrow, that will have changed. Yep, you

guessed it—six weeks have come and gone since the last Transfers, when

I got Elder NeVille as a companion. Now, the Transfers are on us

again, and the news has left me pretty depressed these last few days.

So, sorry if I don't sound as excited as I normally do today, or if I

choose to just glance over the actual events of the week. I mean,

between getting packed up for the Transfer and pushing through this

cloud of grief floating around me, I won't have a lot of time for

emailing this week.

Anyways, on to the week. To be honest, though, there wasn't much that

happened this week. I mean, we all knew that Transfers were coming up,

and that some among us would be leaving. So, we in our district—one of

the funnest and hardest-working districts I've ever served in—decided

to find as many chances to spend time together and hang out. On P-Day,

we all went to Fly-High and just spent the afternoon bouncing around.

We sat and chatted amongst ourselves for a while after District

Meeting on Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday we all went to a

fast-food place to eat (Chick-fi-la on Thursday, Freddy's Burgers on

Friday). Then, on Saturday night, we all met up again at the Taysoms'

(a senior missionary couple that work in the mission office) to hear

the Transfer News.

 

Which brings me to the main point of my email. Like I said before,

this news has left me pretty depressed these last few weeks, and let

me tell you why. Never before have I had such an awesome district as

the one I've been in these past few weeks. We all get along really

well, work hard, and know how to have fun while on the mission. I

would've loved to stay another six weeks, especially with Elder

NeVille—who has very little similar to me besides a love for Country

Music—as my companion. In fact, I was certain that me and Elder

NeVille would be together another Transfer, and that it would be

Elders Thompson and McMillan that would be separated. But, sadly that

is not how the Transfer News went.

Starting Tuesday of this week, so the nineteenth, I will be the senior

missionary in the Prairie Ridge Ward in the Fort Collins Stake. My new

companion is one Elder Anderson, a fairly 'green' missionary from

Canada. There are some familiar names in my new district (Elder

Wangsgard and Elder Muir...where have I heard that second name,

though...?), but for the most part I know very little about my new

area and fellow missionaries. Meanwhile, Elder NeVille is staying in

the Lakeside District, which hasn't really changed all that much

besides losing me. Even Thompson and McMillan are still companions,

which is a complete shocker considering how long the both of them have

been in the area. Elder NeVille's new companion is Elder Mortensen

(you might remember him from my Boulder Days), so life should be fun

for him.

So, yeah, that's the run-down on Transfers. Like I said, it's a little

depressing. I mean, not only am I losing an awesome district and

companion, but for the first time in a long time, I've started to see

a lot more forward progression in the work. People are starting to

show interest, we're starting to get in with families and

investigators, and just at the start of the change...I'm taken

somewhere else. I'm sure Heavenly Father has a reason for me to be

going to Fort Collins now. If He didn't, I wouldn't be going there. My

one question in my mind, though, is what I accomplished in Mariana

Butte Ward that fulfilled my work there.

Well, that's it from me. Sorry it's so short—hopefully next week's is

longer and more upbeat. So, until then, hope to hear from y'all again

soon and have a great week. Stay Epic, My Friends.

—Elder Z.S.Weber