Well, well, well, what can I say? If the subject line doesn’t sum up this week,
I don’t know what does.
Monday: This week
started off with saying goodbye to my 3 favorite families in Midvale: the C__s,
the O___s and Bro. Collingwood. I’m not
going to lie, I almost cried saying goodbye to all 3 of them. The C__s invited
us Elders and the O__s over on Monday night for my last supper. We had ribeye’s, T-bones, potatoes, beans and rolls
= the all-American meal. It was a
wonderful send off and I will deeply miss those wonderful folks.
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| Last Supper in Midvale |
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| Saying Goodbye is hard to do.. |
Tuesday was transfer day. I hopped on the transfer van early in the
morning. At the transfer pick up spot I
said goodbye to Elder Jorgenson, another Elder from Wisconsin who went home
this transfer. When I first arrived at
the mission home, I was one of three Elders from Wisconsin. Now, I am the last one remaining. I also said goodbye to Elder Perry. It was sad to say goodbye, but I couldn’t
waste any time lamenting because the van was going to leave with or without
me. I got off the transfer van in Benson,
AZ and I got picked up and taken to Sierra Vista to join my new companion, Elder
West. We then shopped and started unpacking
and such. Actually, first we had a
dinner with the W__ family, then we unpacked and called it a day. My new apartment is nothing to write home
about and neither was the six mile walk to dinner, lol (did I mention this is a
walking area?)
Wednesday: Wow, I
have never had a longer day in my life! We woke up, did studies and went to our
District Meeting. It was fun, we played a
scripture chase game - sort of, it’s kind of hard to explain. After our District Meeting, we had to walk
three miles to a lesson. We met with B__,
an investigator who is on track to being baptized. She knows it’s all true. Then, we tracted for 4 houses, then had to
walk several miles to dinner at Chipotle. We then got home and I slept so
bad that night because my back hurt so bad from all the walking. No other way to put it than it was a night
from hell.
Thursday was interesting. We didn’t have anything planned, so
we tracted all day until dinner, which was at six o’clock. Talk about a long, long day. I was beat. We didn’t find any new investigators, but I
did find about 8 blisters on my feet, lol. We had dinner at this place that was
famous for hot wings. The members who
took us there coaxed us into doing the Homicidal Wing Challenge = 20 wings
hotter than the blazing challenge. I was
unable to do it due to drinking so much water.
Twenty wings is a lot in general, plus all that water. However, Elder West enjoys spicy food, so he
smashed the challenge. We finished
up dinner and did some more contacting on the way home and then mercifully to bed.
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| Homicidal Wing Challenge |
We spent Friday walking and walking and we did some planning
and then more walking. We walked 45
miles in 4 days. I actually stared duct
taping the bottom of my socks to avoid getting any more blisters. Needless to
say, this area should defiantly be a bike area. I also got wickedly tan due to
the sun being about 15 feet away from the earth in Sierra Vista. Friday was brutal and I was sore and baked.
Saturday was a crazy crazy day. First, we got up bright and
early to help with a move. The move was the
equivalent to trying to fit 5 quarts of chocolate pudding into a 1 quart
bag. Hoarders, I tell yah!!! They
had the biggest U-Haul I’ve ever seen, plus 2 trailers and we still weren’t
able to fit everything in it. The ward
people were a little upset afterwards, lol.
After all of that, I got a call and got transferred Saturday
afternoon to the Benson, AZ area. So, we
went home and I repacked all of my stuff and moved to Benson. Think of Benson like being Gresham and Hartley
squished together. (two small towns in Wisconsin) Benson is smaller than Lordsburg, but has more
members. My new, new companion is Elder
Ramsden from Chino CA. He has been in
Benson for one transfer and goes home in 4 months. We live with some pretty sweet members, the
G___ family. We live in their back yard
in a fifth wheel. It’s actually super
nice. I have absolutely zero complaints about this area. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but wouldn’t
mind living here, lol. It’s about 40
miles east of Tucson and 40 miles north of Sierra Vista. After I got to
Benson sometime in the afternoon, we went to the Benson Ward Easter Party! It
was a blast!!
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| Home Sweet Home!! :) |
Sunday: We cover 3
wards in Benson, so needless to say, not counting Ward Counsel Meetings, we attended
7 hours of church. I was exhausted. We
had dinner with the B___ family and played basketball with their kids. It was a
blast.
I have a strong feeling that this might be one of my favorite
areas. It reminds me so much of Gresham, WI. = Mormonville out in the boonies. I love it out here!
Hopefully that answered all of the questions you may have,
if not I’m sorry because I’m exhausted beyond belief.
Love y’all
Elder Connor William Dickinson
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