Week 25

Well, this week has been stressful to say the least.

Monday, was the last P-Day with Elder Valdez (my trainer) before he
went home. We ate at Fogo de Chao then we
went around the town and took some pictures of Kansas City. We
finished off at the church with a little basketball before we said bye
for what would be the last time. We planned on seeing each other that
night at the Historic Liberty Jail where we were both going to take
investigators/recent-converts on a tour, but during the tour Elder
Valdez called and said that his grandma had passed away and that he
wouldn't make it, he was going.home the next morning, he would have
gone home Friday anyways, so it was just like 3 days early. But that
was rough to say goodbye over the phone like that, especially when we
planned on seeing each other one last time Thursday. 

Tuesday we did our Mormon.org time then walked to the Liberty
Jail to get our journals from the sisters who had signed them. After
the jail we went and tried to visit a few people and had dinner with the
A. family -  who are awesome. Well, we were supposed to get our transfer
calls that night, but our Zone Leaders text us and told us that we
weren't going to get them until Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, man it was suspenseful!!! Usually on Tuesday, leadership
calls go out - that is where the mission president calls people who
will be put into new leadership assignments in the upcoming transfer -
so you have an idea of what's going to happen because of the calls.
This transfer nobody got them so we had no idea what was going to
happen. So, we sat most of the morning just waiting for the transfer
call and it finally came at around 9:30ish... Going into the call I
thought I might be leaving because I had been in Lib 2 for 3 transfers
and my comp had been there for 1, but I STAYED and Elder Child's is
going to the Overland Park 1 ward! I am going to be in the Liberty 2
ward for the first about 6 months of my mission, and I am training a
new missionary here which is really comforting since I know the area.
Well the rest of the day we went and said bye to people.

Thursday was transfers and I got my companion. His name is Elder
Anderson, he is from Eagle Mountain, Utah. We got his stuff loaded up
and then Papa Birch (he's an older member from the Lib 1 Ward that we
do service for and he is like a dad to the missionaries) he took us
and the Lib 1 elders (now elders Amosa from West Jordan and Wininger
from Gilbert Arizona) out to eat at Red Robin. After lunch we got
home, Elder Anderson unpacked and rested. We went and set up his IPad
at the church. Then had dinner at the K. family's - they are an AMAZING
family in the Ward. After dinner we had correlation at the Historic
Liberty Jail.

Friday we did our studies, which with my hour of language study, the
extra hour for the 12 week program, which is a program to help
missionaries adjust to doing the missionary things in the first 12
weeks of the mission, and lunch, we leave the house at around 1. So we
tried a few people out, then did our weekly planning at the church.
After the weekly planning we set up some chairs for a ward party -
we set up 70 chairs, then visited with
a member and they drove us to dinner. After dinner the member drove us
to the church for the activity.

Saturday we did some service at a thrift store near our house with
the Liberty 1 that went a little longer than expected so we had to
rush home and change, the rush to dinner. After dinner we went around
trying out some potentials and got a few referrals from people who
weren't interested!

Sunday we did studies then went to church. Sacrament was about how
the gospel brings hope and peace. Sunday school was about the Sabbath
and we went with the priests quorum but we didn't have time for a
lesson really. After we had dinner we visited with a
member. After that, we taught a young man in the Ward a youth lesson.

This week was a little stressful, but my new companion and I get along
great, and I am looking forward to this transfer! I love you all, have
a great week!
 Elder Hinrichsen