Hey guys!
Well my first transfer in Fallon came and went. We got transfer news and I am staying here in Fallon with Elder Takemori for another transfer so that's dope but the megadistrict is getting disbanded and there's some people leaving that I wish were hanging around here for a little bit longer. Both Tonopah and Hawthorne got closed down so those 4 guys are leaving and then Sister Wilkes is getting booted after one transfer and she's getting sent to Ely. Ely in in the middle of nowhere and is literally hundreds of miles away from anything else and there hasn't been Sisters there for like 30 years so Wilkes is making history haha. Sisters in Ely is probably the craziest change but there were other changes that surprised me too. It's lowkey really wierd looking at the transfer board because it is so different from what it used to be when President Dunn was here and I am older than everyone on it in mission age. It's crazy to think I've been out here for nearly 18 months and I'm so grateful for all the memories and relationships I've made. A word of advice to the ones that are reading that haven't gone on your mission yet or are just started. Make memories and have and make fun wherever you are. I lowkey wasn't the biggest fan of Fallon the first week or 2 but dang I'm pretty bummed that the megadistrict is gone. Don't take anytime for granted. Live in the moment and thank God for all that has been given. Anyways here's how my week went
Monday
It was a pretty fun pday. We did a ton of stuff. In the morning we went and disc golfed at the new course that we helped put in. There's no layout right now so i just made my own and we played it. The hermanas and the Sheckler sisters were with us so that was fun. Afterwards we all went out and got ice cream. After that we went bowling with most of the district. It was a fun day.
Tuesday
In the morning we had service cleaning out this lady's backyard and that was fun. The 2nd ward elders, hermanas, and Sheckler sisters were all there. Its always so fun doing service with other missionaries. After we finished up there we had our last district council of the transfer. We had a testimony meeting at the end and that was great. The megadistrict was so fun and Im glad that I was able to be apart of it. Its gonna be weird not having 18 people at district coucil again haha. We did a district potluck lunch afterwards and made transfer predictions. I love doing these but holy crap the board was so big because there was 18 people to make picks so thats a total of 324 predictions haha. We got it done though. The afternoon was spent helping Nikki put gravel in her yard. 2nd ward and sheckler were with us so it made it go quicker. After dinner we went to mutual and helped the youth finish building some tables.
Wednesday
We were supposed to have service with Liz's husband at their ranch but when we got there he decided to cancel so we were pretty bummed that we weren't gonna be hanging out with some bulls haha. Instead we headed home and cleaned up the apartment because we had a housing inspection and the lady that does them is really strict and takes it way too seriously. After we cleaned we went to the Life Center and wiped down all the tables and then had our housing inspection afterwards. After that we went and did service with the !Hermanas and Sheckler sisters cleaning up a horse pen. Sister Wilkes and Hansen were some clowns because they would not tell us if they had gotten a call from President regarding transfers or not so i was stressing out and they loved seeing us tripping over it haha. Eventually they gained my trust back when they said they didn't get a call haha. That service was pretty fun though. After that we went to Azteca with the Johnsons and that was really fun. They are less active but they like us so hopefully we can keep developing a good relationship with them. After dinner we went and proselyting in a neighborhood and went contacted a couple of people and unfortunately we had to drop them because they aren't interested...
Thursday
We had a great lesson with Allan in the morning and then we helped the Hollidays move some stuff at their house. They took us to Julios afterwards so that was awesome. After that we did our weekly planning and then we went and watched a quarter of the JV football game because some of the youth are on the team. Afterwards we had our volleyball night which is always fun. We are still working on getting more people there but regardless its fun with whoever shows up. Sister Hansen showed us some yoga so Ill send a picture of us doing yoga haha.
Friday
We had service in the morning with a guy that the Spanish elders found. We had 10 elders there which was a bit much but it was still fun. We caught some big lizards there and we kept them haha. Elder Takemori and I have been catching stuff all transfer but everything we have caught has died even though we try to keep it alive so I think we are gonna stop doing it so more things can live. After the service we had a long discussion with a pastor at his house about several different beliefs. His name is Steven and we found him the week before and this was our first time talking. After that we did some graphic creating and then went to dinner. We had basketball after that and that was fun.
Saturday
We went over to the same lady that we helped on Tuesday and helped her break the law. She literally had us dump all of her trash on the street which is literally street dumping which isn't ok. Oh well haha. If we get caught it was not just us but the hermanas and sheckler sisters street dumping lol. After that I made pancakes for the 6 of us at our apartment (don't worry the sisters didn't come in haha). We didnt have syrup unfortunately so that was pretty sucky but it was still fun hanging out haha. We also had service with the Sanches' and they fed us afterwards. I was playing with the lighter during service and I burned a hole in a random plastic water bottle not thinking much of it. Well during lunch Sister Sanches' goes to drink but instead of it going out the top it goes through the hole I burned and it gets all over her. Turns out it was her water bottle I burned
whoops. I apologized and explained what happened and thankfully she had a good sense of humor and said it was ok. Don't go around burning holes in random bottles to avoid this haha. The rest of the day was spent on exchanges with Elder Hovey. Our dinner canceled so I called up the Huntzingers and it turned out so well because they were going to a birthday party for Sister Hallberg so we had an incredible dinner with the whole Hallberg family. There was so much food and we were so full by the end.
whoops. I apologized and explained what happened and thankfully she had a good sense of humor and said it was ok. Don't go around burning holes in random bottles to avoid this haha. The rest of the day was spent on exchanges with Elder Hovey. Our dinner canceled so I called up the Huntzingers and it turned out so well because they were going to a birthday party for Sister Hallberg so we had an incredible dinner with the whole Hallberg family. There was so much food and we were so full by the end.Sunday
It was the primary program at church so church was awesome. After church we had lunch and comp study and then had a Bible Study with Granny B. After that we had dinner with the Johnsons and Irvings and they made curry so I loved that! After dinner we contacted some of our friends that were trying to teach and then the moment we've all been waiting for arrived and that was transfer news. Us and 2nd ward pulled up to Sister Wilkes and Hansens place and we all sat on their porch waiting for the news. Well the news came and holy crap the whole mission got changed again and even more things that don't make sense happened. This upcoming transfer is gonna be way different than this last one but that's ok. I'm glad the megadistrict ever happened but its now disbanded and some of my favorite missionaries this transfer are leaving..... oh well
Lesson Reviews
Allan
He read 1 Nephi: 3-5 so we discussed what he read. After that we read 1 Nephi: 6-7 and discussed what principles we learned from reading it. We will be reading 1 Nephi 8 and doing a deep dive into the Tree of Life vision with him.
Steven
We had an interesting conversation him. He is a preacher at a Baptist church. He isn't interested at all but wants to talk about our beliefs. It was like a bash but not at the same time. We talked about faith, works, and being saved by grace. We really talked all of the Plan of Salvation and discussed the similarities and differences of our beliefs. He was definitely trying to talk above us and confuse us but I think we held our ground pretty well. It's crazy to think that no other 19-20 year old in the world is going head to head with a pastor who has literally gone to school for what they do and we somehow are able to have a high level discussion with him because we are missionaries haha.
Granny B
We worked on her puzzle for a little bit and has some cake and then we read from Psalms 19 and discussed what we learned from what we read. She goes to the church that Steven is the pastor for so we understand why she is pretty adamant about not reading from the Book of Mormon based on our conversation with Steven the other day. She is a great lady though and hopefully one day she will want to learn about our church.
Well thats it from this week. This upcoming week is pretty basic and we will just be getting to know the new people coming in and hopefully we can replicate somewhat of the fun we had with the megadistrict. Thanks for the continued prayers coming my way and I'll talk to yall next week!
I love yall
Elder Proctor
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