April 30, 2013
Hello Everybody,
Well Sunday night we got a phone call the ZL's (zone
leaders), they told us that P day (Preparation Day – the day they get their laundry
done, groceries, email home, …) has been moved to Tuesday. We still don’t know why and we are supposed
to get our subsistence (monthly allowance) on the 28th of each month. So we were planning on getting it on Monday...
we still don’t have that either... that’s life though! It’s all fun and games out here in Africa. (I found out that Saturday was a national
holiday in Sierra Leone and so the banks, many internet café’s and other
businesses were closed on Monday, so I’m sure they decided to push Pday to
Tuesday so that those who were in Sierra Leone could do what they needed to do
on their Pday while businesses were open. The mission home is in Sierra Leone, maybe
they had problems with the bank closures that caused the delay on the subsistence
thing. Since Collin is in Liberia he
didn’t see any reason for the Pday to be moved)
So transfer news came last week on Tuesday while we were moving
into the new apartment. It was a good
time to pack because I got transferred.
I got transferred to a new area, and a new zone. It’s totally different but still good. My new companion is Elder Marondera from
Zimbabwe, he has been out for about 9 months and is my district leader as
well. Very interesting to see how a DL
works. We get along great. We teach a little differently but we will
figure out a good teaching pattern that works for both of us. I got transferred
to Thinkers Village, but when the people say it, it sounds like
Tinkervillage. It’s the closest area to the
airport that missionaries are in right now.
It’s a good area, the people are good, and it seems like they have a lot
more money on this side. Hard to explain when you can’t see it. It’s something you have to see to understand
completely.
My branch is relatively new and because of it, and how big
the area is, we have 2 sets of missionaries.
We have a new meeting house, Sunday was the second time it was
used. The building is about 200 feet
away from our apartment. It’s kinda
nice. I live with Elder Tolar (Texas) and Elder Udotim (Nigeria). Our apartment is small but it’s really
nice. We don’t have power all night but
I sleep next to the window and we get an ocean breeze all night so I sleep
good. Rainy season is starting soon so
it will start to be cooler weather.
We had 9 people get baptized on Saturday and then confirmed
on Sunday during church. Church was very
interesting. When we woke up we got a
call saying President Roggia was coming to our service... oh boy.. but it was
great, a little stressful because he wanted the baptism records before he left
so we had to hustle and get that done and get interviewed at the same
time. Nothing about missionary work is
easy. Saturday and Sundays are always
stressful.
All missionaries have to have one bad hair cut right? Well I got mine out of the way yesterday. Good thing my hair grows fast. Next time I'll cut it myself. Lesson learned...Not a whole lot to talk about this week because most of it was moving, packing, and cleaning. I’m sure I'll have more to talk about next week.
I love you all and miss you all
Elder Park
The White African
T.I.A.
I got this letter on Tuesday morning, and was actually
online at the time. I was able to shoot
a couple short questions back and forth to him which was almost like talking to
him! I learned the he finally got two of
the packages that I sent early February and he got a few letters too. He must have gotten a package from Aunt
Jennifer because he intends to be a professional juggler by the time he gets
home (thanks to the juggling balls she sent him). He said his subsistence is about $140
US. I also got info about the phone call
on Mother’s Day – can’t wait to talk to him!
I might have to go to church at a different time since he thinks he will
be able to make his call at 7pm his time which is right in the middle of the regular
time I go to church. Can’t miss my phone
call! 
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