Tuesday, September 17th:
As requested, we hit the road again. This time two hours south to Mt. Pleasant. We were about to have a first hand experience with "Transfer Day." The good news was, WE WERE GETTING NEW ELDERS!"
Meet Elder Potter (from St. George, Utah) and Elder Azevedo (from Spanish Fork, Utah)
Elder Potter and Azevedo have just finished their 12 week training as missionaries. Separately with different trainers. Elder Potter was made our District Leader and Elder Azevedo was made "Designated Driver." Since their car was sitting at the apartment in Cheboygan we loaded their things into the trunk...alright it didn't all fit so one of the companionships from the Soo took the rest in his car and dropped it off to us. Sometimes we really regret not having a truck still, but when we get 46-50 miles per gallon we stop complaining. They are "white washing" this area. Meaning two new Elders are assigned with neither of them knowing any friends or members. Fortunately for them Elder Rogers and Kaiser had left detailed notes and info about lessons taught with names and contact info into the Preach My Gospel app the missionaries use. These young men have hit the ground running and are so happy to be here in northern Michigan. They are still excited about the newness of serving.
One of the fun parts of being asked to help with transfers was we got to see some of our former missionaries in our District. Like Sister Froelich, Bridge and Radmall who served together in Petoskey. Love these young women so much!
The sad news (for us) was on transfer day, Elder Rogers was transferred to the city of Jackson to be a Zone Leader in a completely different zone. I think he was a bit sad to not be able to continue to teach a few of the friends that are progressing towards baptism. But, he will bless all the companionships in his Zone through example. He says when he gets home he is going to buy me an ice maker. LOL. And he and Elder Sines promise to visit us.
The next day we took Elder Potter and Azevedo for look around town. They loved seeing Lake Huron and it happened to be a beautiful night. They kept saying, "It's so pretty here."
Friday, September 20th, Branch Movie Night
Second movie night. We showed "17 Miracles." We had about 15 people, but two were friends. Jennifer and her son, Luke. It was Jennifer's birthday so Sister Pugh made her cupcakes and brought ice cream. I think it meant a lot to her. They are in the middle of the picture just in front of Elder Gibbons.
This is one of the scenes of the movie (true story) where two young girls came upon a ton of snakes. They froze, said a prayer, had the idea to continue forward an leapt over each snake without any harm. I snapped a picture because Elder Rogers and Elder Sines always joked about this scene whenever we talked about any of the movies we might show. "Oh you mean the one with the girls jumping over snakes?"
It has definitely turned towards Fall here. Summer was not really summer for us. There were beautiful days and warmer temperatures, but it is still 95+ degrees back home. Here are some gorgeous scenes we are seeing.
Sunset as we drove down the street
Fall colors at Sister Mary Rybarczyk's house
The two female deer, each with two fawns, that play in our yard everyday.
Devan found a colorful catepillar
And finally, Joshua Hetrick. He is the first counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency and our landlord, Raymond Olson, hires him a lot to do repairs around his house and our house here we live in. He has been painting our steps to the front and back door. Well he discovered, after being stung, that there was a colony of bees at the front door so after donning the proper equipment went to work. We drove in and had to take his picture. Josh is a quiet, loving man with a tender heart.
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