Monday, February 24, 2014

Umm...CRAP

So transfer calls came last night!  They usually come Saturdayy night, but Roswell had a Stake Conference, so they held it back til Sunday.  I think I told you about how transfer calls work when I got called as trainer, but I'll share it again.  The APs stay up and call people all night.  We don't know if the call will come at 11pm or 2am, we just stay up (some people do) and wait!  Usually I just sleep and wake up, but so far every one of my companions likes to stay up.  Elder England and I got home from teaching a Recent Convert lesson at around 9:15pm and finished planning up real quick since today is P-day.  I was writing in my journal and  we were joking around about who was going where and all of a sudden the phone rings...at 9:45pm .and its President Augustin!  Weird.  Anyway...I am leaving Seminole and Elder England!  I am really happy.  Hahaha I know that is terrible to say but its true!  And...I'm gonna be a freaking ZONE LEADER!  AH.  I dont know how to do that!  I'm only 4 transfers in the mission field!  That doesnt happen!  Haha.  It's scary, but I am really really excited for the new challenge!  Even worse though..I'm gonna be in my first full spanish area!  I still don't speak spanish, so that is a little scary haha.  Anyway, I'm gonna be serving in Hobbs Spanish.  Apparently our apartment is really big and nice, and since we are spanish we cover the entire city, so that will be cool.  I'm nervous out of my mind, but pumped.  Some advice I got from Russ comes to mind:  Don't take yourself too seriously, its like correcting somebodies grammar...you might be right, but everybody is going to hate you for it.  Hahahaha.  I hope I can apply that well.

Most of the lessons we had scheduled for this week canceled.  But we did get a couple new spanish investigators, still no one attending church.  We have a Recent Convert who just moved from Arizona named Luis in the branch.  He works a ton, but he gets one hour off on sudays, just enough to come to church!  Yesterday he showed up in a bright pink suit....IT WAS SICK!!  I wish I had my camera with me, I wanted a picture so bad!  He's pretty sweet.  His English sucks, he sounds Cubano, but he's straight from Mexico.  He's the one who feeds us at the restaurant once a week.  I don't know if I told you about that but...he feeds us once a week, real good Italian food. 

Another RC in the branch named Ignacio is a boss.  He's 57 and doesnt know english at all.  His wife is still in Mexico trying to get money enough to hop the border. He doesnt have work right now, so we've been helping him apply for a lot of things, that's why i Know his exact age haha.  He let me dress up in some cowboy stuff! I looked like a champ, I'll send you a pic.  I'll miss both those guys!  

Well...I'm really sorry this is another shortish one but nothing ever happens out here!!  I'm sure I'll have a lot more to say in the coming weeks!  Oh, I don't know my address in Hobbs, so I'll let you know that next week.  Love you so much!!!!!!!!!!!  And thanks for all you do:)

Love,
Elder Caleb

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Elder Caleb Porter is currently serving in the Texas, Lubbock Mission. Read his letters and see his pictures here!