Hi Mom!
I don't have any time to email today (we only had like half an hour to come before district meeting) but I will come back to the library probably on Friday and finish emails. Monday was a holiday so we didn't do much - elder Priest and I went to Costco because it was open and then we ate at Rio (rodizio grill type deal) for an elder's birthday.
I am staying in Maplewood, but I got a new companion and his name is Elder Sterling Pabla. He is from Bountiful Utah but his dad is from India so there's a little bit of indian in our companionship now so that's good. Now we can teach all the indian people I've always wanted to talk to. Elder Priest went to Jersey City Heights. Don't worry - he didn't get transferred because we had companionship problems. Often that's what is implied if companions only stay together for one transfer, but that's not true for us.
Hey, I know Tyler pretty well. I like him a lot. He was taught by the Hightstown missionaries but we went over to their home a lot for dinner and they were in our ward, so that's how I know him. They just started teaching him before I left. But that is great news that he finally got baptized!
I let you know on Friday more about Christmas stuff. Probably just a couple new shirts and pants haha. And some chocolate : )
Alright I'll talk to you later!
Love,
Tab
And another......
Hi Mom!
I just realized I don't have much to talk about... I answered most of your questions right? As for Timpview winning state, I heard! Elder Gregson Aspinall from Timpview just got to our mission, and I talked to him for a while at the trainers meeting. He's great. He knows Colby, somewhat. So that's good! I was really happy about that! Send me the article when you can.
How is Colby doing in school? He never mentioned that in his letter to me :)
Well, there are a few great people we are teaching... namely KC, Raymond, and Comfort and her daughter Diane. KC is from St Lucia, and she has read the Bible. She's smart. She has felt the Spirit many times when we have taught her, so I think we can make some great progress with her. But she wants to know everything before getting baptized, so we have a lesson planned out for that :) She has a baptismal date thought, and she's praying about it. We have to get her to church too :/ Then Raymond is this cool guy from Ghana, and he's like 24. He would probably join the church in 3 weeks if he didn't have to work on Sunday. He's too afraid that he won't be able to pay his bills if he quits working on Sunday. So we're helping him out with that. But he's super cool, so that's good. Then there is Comfort. You might recognize the name; she is someone we taught back in East Orange. She lives at the same place, but the boundary for the area changed so now she's in our area! It's great because she wanted to go to Maplewood chapel anyway - it's much closer to her house. She is being fellowshipped really well by the ward members, so I don't suspect it will be very long before she is baptized and confirmed a member of the church. She's already been taught everything, and she's come to church many times. We have a lesson with her tonight... I'll let you know how it goes! And we have a couple others we are teaching who are progressing well too.
Good news - Elder Thompson was transferred to Irvington walking area, so now he lives across the street from us. So, that means I'll be spending a lot of time around him again. Which is great! We went to Five Guys on Wednesday. The previous elder there, Elder Smith, was ending his mission and just went home. He is probably the most efficient missionary this mission has, and there are so many good things happening in their area, so he asked President Jeppson to replace him with the best missionary he can get. And it happened to be Elder Thompson! So, that means that he's doing something right.
And that's about all I've got! My companion is great. He's a simple means type, kind of like me. Doesn't need much to make him happy. He doesn't complain and what not. He's really calm. And he is obedient! He's a good missionary. I have to work with him on being bold and confident, but of course that will come with time. I'll let you know more about him as I find out...!
Have a good week! I'll talk to you on Monday.
Love,
Tab
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