Topsy Turvy Transfers

Hi friends!

How's your week been?! My week has been crazy!

Guess what: we had transfers this week! That just about sums up how it was.

Unfortunately, these transfers didn't run as smoothly as the previous ones. With 20 missionaries leaving and 18 coming, it was more complicated and time consuming than normal, and it was further complicated by 1 missionary not being able to go back home until Frifay (RIP Elder Falla) and 5 new missionaries being stuck in Panama for a day. Transfers for us ended up taking about 3 days to complete. I also had several difficulties getting all the chip transfers completed, with nearly a whole zone leaving before picking up there required chips. Luckily, it's all worked out, and I gotta give shoutouts to Elder Cano and Elder Snyder who helped me out a ton with the chip transfers! I also want to shout out my comp Elder Randall who's now a Zone Leader for the brand new Puerto Cortea zone!! Good job buddy! 

Aside from all the transfer biz, we've had very little time to go out and visit like we wanted. Luckily though, the few lessons we had were especially powerful, and I'm excited to go out working with Elder Herrera.

Today has been a very much needed day of rest for the offices. And I was able to enjoy relaxing and going out to thrift shop at Megapaca with my buds. This was the first time that I was able to go to a megapaca, and I enjoyed it! I also enjoyed going to a restaurant named Buggys afterwards. They look like an Arctic Circle type restaurant, but serve amazing food! I enjoyed it.

One of the things I love most about transfers is being able to be with the new missionaries and to be part of their first day training. The messages shared there are very special and always teach me something new. This time around I learned that we don't need to be perfect. In fact, we aren't perfect and can never have a truly perfect day on our mission or in life in general. That doesn't mean that we are bad people, but that we need to keep trying and learning. I'm glad that I don't need to be perfect because it's a lot of stress trying to be perfect. Every day I just need to try again! I extend the invitation to all of you to keep trying to overcome your weaknesses! You may not see success at first, but you'll see the growth and blessings as you persevere in it!

I love you guys! Thanks for taking thr time to read this!!!

- Élder Grant




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