So this has been a good week. Like my subject line said, I am
feeling that missions are full of goodbyes. Today I recieved the
transfer notice and I will be leaving T3. I was only here for three
transfers, but I really love these people and this ward. I can't say
that I always got along with them, but in the end I will really miss
them. Today I will be going to magoanine(maw-gwa-nee-nee). It is also
down here in the south, I will move houses and zones, I will be a little
closer to the ocean,but we don't swim anyways. The area I have been in
is the 2nd most sandy area in the mission, and my new one is the1st. I
might have a gut when I get home, but I will also have big legs. This
last week in t3 was good though. We had a baptism on saturday.
Seovana, Dique, Djeni, Eron, and Lindalva were all baptised, they are
the children of a family that will be married and baptized in december,
but the children are very strong and we felt that they should be
baptized without waiting. The three oldest are already talking about
going on a mission, and the oldest wants to leave as soon as possible.
She might wait a little bit to go to the temple with her family
though,we will see. I had the privelige to baptize Dique, he is my same
age, and is super awesome, he will be a great missionary when he serves
here in a few years. On sunday
I had the privelige to confirm lindalva, she is the cutest little girl I
have ever seen, and started refusing to let us leave without giving a
hug. She told me yesterday that she wants to marry me... She is 9. We
will have another baptism here in a week, and because I will be close
and she asked me to baptize her, I will try to be there because it is
very close. My new companion... I don´t know who he is. On the
transfer slide it has me, and then my companion is blank. I only know
that I am training him. We heard that a few elders were delayed in the
mtc, and will be here in a few weeks, so I think it is one of them. But
I do know that I am training. I am super honored, and really nervous,
but it should be a lot of fun especially because we are whitewashing. I
gave a talk in church yesterday. We were a little behind, and so the
bishop asked me to cut it from 10 minutes to 5, I did my best and went a
little over at 7 minutes. I was feeling really bad, but the last speak
(the1st counselor in the stake presidency) didnt care, and he just got
up and spoke for 35 minutes, which made it an almost 2 hr sacrament
meeting. It was definitely an adventure. I cant think of much else
cool happening,but I will let you know what I learn about my companion.
I love you all, and am so grateful for your love and prayers. Please
keep them coming.
Love,
Elder Anthony Holt
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| Seovana, Dique, Djeni, Eron, and Lindalva were all baptized, they are
the children of a family that will be married and baptized in December. |
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| This is a picture I found on the Facebook page of the mom in the top picture, so I am not really sure who is who and the quality is not great. |
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| Picture of me making cookies, I am learning how to do it all from
scratch, they were really good, I also made peanut butter cookies this
week. |
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Elder Holt with Lindalva, the girl he confirmed on Sunday. She is 9 years old and she told him she wants to marry him.
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