March 12, 2013

I did get transferred this week. I am now in Garden Grove. It is
nicknamed Garbage Grove and is basically the armpit of the mission. I
have served in some of the richest areas in the U.S.A for the past
year and a half and now I am in a pretty poor area ha ha. It definitely
is different.

My companion's name is Elder Martin. He is from Georgia
and was home schooled.... so it is interesting. I am super excited
about my district though. My district leader (I was released from
being a DL) is Tanavasa who is in the Samoan program and probably the
cousin of the guy you met. He is a really good friend of mine so I am
super excited about that. Also Moi is in the Samoan program and
another good friend of mine. The missionaries in this zone are really
cool and actually forced me pretty much to do d&d on p-days for them.
I guess word spread of me doing in like twice in Irvine.

I don't know
much about the area but I hear that the members are pretty cool. I am
sorry to hear about Jaylen's ankle I hope she gets better soon. Maybe
the choice to do soccer on Sunday isn't really your choice though. I
think it is Jaylen's and that she should make it free on her own
without guilt trips or trying to persuade her one way or the other.
Their are a lot of professional athletes on mormon.org with videos
and they all had to play on Sunday and the church puts them on the
front page of their website. So maybe watching some of those videos
will help. Hope you guys have a better week. Love you guys so much.