Transferred

So this week we just had a lot of exchanges, it was a crazy one!  I learned so much though!  Elder Sturdevant is such a stud, he is such a loving, kind, full of joy, and has such a love for the work.  Being with him made me want to be that much better.  No matter what he goes through or what happens to him he always has a smile on his face, it's absolutely amazing!  I also went on one with Elder Gogg and not much happened.  We found out that this lady had been taught before but she was confused on a lot of stuff.  She told us that she thought that God gave Joseph Smith golden dinner plates with writing that was invisible to everyone except Joseph Smith.  We taught her all about The Book of Mormon and what it really is, it was pretty cool, so we are going to start teaching her all the lessons again to make sure she understands it all. Then I got to go with Elder Smith on an exchange, man I love this guy so much!!  He is one of my favorite missionaries ever!  The funny thing is that every where we go people think that we are twins, we basically are, just separated at birth!

We got the call this week about transfers and Elder Abrams is being transferred to Tallahassee, while I am staying here and my new companion is Elder Burch!!  I served with Elder Burch over in Crestview, so I am super excited!!  He is 26 years old and a very very consecrated missionary, so there is going to be a lot of growth and learning, as well as miracles, I am so excited!  Sadly, Elder Smith is leaving, I love him so much,  hopefully we will be able to see each other again, and maybe be companions!  But he is going to train in Crestview, so after the mission, we will be able to come back together and visit 2 of the same places!!!  Even though that I'm not getting transferred, I am moving apartments because there are sisters that are coming to Lynn Haven and are taking our apartment, so my new address is  

 

3502 N Jenks Ave APT 6106 

Panama City, FL 32405

The cool thing of the week was that all of the elders were stuck at the church because of tornado warnings, not one touched down but we just hung out the whole time.  While hanging out we came up with a way to be more obedient with our language and music, so we made a contract.  Our contract said that anyone who doesn't call people by their correct title (elder, sister, brother, president, bishop) or if you use a swear word, or a replacement word, we have to do 10 push ups, let's just say that we are getting pretty big chest muscles.... its crazy how these things have just become part of our nature, so I am really glad that we are stopping this, and it has helped out so much!!  I love it!

I love y'all so much and hope you have a great week!! Keep on keepin' on!!

Elder Schipaanboord