Monday, July 30, 2018

Emergency transfer, Living in a village, My twin on a mission?

So this week was a... i guess you could say it was an adventure... so on Thursday, my companion (Elder Iheanacho) and i woke up and got ready for just another day.... right in the middle of doing our planning for the day, we got a phone call.... from our Mission President... (to show how big of a deal this was, there are a hundred and eighty something missionaries here in this mission, the mission president is responsible for i think three districts and all of the branches included in those, and he has to deal with the Africa West Area Presidency constantly. So it is kind of a big deal to get a call from him on just a regular day.) Anyways, my companion answered the phone and i went to the kitchen to get a drink, when i came back, Elder Iheanacho just stared at me. I asked him what president wanted, and he told me that i was getting emergency transferred to the bush temporarily. (to put this in perspective, we dont have emergency transfers unless someone is basically dead... and even then, they generally send a senior missionary to wherever the area is.) so that was about 10:30... i was told to pack, and that i would be picked up at 2:30.. that normally wouldnt be a problem... except that we just called and scheduled appointments at 11:30, 12:30, and 1:30... so i packed most of my stuff before our first appointment, cut all three appointments to about 35 minutes, and then rushed over to say goodbye to a couple of our members... and finally rushed back to finish packing... as soon as i threw all of my clothes in my bag and zipped it up, the Office Elders arrived to pick me up, and drop off my replacement. 

When they picked me up, my new companion, Elder Black was in the back seat waiting for me. I had heard that i look like a guy named Elder Black and now i was meeting him in person... In my opinion, we look nothing alike. But, everybody else says we look like twins... (i forgot my camera cord, or else i would send pictures) But we went to Burger King on our way to my new area "Akuse". Burger King was amazing... it tasted just like the unhealthy fast food joint back home... that is why it was so good. 


We got to Akuse and looked around... most of the houses here are made out of mud... we live in the nicest part of town called VRA it looks like a small retirement village... again, i will send pictures next week. 


So just a little recap, I am fine. I have been moved out into the middle of no where... (a little bit further past "no where" than delta is.) but it is a very nice place.... if you have any questions, go ahead and send them to me, i would love to try to answer them... 

I hope that you all have a great week and stay safe!

Love,
Elder Williams

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