President and Sister Searle with Elder Cook at the groundbreaking for the Barranquilla Temple
Hi Mommoo, sorry I probably won`t have time to write to all the family so I will write to you for all of them.
Well, yeah I got transferred... But I`m here in Arjona ready to work hard! It has been a bit hard but that is how the mission is. But as always I am trying my best. Concerning your questions so I don`t forget: we don`t have a 72 hour kit, but we have emergency money. If something were to happen I think that well, the Lord would protect us and that the mission would be able to help. But it is true that we must always be ready and prepared for those emergencies. I will be thinking and planning for that this week.
Mommoo really thank you for everything. I will be praying that all will go well with Grandma and Grandpa. And also for you guys. It is in times like these that, like you said, make us reflect in how we can be better prepared. It is important to be physically prepared as it is to be spiritually prepared. Satan is always attacking and trying to discourage us and make us feel worried, but we must remember our divine origin and potential. We must fight as Alma against Amlici fought for the protection of the things that are good in the sight of God. (Alma 2)
Well, I love you so much Mom. Thank you for everything!
¡¡¡¡HOLA!!!! A TODOS
Well... they took me. They took me out of the beloved Sabana Larga, or in other words, Long Sheet. I will miss it oh so very much. But more especially the people that are there. I will miss the members and the people we taught, especially the family Jimenez. While I was leaving I called them to tell them bye and everything. Actually, crazy story about how I came to be transferred:
So this last Tuesday Elder Aguirre and I were studying as a companionship all normal and everything, not expecting anything because we were shut in the house, when suddenly Elder Kletzli (leader of zone) called us and told us that I needed to pack and leave that instant. Also, that I would be going to be training a new missionary and opening an area. Crazy huh? So I flew and packed my stuff and we were out of the house in like 20 minutes! Crazy fast! I was impressed with myself haha ;) Anyways, so we arrived in Galapa and I said bye to my companion and then left with Elder Kletzli and Elder Moreno (another missionary going to finish his mission next month) to Barranquilla. We arrived and had a grand welcome by the Assistants Elder Selman and Elder Miller and Elder Cardenas and with a grand lunch. Come to find out, I had missed all of the training for the trainers from the Assistants and President that morning. :P And come to find out also, that I was supposed to be told I would be going to Barranquilla on Monday night. So yeah, apparently the leaders of the zone didn`t receive the transfers on Monday so they didn`t know. So we ate lunch and then had a meeting for the new missionaries and the part when they tell us who are companions are. My new companion, or son I should say, is Elder Moreno from Bolivia!!! He is a bit taller than me and I am sorry I don`t have pictures this week of us. Also, he is not here right now. He went to Cartagena to the clinic because he has a really bad grinding pain in his shoulder. Then tomorrow he has to go to Barranquilla tomorrow to have an MRI of his shoulder... So I`m here with another elder from Brasil. Anyways, my new area is here in Arjona in Cartagena where it is the hottest in all of the mission. It`s like 40 degrees Celsius. I don`t know what that would be in F, but I know it`s hotter than 100 haha. OH it is SO hot here! It has been a pretty hard change too because well I`m opening an area and I have to find where all of the members live and investigators and everything. It`s crazy, but awesome! Arjona is a little pueblo city like Sabana Larga mas o menos, but is more wealthy.
Yesterday at church was legit! We had ward conference (I forgot to mention that they have a nice chapel here in Arjona with a piano and everything! well a keyboard, but practically the same) and guess who came? President and Hermana Searle!!!!! Oh I was so happy to see them here! President talked about how wonderful the city of Arjona is and the importance of strengthening the ward so there can be more people joining the church and more less actives attending. He then mentioned that we can see that the church is really growing because there are 4 gringos here in arjona, him his wife and me and Elder Jorgenson from Willard, Ut. 10% of the gringos in all the mission Barranquilla haha. It has really been neat working with the members here and knowing the area and the people.
So yeah, that is my story for this week! Oh and also I saw a sloth the other day. That was interesting. But I really know that this church is not a US church, it`s not a church for gringos, it`s the church for the world. And the time has arrived for the world to receive it!
I love you all! Keep on keeping on!
¡Paz fuera!
Love,
~Elder Tyler Hales~
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