Make The New Year Bright


What can I tell you guys about this week? My companion has gone home. It is funny how many different people take leaving their mission at the end of two years. I have seen many different feelings, some get really discouraged when they feel like the best part of their life is coming to a halt. Others will state, “Sweet I did my part, I'm ready.” Elder Boyd loved his mission and felt great about doing his part.  He is now very excited to get back to college life as he starts his way home by taking a five hour boat ride back to the Panama City. 

What happened this week? Not a whole lot! Whenever transfers come, we always play a game I call 'Personal Apostasy' where we predict who will be coming in for changes. None of us predicted correctly, but oddly enough we were able to guess out of the four of us who share the island that Elder Burke and Elder Dudley would be the zone leaders. My new companion will be Elder Nelson who should be coming in on Wednesday. I'll just be here chilling on the island till he comes in.

Before all the missionaries left, we took pictures with all the families, and then printed them off. Everyone has been making fun of Elder Daffer, because he left a note to a young lady in the ward and one other guy. Everyone here is saying that those two will be getting married now. One of the grandma’s here is trying to convince him to just propose already. It is hilarious!
As the missionaries were trying to leave to go home it was the worst time to get a boat with it being New Year’s Eve with high tide! It has been hard enough finding people who aren't already busy, but we went from house to house looking for anyone to get us in a boat ride for the past week. This last evening, we were able to find a delivery boat that came in that day and would leave today which worked out conveniently, but very last minute. I have found that this is how God works at times. We were grateful that this worked out with us putting in a lot of effort and putting our faith in him.