Letter from July 15, 2014
Dear Mom,
Well, it's that time again for me. After
about 3 months in East Sacramento, President Jardine believes that I must
go and serve in a different part of the vineyard. This particular
transfer call was interesting. If you are simply being transferred to
another area, then you receive your call from the zone leaders. However,
if you are going to be training, going DL, or ZL then you receive your
call from either the APs or the Mission President. Well, I was returning
home from a late dinner with a member with two other missionaries and
then my phone buzzed. I looked at it to see that it was Elder Russel
(one of the Ap's and one of my closest friend in the mission). I give
the phone to Elder Martinez thinking that they were going to make him a
leader, but to my dismay lol it was passed back to me with a little jab
from Martinez saying, "It's for you buddy haha". So I get on the phone
and Elder Russell tells me that I am going to be shotgunning (meaning
that my companion and I would both be very brand new to the area)
Downtown Stockton, which is the most dangerous place to be serving in
right now in the mission. So, I wasn't being made a leader or anything
like that, so my first question was, "Why are you calling me if I am
just being shotgunned into a new area?" He then replies, "This is
actually a special assignment that President Jardine is issuing to you
and Elder Williams. We have been praying and thinking about what we can
do to jumpstart the work down there and President Jardine and I both
thought of you. We also thought Elder Williams would be the perfect
companion for you for this assignment. President Jardine wants you to
know that he thinks that you can start getting work going down there.
The area has been dead for a very long time but we know that you can do
it, man. I don't know any other missionary that I could trust to send
down there." I'm like, "Alright. Well, I accept the calling. Hey, Elder
Williams is a DL, so am I gonna be going junior again?" "Nope. For the
first time in a VERY long time, you will both be a co-senior
companionship. There will be no seniority between you two. You are to work
as a perfect companionship as equal partners. We know that this is the
way it's got to be." In short, I was pretty overwhelmed at all the
pressure that was being thrown at me. No one likes that area and they
expect me to get things up and running. I, for one, am nervous, but I know
that I can do it. Elder Williams is also worried, but is excited to
work with me and I am also.
Well, my birthday is in 5 days. Don't know
what I am going to do since there is not much I can do. Probably gonna
go get a cake or something and since I will have 3 other elders in my
apartment with me, we can play some card games or something. Anyways I
don't have too much time to talk since i gotta get going soon, but I
love you Mom. I will talk to you soon.
Elder Sierra
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