Hi, Sorry it has been a crazy day... This last week has been busy and this week is even worse... Im not even sure where to start so I guess I will just tell you day by day haha. We spent most of the week meeting and going places with President. Tuesday we had mission council which went really well. I remember when those were like the highlights of my weeks haha. It really is a cool meeting to be with some of the best missionaries you know, President Vellinga and Elder Sorensen and talk about the needs of the mission. Wednesday we were out on interviews with President. We went from Cleveland to Akron to Medina to Wooster to Massillon to Canton and back to Akron then back home. It was a long day. That night we had a few good appointments with some less actives and recent converts. The recent converts we ate dinner with about gave me a heart attack. We were talking about what we were going to do after our missions and stuff and I told them I was going to USU when I got home and stuff and she was like oh thats cool so you are going to go to BYU Logan? I just kinda thought they weren't sure what it was because they were new members so I explained to them it wasn't a church school and they were like no I think BYU just acquired it. She like pulled out an article and everything and showed me and I was sooooo mad and like freaking out and told her to show me on another website because I didn't believe her and she was frantically trying to pull it up and then she found out it was an april fools joke. But it about scared me half to death. Then I was thinking that you could seriously mess with missionaries, like we are so disconnected you could tell us anything and we would believe it. Anyway I was glad to hear that was a joke haha.
Thursday was the best day of my mission.... We were on interviews again. We went to Fremont, Bowling Green, Findlay and Lima. So I am sure I have told you there are no Panda Express' in the entire mission. Well we heard a rumor they put one in the student union building at Bowling Green State so after much convincing, President let us stop and look. He stayed in the car and Elder Ingersoll and I were like running around campus looking for this place because we only had 30 mins before our next interview. We finally found it and the 21 month void in my stomach was filled. It was so worth all the driving. When we went to pay we handed the lady Presidents card and she asked for ID. We said we didn't have any and then she started laughing and said "well if I can't trust you guys I can't trust anyone" and let us go haha. President has been making fun of how excited we were ever since. We had to go see a missionary that went to the hospital that night too and Elders Weaver and Berryessa were there too (they are companions now by the way) and they were soooo mad at us. (for getting Panda without them) haha President doesn't understand why we all love it. I told him we want to go back and buy like 30 of them and sell them for 50 bucks each to missionaries. I also told him I would gladly be transferred to Bowling Green now haha.
Friday was Cleveland interviews. This included ours. I am with him so much and tell him everything so I wasn't really sure what we would talk about. We ended up having a great interview and talked about a lot of things and one sparked a question that I took to prayer and to General conference that was answered this weekend. I love when that happens. He also gave me a temple reccommend interview. Hard to believe that expires this month. That went really well too. It was amazing to me how much more those questions meant to me this time than the last. I feel like the answers came more from my heart and I understood the importance of them now. It almost brought me to tears. I cant wait to go back one day. We have a former temple president that just got here a couple weeks ago from Mississippi and they work in the office some times and man do they have some cool stories. Saturday and Sunday we spent the whole days watching conference and working on transfers with President before and after sessions. We had dinner with the sisters in our ward at the Vellingas Saturday night. They are like the most distracting members to eat with, its funny. I really loved conference though. I hate that it was my last one on my mission. I liked hearing Elder Golden speak. He is the one that came to Youngstown last year. In the past 2 conferences every general authority I have met has spoken. I think my favorite talks were Elder Callister, Elder Bednar, Elder Corbon I think it is and President Packers testimony at the end of his talk. You ought to go back and listen to his phrasing of that testimony. Incredible.
Well transfers are next week and I am staying as an AP for another transfer, looks like I will only get one more in the field... This transfer has been such a trick though. We just dont have enough places and trainers. We are getting 24 this transfer so we also had to split 2 zones. What made today crazy was the surprise Salt Lake gave us. We are getting 11 additional visa waiters with this transfer... So we had to find places and trainers for 34 missionaries. It has been stressful. we still dont know what we are going to do with them all. Last time with 29 we had that extra day that President spent the whole time interviewing. This time we cant do that because President has a MP seminar to go to right after transfers. We still dont know what were going to do. They come in on Monday afternoon and Transfers are Tuesday afternoon and we need to figure out how to get 34 people interviewed, dinner, some sleep at who knows where and then to Kirtland in less than 24 hours... But it always works out. They come in on Monday too so I wouldn't expect an e mail next week. I am not sure how that is going to work. We are going to be running.
Tomorrow we have trainers meeting Wednesday and Thursday we have interviews and Friday we have our final Transfer meeting with President and Elder Sorensen so we aren't going to get to work much in our area.
Man every week I just blab to you how busy we are haha but as stressful and hard as it is its all for the right reasons and it really is a good time! I wouldnt want to be anywhere else. I know this is where President needs me and the Lord needs me and I will give it everything I have for another transfer.
That is so cool you got to meet Elder Ingersoll's family! Last night at like 11 we were finishing things at the office and Elder Ingersoll got that picture from his mom but it didn't explain why you were there so we were trying to figure out why you would be at the Taco Bell arena haha. That is cool you got to go to the Davis cup too! I am jealous.
Well I gotta get going! Pray we survive this week and next! Love and mss you!!
Elder Skalla
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