We had a really good week this week. A lot of it was spent getting ready for transfers as you probably guessed. We had our meeting with all the new trainers. It is weird because 20 of the 23 training were ones that I picked up from the airport throughout my time here haha.
We taught Tom a few times this week. He is progressing really well. The poor guy has no vision or purpose in his life and we have started him start to see what he can become since we have been helping him and teaching him. The roof really is as high as it looks haha its pretty far up there. haha Sister Vellinga told us we weren't allowed back up there after she saw the pictures haha. Elder Ingersoll and I spoke in Sacrament meeting yesterday. I think it went really well. I spoke about blessings that come into peoples lives from accepting the gospel. It was weird too because we invited Tom to church but he said he couldn't come because he had family stuff for the holiday but then when I was giving my talk I looked to the doors and saw his reflection in the little window standing in the foyer. Elder Ingersoll and I ran out there after but he was already gone. I thought I was just seeing things or something but then I got a text this morning from him saying how much he liked our talks and how he was sorry he didn't come in haha. So it was cool that he at least came to church!
We spent a lot of the week just figuring out transfers. I say this every time but this one was by far the hardest one as far as where to put people. We just didn't have enough strong, experienced missionaries. We fasted a lot, prayed a lot and just finished with everything about an hour ago. One of the biggest tricks was where he wanted me to go. He had me all over the board. He had me as a zone leader in 3 different places, opening up a new area with a missionary who is having a hard time loving his mission, traveling around to a different area every week training and even in a triple up as assistants where he would pull one of us out whenever he needed something done or someone to go with him somewhere. It was crazy. Saturday night he called me with what we thought was where I was really going to go since I was pretty much the last one on the board. He told me and it was somewhere I was least expecting. I tossed and turned all night and just never felt good about it. I just love this mission and want to do everything I can to help it and get all these new missionaries trained and I just felt like this wasn't the right spot. He called me early Sunday morning and knew I wasn't feeling right about it. We talked for about an hour and had a really great conversation. He is such an amazing mission President. I think I have learned more from him this week with all this stuff than my whole time here haha. This morning we changed half the board around, ended up creating another zone and I got moved again. I ended up in the spot he had me first which was funny. I will be in Shaker Heights and be the Kirtland zone leader. Or the Relief society president as the Elders here call it haha. They call it that because there are like 6 elders and all the sites sisters. I am happy about it and I think it will be a good spot to end my mission. It is actually where Elder Weaver is now. That area is weird. Almost every AP has either come from there or went there since I have been on my mission. Elder Ingersoll came from there. They are having a baptism on Friday and Elder Weaver and his whole family will be there so that will be cool to meet them.
My address is
(email Julie for the address)
Although I will be at the office on the 4th for mission council so you can send mail there still if you want. I will be totally honest with you I didn't even realize it was my birthday next week till this morning when Sister Jacklin mentioned it in staff meeting. I have just had so much more on my mind I didn't realize it was that close haha. I dont need anything for my birthday. If anything I need to get rid of everything.
Sister Frampton one of the sisters in the ward with us is shotgun training in Alliance. They are splitting the area and she is going to the part I was in for 11 months. President wouldn't let me go back haha.
I hope you have a great week! Love and miss you!!
Elder Skalla
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