JACE - Transfer Week is Here Again

 March 25, 2024

Hey Everyone!

It's crazy that the end of the transfer is almost here again! I am kinda ready for it. A bit of a change would be very nice to have. But we're having some interesting things happen this week.

We were able to avoid going to urgent care for my foot, but we ended up having to go anyway. After p-day was over, we went to help an inactive member prep for a taco fundraiser. We were tasked with cutting up vegetables. (You can see where this is going.) I was cutting onions, which was kinda hurting my eyes. And Elder Parkin was cutting up lettuce, then he cut the top of his thumb. It was a real good cut, so we had to run to the urgent care and get his thumb glued. A small little miracle off of it was that the office lady was an inactive member of the church. It was nice to be a little reminder for her.

We had exchanges with the Grand Rapids Elders on Tuesday. I got to go and hang out with Elder Jarman there for the day. We were able to do a little bit of good work. I brought along some Lorcana cards I had bought and introduced the game to him. He enjoyed it, but he has spent a lot more money than he should have on Magic. If he gets another game under his belt, he'll end up spending way more! And it was free cone day at DQ, so we were able to get some ice cream at the end of the day.

We were able to have a couple of lessons with Charmaine this week. She is struggling spiritually.With her being new to having the Holy Ghost, she is still trying to figure out how the Spirit works. So please pray for her. Satan is trying to throw everything he has at her, and she needs the help.

We had stake conference this week. We were able to catch the adult session on Saturday. We had kinda forgot about it, but luckily we caught it after dinner. A lot of the talks were about the temple. I do miss being able to go to the temple whenever I want. So at least hearing about it and what it means to people. They say we are going to go next transfer before the temple closes for 6 months, so that will be good. For the general session we got to go to Duluth. President and Sister Gochnour were speaking, so we also had in person interviews for the transfer. I explained that I'm ready for a change. I love them so much and they are definitely the leaders I need for my mission. We ended up coming back in a snowstorm, which is still going today. So winter wasn't over anyways.

My invite for y'all this week is try to make time for the temple. Whether it be baptisms, endowments, or sealings. Spend more time in one of the most sacred places we have. I wish I would have gone more before I came, but I can testify of the power of the temple. 

Love y'all!

Sincerely

Elder Buchanan