This has been a pretty fun week. Now that we share a car with Redlands, we have been doing more biking. Some days it can get up to about 100 degrees outside, so a LITTLE hotter then I'm used to. Luckily, it means I will hopefully be in shape and lose some mission weight. I just have to first survive the heat, haha. We did more service this week and had another fun picnic. One of the members from the Ward actually took us to an English Toffee Factory this week! She bought us ice cream, Toffee Lover flavor, and then she bought us a giant bar of Toffee, which is so rich and amazing. The members are so awesome. It will be sad to leave.
Yeah, we got transfer news this morning. In my last area I was there for six months. This area I've been in almost a month now, and it looks like I'll be leaving Monument area to go to the Payonia area. I will be leaving Thursday to drive an hour to our new area. My companion, Sister Makasini, will be staying here. I will be opening a new area in Payonia. This week we are getting 28 new missionaries, and one of these missionaries, Sister Borgoyne, will be joining me. I am in charge of showing her the ropes and helping her adjust, while trying to introduce ourselves to the ward. There are already Elders serving there, but with so many more missionaries coming in they will now have two companionships of missionaries serving. Sadly, the mission hasn't been able to find a lot of extra apartments for Missionaries to stay in, so we will be living in a hotel for the foreseeable future. It will be an exciting adventure to be sure. Before all of this happened, we had about 150 missionaries. Now, by the end of August, we should have 300 missionaries serving here. It is a crazy time to be serving, but it is so exciting and fulfilling. I have truly grown to love this ward and the friends I have made here. It will be so sad to leave, but I know this is where God needs me to be right now.
