February 25, 2018

Well it was another fantastic transfer week this last week. By fantastic I mean lots of stress and a lot of time trying to figure out how to best move all the missionaries and their bikes around! But all is well, it went smoothly and this new transfer is going to be great!

In the middle of all this preparation and execution of the transfers it was very nice for me to be able to sit down and listen in on one of the other missionary companionships here teaching their spiritual message at English Class. They were teaching the advanced class and decided to discuss with them Elder Stevenson's talk "Your Four Minutes" because their topic that day was about the Olympics. At first I couldn't remember what the talk was about but as we started reading it together it quickly came back to me and I was able to remember when he gave it. The part that really stuck out to me was that we all have this short time to perform our best. It may seem unfair to some but we always have God to help us and we can do our very best with him. His analogy was more about our entire life on earth but I was able to apply very easily to my mission and also to the last week. The principle is always the same, just work hard and do your best; God will always help you.

I am super excited to go another transfer with my companion Elder Hong, we probably will have another one after this too so we are gonna be pretty good friends!

Not too much happens for me week to week now but I will try to make my letter better next week!

Love you all!
Elder Holderness