I made it to Virginia! It's gorgeous here. It's super hot and humid, it rains about once a week, and the people are kind. My companions (yes, companion is plural on purpose), are Elder Raban and Elder Giles. Elder Giles has been waiting for his visa to come through for a month or two now. His call was originally to Brazil. So Elder Raban has been training him, and now he's supposed to train the both of us. E. Raban is from Alpine Utah, and E. Giles is from Washington state. They're both really funny, good workers, and intelligent. I had a good feeling about this companionship from the beginning.
We're in Reston city, Virginia. Apparently, before I came here, the E. Raban and Giles (along with E. Hawkes) were assigned to a larger portion of Reston, but when Elder Gledhill (the same Elder we met that first day) and I came along, they split the area in thirds. We have the larger portion, which is north of E. Hawkes and E. Gledhill's area. It turns out that E. Raban, Giles, and Hawkes worked really hard in the southern area, and barely touched the northern side, which I'm (along with E. Raban and Giles) now assigned to. We're doing lots of trakting. We've knocked lots of doors, have had one lesson with a non-member, and we've done lots of street contacting. We have quite a few potential investigators, but they're slippery. I'm hoping and praying for a lesson or two! We're going to work extra hard this week.
Anyway, I hope all that made sense. I'm doing great! I'm so glad to be out of the MTC, it's so much better out in the field. My bike works fine, and all my clothes are cleaned and ironed.
I hope all is well! I'll probably send you another Email today if time allows.
Love,
Elder Hansen.
We're in Reston city, Virginia. Apparently, before I came here, the E. Raban and Giles (along with E. Hawkes) were assigned to a larger portion of Reston, but when Elder Gledhill (the same Elder we met that first day) and I came along, they split the area in thirds. We have the larger portion, which is north of E. Hawkes and E. Gledhill's area. It turns out that E. Raban, Giles, and Hawkes worked really hard in the southern area, and barely touched the northern side, which I'm (along with E. Raban and Giles) now assigned to. We're doing lots of trakting. We've knocked lots of doors, have had one lesson with a non-member, and we've done lots of street contacting. We have quite a few potential investigators, but they're slippery. I'm hoping and praying for a lesson or two! We're going to work extra hard this week.
Anyway, I hope all that made sense. I'm doing great! I'm so glad to be out of the MTC, it's so much better out in the field. My bike works fine, and all my clothes are cleaned and ironed.
I hope all is well! I'll probably send you another Email today if time allows.
Love,
Elder Hansen.