The Plains Are (Once Again) White, Already to Harvest

Alternative titles for this email include: "HUMP DAAAAAAY!!!" And

"Transfer Emergencies!"

With that not-so-subtle foreshadowing in mind, on to my week!

Tuesday and Wednesday basically consisted of Elder Cowan and I trying

to get in contact with all of our investigators/potentials, which

worked to varying degrees. On the plus side, we were able to schedule

quite a few appointments for this coming week! Much of the rest of the

time was spent helping Elder Cowan get familiarized with the area.

On Thursday, all heck broke loose! It started off as a pretty regular

Thursday, going into the final zone-district meeting (the area seventy

nixed them from here on out), which was about change and cleansing the

inner vessel. All of the workshops were great and it ended up being

one of the more spiritual meetings I've had while out here! Near the

end of the meeting, we suddenly got a phone call from the Assistants

asking us if we were home and if not, to get home as soon as possible

and call them ASAP. After the meeting was over, we hippity-hopped on

home and called them back. Upon doing so, they informed us that,

speaking of change, there was an emergency transfer taking place and

that I should pack my bags and be at the designated location by the

designated time to head on back down to WHITE PLAINS 2ND(!) and that I

would be whitewashing the area with Elder Flandro, one of the

Annapolis elders. Turns out, the elders here previously did something

not so smart and offended a bunch of Ward members, so they had to get

taken out and I got sent in since I know the area and left on pretty

good terms with the Ward with Elder Flandro since his life

experiences/hobbies allow him to relate with a LOT of the people out

here. And surprise, suprise, Flandro is from Utah, so the break in the

Utah streak was only momentary...

Friday, August 5th, 2016, marked one year since I entered into the MTC

and began my mission... Also known as HUMP DAY! It's crazy to think

that I have been out for a year already, but I'm excited to have this

next year to be able to continue to serve out here! The day was spent

with me trying to figure out what had happened in the area since I'd

been gone and trying not to drop the ball on any investigators or

members being worked with, which ended up working out pretty well,

thankfully!

Most of my time here thus far has been spent getting reacquainted with

the area and those living therein, which has been awesome! Church

yesterday was especially great because almost everyone who saw me did

a double take that I was back, which was quite amusing!

Overall, this has been a very different, but good, week! Now that I'm

back in the swing of things, Flandro is getting to know the Ward, and

with the Lord's guidance, this should be an amazing and productive

week! I love you all and hope you have a great week as well!

Sincerely,

Elder Sam Williams

Washington DC North Mission

11700 Falls Road

Potomac, MD, 20854

The traditional one year burning of the shirt.