Transfers happened! We got the call on Friday. Right now we are emailing from Kalamazoo, and Elder Yadon is gone to Greenville and I am staying in Sturgis Area. My new companion is Elder Liu, and as of today he and I are both done with our training. Typically, when just barely finishing your training, you get a companion who has been out for a while to help you get the hang of things, but instead President Jacobsen put two new guys together. We are going to work hard and have lots of fun! Elder Liu is a weirdo, but weird is good and I can tell things are going to go very well.

We played transfer ball, and as usual, I really suck at basketball. But I played the whole hour and a half or so and just continually embarrassed myself and had fun doing it. It was my goal to not play basketball my whole mission, but I’ve already failed… ;P

I have to admit, I’m a little nervous to already be taking over Sturgis area, but I know there are lots of people who believe in me as a missionary and as a servant of Jesus Christ, and Elder Liu and I already plan on being as obedient as possible, while following the Spirit as much as possible.

On Elder Yadon’s last day in Sturgis, Whitley was baptized. A little girl named Chloe who just turned eight was also baptized, and someone from their family gave the talk on baptism, and Whitley had asked me to give the talk on the Holy Ghost. I gave both Chloe and Whitley blankets to remember that the Holy Ghost is also the Comforter, because my Grandma did that same thing for us, and Chloe’s mom said it was the perfect gift for her, and wanted to repay me, but of course I said no. ;D

Whitley (pictured below) has made some huge changes in her life, and her countenance is suddenly a lot brighter. She made the commitment to be baptized on November 1st only two weeks before that, and followed through. Last night, we had dinner at her house with her mother and kids, and for desert: Kool-Aid Pie. You ought to WISH you had Kool-Aid Pie (aka Ghetto Pie, as told to me by Whitley’s mom).

Oh yeah, last thing, we were walking down Chicago Street, said hi to a dude, he told us to go away, so we walked away, he started yelling at us, following us, and then chased us down, got in Elder Yadon’s face and was threatening us, threatened to call the cops accusing us of sexually harassing his wife, and we kept walking and he followed closely and we talked to a random guy who stopped his car and the guy left. GOTTA GO OUTTA TIME BYE!

Sincerely,

Elder Breinholt