Hello everyone!
Well, transfer calls came this morning! I was actually blown away, I was NOT expecting what happened to happen. I am being transferred to the Grand Rapids 2 area where I will still be a district leader, and I likely only have one other area in the district, which is a Sister area. Elder Whitesides is also coming to the Grand Rapids zone, but he’ll be serving in North Muskegon! My new companion will be Elder Lochsonen (I think that’s how you spell it) and Elder Whitesides new companion is Elder Courtney.
I’m very grateful for the short three months I’ve had to serve here in Battle Creek. I’ve really enjoyed it. The members here have been fun to get to know, and I’ll definitely miss come of them I have actually grown pretty close to. I’ll definitely also miss these wonderful people we have been teaching! I can’t believe both Elder Whitesides and I are leaving, and they will not know either of the new missionaries coming in to teach them! But, they are sister missionaries, so they’re in good hands. 😉
Elder Wharton, from my current district, used to serve in Grand Rapids 2 and he has only good things to say! So I can’t wait for this new chapter in this crazy adventure we call a mission. I just can’t believe 14 months have gone by so quickly.
This Thursday one of the quorum of the seventy, Brent H. Nielson, visited our mission and gave training. His wife did as well, and I learned a lot and I really want to apply what was taught. Sister Nielson taught us about accepting others for who they are, specifically talking about accepting companions for who they are, and not trying to change them or dictate what they should or should not do. I don’t think I’m a dictator, but I am going to more fully apply these principles with my new companion, and just try to learn as much as I can from him, and the rest of my district.
Thank you all for you love and support! It is much needed and you’ve all helped me get through my hardest trials with ease and comfort.
I know the message we share is true, and I know that it is God who has called me to serve here in Michigan, and specifically, now in Grand Rapids.
Talk with you all in two Mondays!
Love, Elder Breinholt
(Had a super fun P-Day last Monday with a bunch of missionaries in a member’s home.)
