That is correct, I Elder Trapp am once again leaving a area just after 6 weeks. So if you have any mail of any sort wait till I can give you my new address.
ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. The mission office is being moved. So if you had plans to send stuff through there please be aware that they are moving. Here is the official letter.
Dear Elders & Sisters:
IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
When you email your families this week, please let them know the new Mission Office address:
777 Sunblest Boulevard, Fishers, Indiana 46038-1167.
This change goes into effect on Monday, September 28th.
Sister Anderson
Secretary to the President - Baptisms & Referrals
INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS MISSION
I hope that is clear, it was fairly unexpected we thought we still had another three weeks or so till they would change but nope.
Now back to me leaving the area. Its a bit emotionally wearing, and a pain in the rear to pack every six weeks. I have done this for pretty much the entire summer. Not that I am complaining only comenting on how much I dislike packing and leaving many families and converts so quickly. But where ever the lord wants me to go I will go.
As to where I could go there are a few options. In a email to me President told me that I would be going stripe (english/spanish) in an area that has not had a spanish elder in a long time if ever. However the call he gave us this Saturday he said that I would be going straight Spanish, and Elder Cruz would go to a stripe area. As such I lean more to his call Saturday as it was more recent though reading his email did throw a curve ball.
If I do a stripe I have no idea where I would go (this seems unlikely now) but if I went straight spanish (very likely) there are really only two options. I could return to Lafayette where I could serve with Elder Baird (good guy) or Elder Ryan (mtc comp). Or the other option is that I go and open a new area.
A few weeks previous President did say that something super weird was going to happen and this is it. I am not sure how well this will turn out but its what the Lord wants so ok.
As always its hard to leave areas. Expecially when there are many things going on. Recent converts who still need a lot of fellow shipping
We are having problems with one convert who has bad health and a smoking issue. She is a really nice lady who unfortunately has gone back to her bad habits and it is making things harder and worse for her.
And one situation is one I would love to write about but cant till after my mission probably. Lets just say it involves the police, a con artist, smuggling of illegals, and a lot of money. Fear not the missionaries have no strings to this only that we are the un involved witnesses.
So I will wrap up with what happened with our branch part we had this Saturday.Only want to share a little about the Branch party we had this last Saturday. It was a blast with all the food, music, dancing, and to quote are BP a "Dance War". We were elected judges (because we cant dance). And by a landslide the primary kids won, it also help they were the only ones that didnt try to bribe us with money or meals. But while that was all very good and fun the best came from our Investigator William.
William we met on the street who ran up to us wanting to shake our hands and all that good stuff. We were very confused till he explained that he had lived in Provo for 20 years, hanged out with the missionaries a lot, and has attended most of the wards activities and etc. But for some reason he is not baptized. We invited him to come to the party not really expecting that he would come only for him to show up, dance with the members, and even performed a solo song for all of us (he was actually pretty good). He shows a lot of promise and we are excited for the work the missionaries will do with him. We are excited for several people here to be taught by new missionaries.
William we met on the street who ran up to us wanting to shake our hands and all that good stuff. We were very confused till he explained that he had lived in Provo for 20 years, hanged out with the missionaries a lot, and has attended most of the wards activities and etc. But for some reason he is not baptized. We invited him to come to the party not really expecting that he would come only for him to show up, dance with the members, and even performed a solo song for all of us (he was actually pretty good). He shows a lot of promise and we are excited for the work the missionaries will do with him. We are excited for several people here to be taught by new missionaries.
But we will see how things go with everything. Well lots of stuff to do and so little time. There are more pictures and videos in the dropbox and I and inserted some here for you guys to see.
As always I love you all and miss you. I will let you know where I am in a few days.
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