So like the title says, Tintal had an emergency transfer last week! Only 3 days after the transfers happened! And it means that one of us left Tintal, to go somewhere else in Bogota Sur! And it was...... Not me! Yep, Elder Garcia left Tintal after 5.5 months here. That is a long time to be in an area, but its pretty normal here. Anyway, it was 10:20 Wednesday night (10:30 is our bedtime), and we got a call from the Zone Leader that Elder Garcia was leaving! So he was up pretty late packing, and then at 8 in the morning, the other companionship came to our house to trade! The area Elder Garcia went to is called La Victoria, and the reason why we didn´t meet them there is because....Gringos aren´t allowed in the area! It is the most dangerous area in the mission, Elder Garcia was really worried haha. And yeah, I got a new companion! His name is Elder Giler (Heal-air), and he is from Ecuador. He is pretty cool, and I think it will be a good change. And he speaks (decent) English! For like the first day and a half he only spoke Spanish, but then when I have having trouble remembering a word, he helped me, and I realized how much he knew. So I don´t know if it is good or bad, but I do like having someone that can help me with my Spanish.
Aaaaand the reason why my email is on Tuesday this week is because we had a special Multi-Zone Conference with a member of the Seventy, Elder C. Scott Grow! He was really cool, and because he is a gringo, his Spanish was much easier to understand (he speaks without an accent or slurring of words). So first, on Sunday we went to the stake center in Quiroga (the normal meeting place for multi zone conferences) with our Ward Council members to have a conference about how the ward members can help the missionaries more, and then yesterday just the missionaries returned and we had more lessons and stuff about our role in the mission, and what we can do to bring more people to Christ. It was really cool, Elder Grow definately deserves to be in the area seventy! He had such a strong testimony, and I really think that he helped this mission.
¿Qué más? Oh so today for p-day we had several zones meet at the same place to play fútbol! There are these turf, covered canchas (courts/fields) that are pretty cool to play on, but are kinda expensive, but with a bunch of missionaries we were all able to play for like two ours on three different courts! And remember, they really only play micro soccer here, on fields the size of basketball courts, with normally a max of 5 people in each team. And also, today I got my first bloody nose from an impact to my face! (The only other time was while scuba diving). What stinks is I was keeper, and they still scored the goal after smacking me in the face.
So we have been putting a big emphasis on reactivating less-active members and families here, and we are starting to see the fruits of our efforts! On Sunday we had a family come to church, and stay the whole time, who were really having trouble. And just saying, it is really hard to get people to church here. But yeah, it was great! It is cool to see someone resolve their doubts and problems with the church and return to the gospel. A gospel which I know is true! Especially with the conferences with Elder Grow, my testimony has been growing tremendously. I am so lucky to be able to be on a mission, sharing the message that I know is true! I love you guys!
Love,
Elder Toombs
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| Elder Garcia and Elder Giler |
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| Elder Toombs and Elder Giler |
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