September 2, 2013
Hello everyone!
Once
again, I am strapped for time. Our branch president is giving Elder
Eastmond and I a P-day tour of Ieper, a historical WWI city. We have a
train to catch. But first, gather round, boys and girls. I have a story
to tell.
Last
Thursday, my companion had to go up to the mission headquarters in
Leiden, Nederland, with another missionary in our district -- Elder
Bishop. So, we had exchanges: I would work with Elder Toole, Elder
Bishop's companion, in their city in Brugge. On Wednesday, we met up
with the Brugge elders and the zone leaders at around 9 PM in Gent,
another city in our district. As our companions drove off with the zone
leaders, Elder Toole (who is also a greenie) and I watched them drive
away in shock and realized we had no clue where we were. We eventually
found the Gent elders and their apartment (where we were supposed to
stay the night), and everything was okay.
The
next day, Elder Toole and I got to Brugge. Now, Elder Toole and I were
in the MTC together -- he was in a different district, but we know each
other pretty well. We've both been out for about six weeks now. He is a
great missionary, but he has big struggles with Dutch. It was okay,
though -- we had a day of miracles, and through knocking doors, ended up
finding two new investigators and teaching two unplanned lessons. As
greenies! Super cool. As we finished one lesson, we turned the corner,
high-fived, and I said, "who needs our trainers? We should just be
companions!" While moon-walking down the sidewalk. We had a good laugh
-- of course we need our trainers! There's no way we could do it without
them. I mean, we've only been out for six weeks.
Elder Toole is my new companion.
Transfer
calls came in yesterday, while Elder Eastmond and I were biking home. I
heard Elder Eastmond say, "Apeldoorn? I'd love to." with a look of
shock on his face. That was the moment I knew he was leaving me -- I
picked up my bike and threw it into a bush on the side of the road. On
Wednesday, Elder Eastmond is becoming a zone leader and moving up to
Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. Elder Bishop is becoming the new district
leader and getting a new greenie. And Elder Toole is coming down to
Kortrijk. We'll be co-senior companions together (and once you go
senior, you rarely go back). So, we had our junior-companion childhood
stolen away. I guess it's time to be responsible. Time to have more
faith than ever before.
This also means that my address stays the same! For those who have been wondering, my address is:
Elder John Bonney
Jan Persijnstraat 20/B3 bus 1
8500 Kortrijk
Belgium
Any letter will get here from America with three forever stamps. If you've written me a letter -- I love you.
Keep calm and carry on.
-Elder Bonney
PS
-- The photo is from last week on P-day, taken in Brugge. I'm with
some sort of troll (I refuse to believe he's a devil). I was not
comfortable in this picture. His hand was touching my back.
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