OK well guess what? Elder Graham moved. Again. To a place called Taibao. (jia yi xian) It is going to be so different. It is.... a bunch of rice fields. There is nobod
y here. We have to bike 2o minutes to get to where there are people to contact. It's only a branch. Its not even a ward. Which is fine. It will just be really weird. But the branch members are cool. My new companion is Elder Baxter. ------------>It has been freezing cold here. But it should be warmer now that I am in the south a little bit. But the last few days have just been huge winds and freezing hands. Which is fine. Not as cold as last year.
Yesterday when I told everyone in the ward that I was moving, they were all sad. One of the recent converts Liu Zhen Jie, called me last night to tell me that I was a good missionary. Then he started crying. He said that I never gave up on him even when he was starting to fall away from the church and not wanting to read or pray. You would be surprised too. Because this is an 18 year old kid who works out a lot and is just a big muscular guy. With facial hair and everything. A big tough DUDE. But he was grateful for the love that I had showed for him. I won't forget that.So moving is not fun. Staying up packing, waking up early to pack some more. taking a bus to the BOO(傳到部) for an hour. Waiting there. Then taking another bus to the train station. Then on that for about 2 hours. Then luckily a member was there to pick me and my new companion up from the train station. Not fun. I am way tired right now.
So I will be spending Christmas and my birthday in this new area. I have never served in an area that has been really.... not in the city. (whats the English word for xiang xia?) Like my new chapel is in a rented house. That has been converted into a chapel. The branch here has goals to become a ward in two years.
Sisi happy birthday and have fun at the Christmas dance. And guess what? My first date with Sarah was her asking me to the Christmas dance.
Sarah wants me to start sending letters to her house but I don't have that address............. I haven't sent letters to her there since the MTC. does somebody want to find out her address for me?
So yeah. that's me for this week. The picture is of Zhou jm who is of one of the best members I have seen ever... even in Utah. But she walks super slow cuz she is super preggo in the eggo. About to pop.
See ya in a few months,
桂長老桂俊杰
Elder Graham
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