Posts for Elder_Ingham
Chapter 6: The Circle of (mission) life
2008 October 20
This weeks' been pretty crazy. Well, more specifically this weekend. As I write this, Elder Ingham driving down to Las Vegas. Also as I write this, my new companion is somewhere in Las Vegas. The transfer calls line read: Elders Larsen (T) & Greenie Things are going to get a whole lot more interesting. I'm not moving (still covering the Wingfield Hills and Pyramid Lake Wards), but I am losing part of my area, as the Red Hill Branch will be covered by Elders Olivera and Simpkins on bike. That was expected, as the mission continues to ...
Lake, Snow, Zone Conference, Branch!
2008 October 16
This message is slightly delayed due to Temple day. I won't get to use that excuse again for another 12 weeks. And somehow I always forget until after the preceding Monday. Oops! So our narrative picks up last Monday after I finished writing emails. After some shopping, our apartment decided that we would go to Pyramid Lake. We drove up to Sutcliffe, NV, which is about 30 miles north of Sparks, and is ...
Driving, conference, countdowns
2008 October 06
This week was a bit more productive than last week. Elder Ingham decided to put me in charge (to a degree, anyway). We had some good, solid, productive days. This also brought back a stress that I'm still not quite used to... driving. Luckily Sparks has nowhere near the crazy traffic that Las Vegas has (the roads are a little smaller, so it's harder to get stuck on the wrong side of the road when you need to turn). The smaller roads do have their downside... we have a tiny little road called Highland Ranch P ...
Hills, lots of Hills
2008 September 29
Alright, so this week was pretty quiet... until Sunday. First off, we've got some major shake-ups. Pieces of 4 wards (Sparks 8th, 9th, Highland Ranch, and Eagle Canyon) have been split off to form the Red Hill Branch, which meets in and covers the entirety of Sun Valley. They've also renamed Sparks 8th Ward to be the Wingfield Hills Ward, and Sparks 9th Ward to be the Satellite Hills Ward. All of this takes effect on October 12th. Second off, we had a baptism-he's going to be the last person to be baptized and confirmed ...
Really learning how to navigate
2008 September 22
Sparks/Reno is way harder to navigate in. At least Las Vegas has a grid system... Actually I'm starting to get the hang of things. There do look to be a few changes coming though. They're creating a new branch in Sun Valley (they're announcing it next week, will start meeting October 12th), which is going to take part of our area, along with parts of 2 other areas, and there'll also be some renamings and boundary realignments. It's going to be pretty hectic figuring out all of that. Whoever ends up covering the branch is ...
Sent to the Northern Hinterlands...
2008 September 15
Hey All! So... I got transfered. Elder Hoffman stayed put... he's training a greenie (I think his name is Elder Farnsworth). I'm executing a hit on Elder Ingham. In SPARKS. Waay north of Vegas. So I'm in the Reno North Zone now, Sparks North District. We (me & Elder Ingham) cover the Pyramid Lake and Sparks 8th Wards. Elder Ingham is the district leader here. This makes the 3rd district leader that I've served as companion to. The thing that's funny about coming here is that this is the second area I've come to where Elder ...