Wow. This has been one heck
of a week. I don't even know where to begin. I guess let’s start with
Wednesday.
Wednesday was transfer
day. We met at a building in Kennewick at 1 and were on the road to Yakima by
1:30. From there I drove (with other missionaries of course) to a place called
Quincy and then East Wenatchee. At every stop since it was a huge caravan we
unloaded the trailers with all the luggage (at EVERY stop) and waited for
everyone to get there from various places then load into our respective
vehicles and onto the next stop. We got to East Wenatchee around 7:30 PM and
from there I got to drive to Chelan. Since we got doubled in (we are two new
missionaries to the area) they gave us the keys to a Corolla (not fun driving
in the snow), an address, 6 Spanish Book of Mormons, some pamphlets, a dvd
player and the training DVDs, and sent us on our way. After an hour and a half
of driving through snow on a nice windy mountain road we finally got the
address which thankfully was the right members. We unpacked and then went to
bed.
So now a little bit
about the area. First of all, Lake Chelan is unbelievable. I'll try and get a
picture next week because I forgot the SD converter but it’s gorgeous. Mountains
and snow everywhere, the lake is stunning, all the vineyards and orchards, all
the million dollar homes. It’s Amazing. There are three cities in this area, Manson
(the north-ish end; the lake is 9 miles long so there’s only development for
part of it) Chelan (the main city) and then Chelan Falls which is about 10
miles down the freeway. Since its a tourist town (or will be once it gets above
freezing...) Chelan is a little bit more urban than Benton City but it's still
pretty similar; there’s a little downtown area (that reminds me a lot of Orange
at the Circle) and then a main road along the river to get to the rest of the
homes up the side of the mountain. Google Earth it to see what I'm talking
about.
So the members here
are just as amazing and generous as Benton City. When we arrived on Wednesday,
the only food we had was some chocolate muffins from Costco the members we are
staying with got us, tons of Hot Chocolate mix (my comp LOVES hot chocolate)
and some See's Candies I brought with me. We were meeting with the Hermanas
(sister missionaries) that were already in the area to try and get situated
with who we were teaching and what not and we talked about how we didn't have
much food and a member overheard so a few hours later he shows up at our
doorstop with ridiculous amounts of food to survive us until P-Day (the only
day we have to go shopping.) It was unbelievable. And that’s only the
beginning. The members are just so supportive of us and the missionary work I
could spend all day talking about it.
The ward here is a
little bit like Benton City; there’s the main ward and then the Spanish group.
Thankfully it’s a little bit bigger than the Spanish group in BC so we can meet
by ourselves and have Sacrament Meeting in Spanish for them. But guess what. Up
until Wednesday, they didn't have a pianist. Yet again, my mom was right. So
now for the next 6 to 12 weeks I get to play all the hymns for the meetings.
Now I just need a piano to practice on at home.....
Anyways that’s the
major stuff for this week. Since we are still running around like chickens with
our heads cut off at the moment, hopefully this next week we will start to
settle into the groove of things and I'll have more interesting things to write
you all. No major quote this week but I'll still use the latest one I remember
from the truck in Benton City.
"Go
Hawks." 'Nuff said.
Later y'all!
Later y'all!
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