Hello there,
So your probably confused as to why I'm writing on Saturday,
let's just say I'll be writing Saturdays for the next few months. Transfer news
came on Monday night and quite the change was made. We were sitting at dinner
with Horners (senior couple) after a nice Pday of buying things, cleaning and relaxing. In the
middle of dinner, I was holding the phone and it began ringing and I looked at
it and it said Pres. Hicken. Uh oh... so I took the call and walked into the
other room. I have been given a new assignment. That is to be an Assistant to the
President. When he told me that I was totally shocked and humbled. He said some
other things on the phone, but I could hardly think because I was super nervous
and shocked. After closing the phone call, I broke into tears. I took it as
though the Lord is telling me that he still trusts me and that he has great
plans for me ahead. I've just got to trust in Him. I said a prayer, then
returned to the dinner table. I was so nervous, I couldn't even finish my
dinner, my stomach got all tight and my thoughts were racing a million miles an
hour.. Incredibly humbling. So we enjoyed our last night together and I had to
pack all my stuff to be on a bus in the morning. The rest of the zone remained
the same, and Elder Harding is the one replacing me.
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| The Horners |
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| The missionaries serving in my area. |
So Tuesday morning I was on a bus to Nairobi after being
able to watch Daniel, one of the members whom we teach with, receive his mission
call to Zimbabwe Hirare mission. He was super excited, and I'm excited for him,
he will be a great missionary. I was so happy to be able to see him get his
call before leaving the area. Tuesday night I was put in a car as the third
driver, because of transfers, we needed to drop missionaries in their various
zones, so we were driving around in the evening so that there is no traffic. Nairobi
Traffic is crazy... So we were out and about for a while and then finally got
to bed around 1:00am. I've been having trouble sleeping the last few days, I have
been so restless at night. But as the week has gone on it has been
better.
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| Daniel opening his mission call. |
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| On the bus to Nairobi. Goodbye Kisumu. |
Wednesday, we were finishing moving people around, dropping
and picking people at the airport, and putting people on the bus, early morning
at 4:00, but it's okay the Lord definitely gives you the energy to fulfill the
assignment you receive. One of the cool things about being here is you get to
associate a lot with the couples and the other elders in the office, they are
all really wonderful people. I was able to sit down with President Hicken for a
bit and he explained my assignment and what he expects of me. We are to do a
lot, but it's okay because we also get a proselyting area, and 4 days to
proselyte, so it's not just office work all day every work, but it's actual
missionary work.
Thursday was our office day, so we had to do some work to
catch up with things from the transfer and plan with President Hicken.
Friday was our proselyting day so we were out in our area
which is in Nairobi, but it's a drive to get there. We had a full day planned,
but only one of those we scheduled with showed up, but we were able to have 3
unexpected lessons and did a lot of contacting. It turned out to be a
good day. Every day is busy, but that's the best is when it's busy.
This is the Lord's church. He knows everyone in the world
individually and each of us must experience different things to become as our
Heavenly Father. It just so happened that the Lord needs me to experience this.
It's not chosen by man, it's not earned, but rather, its' the spirit that guides
the Mission President. I look forward to all this new assignment entitles and
all I'll be able to experience.
Thank you for your continual love and support,
Love Always,
Elder Rushton Jay Hiltbrand
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