first of all i have to tell you guys that i got a trainee!!!!!! I'm so excited! hahaha its been a long 8 months and im ready to leave! His name is Elder Rizzo. Hes American and he was my trainers, Elder Fielding, old companion. he has about 3 months less than me in mission and he was previously a zone leader. he seems to be picking up on things pretty quickly so im sure he will do a good job.
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| Elder Rizzo, my Trainee! |
I also, this week, found out that i have Carpal Tunnel syndrome or something like that. It supposedly only happens to elderly people but i like to thinks its because i go hard when i type. Like i said, it has to do with typing. If you use you hands with the same function too much it makes your wrists hurt. So for the past 3 weeks or so my wrists have been hurting i didn't know why until i asked Hermana McMullin. Haha Who knew!!! here is the definition of carpal tunnel syndrome. Chronic pain, numbness, or tingling in the hand, caused by compression of the median nerve in the wrist. It can be caused by repetitive bending and extension of the wrist, as in keyboarding. I don't like having old man hands.
Anyways, on to change week.
It was a long one! Monday night The assistants and I had to take the changes that president had recently finished and plan for them to make them happen both effectively and economically. That was one of the biggest logistics nightmares that i have ever dealt with here is the office. That is because the area seventy changed the way we do our changes. Before we all met together in Luque and President announced the changes, you found your companion and you headed off to your area. the change that was made prohibited large gatherings as missionaries. So, we needed to take that into account while planning for the changes. the way we did it included two giant loops (made with two 12 seater vans) going from city to city and picking up and dropping off missionaries in there perspective areas.
We (the assistants and I) had to add the finishing touches to our master plan on Tuesday night so we didn't get to sleep before we had to start driving the loops at about 3 in the morning that we could get all the missionaries in their areas at a reasonable time on Wednesday. So, at this point I nor the assistants have gotten any sleep in the past 48 hours. Luckily for the assistants President prohibited them from driving anymore. Unfortunately for me, President did not realize that I had gone without sleep just has much as the assistants had, so I was the chauffeur for all of the missionaries that went home that night at hours 12:30, 4:30 and 6:30. Luckily I caught some sleep in between the hours 1:30 and 3:30. So in three days I received 2 maybe 3 hours of sleep. It was lots of work and I'm glad that I have been a part of the office staff to see how much time and effort the office staff put in to help this work press forward.
I have to say that I will not miss the sleepless nights though. hahaha
I have learned lots of lessons this week. One of the most important ones that I learned was the importance of scripture study. This week I haven't had the time to do my studies because of changes and I have come to realize that I don't recognize a difference in my day when I study the scripture but I sure do when I don't. I feel like I forgot something or something is missing.
Please study the scriptures. It will help you each and everyday you do so.
I love you all so much and i am so excited to hear back from you guys. Have a great week!!
Love Elder Petersen
**He said that he will most likely get send out of the office in 2 weeks due to a special change. An Elder is set to go home so he will replace him in Emboscada!!
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