1/9/17

Hello world. This week has not been the usual hum drum of me freezing. But let me explain first. On Wednesday we had transfers and I said "see ya dude" to Elder Peery. To put it subliminally, life has become much better since hump day. My new companion is Elder Stafford, he's from St. Louis Missouri and we get along just fine.

With this renewed happiness comes a slight twist. Elder Stafford has torn his Meniscus and will have to get surgery here soon. We went to the Doctor on Thursday and he's pretty much got the worst tear you can get. Me and two other missionaries were along for the trip and we waited in the waiting room for two hours. But its ok because we got 5 Guys afterwards and I got to have a peanut butter, Oreo, and bacon shake.

We've waited a few days for "the call" so we can know when and where the surgery will be. So we've been a limbo like state of not being able to do like anything. We've been car-less and the doctor yelled at him for using it too much, so we've been stuck in the apartment all week. Except when we got to go over to member's places and hang out with them. This is a good ward to have a bad knee in. The people here are awesome. The most memorable day was helping our good friend Doug fix his washer.

It was a good bonding moment captured lol

Sundays are always great here. During Ward Council there was a very productive conversation about getting missionary work better this year. Its been weighing in some people's minds and so it will be a great change to see. They are putting missionary work higher up on the totem pole it seems, so I'm excited.

Here is me with Elders Gehrke and Hawley. PPMers got to stick together these days.

So things aren't so normal for me but due to the unusual circumstances of getting a new companion I feel like it is my job right now to be a friend to Elder Stafford as he goes through a rough time. The chances are high he would have to go home for a while. But we still are waiting for that call.

Elder Simmons