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March 7, 2018

Hey Everyone,
 
So today is transfers and because it is transfers it makes it all the harder to write emails, but since I have not written a group email in a while I decided I was going to at least do that.
    
To start I am moving from the Birch Hills Ward, which is one of the most northern parts of my mission, down to Tustin Meadows, which is the most southern part of my mission. Sounds like a long way doesn't it? Well, in truth it isn't that far at all, because my mission being pretty small.  In fact, it is the smallest proselyting mission in the world. Not quite sure how it will go, but I do have high hopes in everything.
    
This week, as well as every other week, has been an amazing experience. The biggest part of these last few weeks was having Elder Uchdorf come and speak to us in a mission conference, and also getting to shake his hand was pretty cool too.  It is difficult to describe the amazing feeling that filled my heart as I listened to him speak to us and I will never forget that I had a witness from the Holy Ghost, that Elder Uchdorf is an apostle of God!
      
The rest of the week was unpredictable and here is why:  
Monday: P-day we played soccer with high school kids....then it rained right after. 
Tuesday: exchanges with my district leader which came out of no where, and it also rained and I did not have a rain jacket with me (#tractingintherain). 
Wednesday: Average day of heat and tracting. 
Thursday: District meeting and.... that's about it for that day. 
Friday: Crazy rain storm came out of no where and we ended up tracting in it. I was feeling sick the whole day, but went through the day like usual. 
Saturday: Threw up in the morning and stayed in the rest of the day and slept and threw up some more. Super fun day. We also had another rain storm outside while I slept...which was kind of peaceful. 
Sunday I felt better at first and I went to church and bore my goodbye testimony to the ward. I then went out for a little bit and ended up returning to the apartment and throwing up again and that is pretty much my week. It never rains here and all of a sudden we get rain. Not a bad thing, just unexpected.

Thank you for all of your support and all of the great examples you have shown to me!

Love,
Elder Wasden

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