New Mission President
I guess it has been a pretty interesting week. We saw President Wallis for the first time at zone conference in Kinston. At first, it was very wierd, but we warmed up and they are going to be great. Sister Wallis is really cool, reminds me of mom, even though she likes the Ohio State buckeyes and also BYU. She was born in Denver and grew up in Chicago, met President Wallis at BYU and later moved to Cincinati. President Wallis is awesome too, he has tons of experience in the church, knows a bunch of general authorities and apostles being stake president and patriarch. He was born and raised in Vernal, UT and actually, I asked him later if he knew any Hardy’s and he told me he remember a teacher named Norwood Hardy at his high school, who was one of his favorite teachers. Recognizing the name, I told him it was the brother of Grandpa Hardy…I think at least. So, that is kind of cool. Also, they had a son a while ago who served in the San Bernadino California Mission..so maybe Christ knows him?? President Wallis and his wife are kind of older and it happens they weren’t even planning on going on a mission, but they had an interview with Richard G. Scott and they were called in March to be told they had been selected to come to North Carolina.
Well, it has been a pretty good week, the weather has cooled down a little bit, which I am extremly grateful for. But, it is going to be getting hot once again. The assistants came on exchanges with us and we got so much done in two days, taught 17 lessons and for the week, we taught 30 lessons!!! It is the most I’ve taught in a week, it was a very good week. We also had a couple of people at church, Humberto (a part-member), and also Carolina, who has a new baptismal date for the 19th of this month. So, I am pretty stocked…Wilson seems to be speeding up a little bit and I already have a month under my belt with transfers coming up this next week. I think Elder Christensen will be staying here, but I am worried because the District Leader here is getting transferred….we’ll see what happens.
So, how is everyone doing?? I enjoyed receiving the e-mail from Chris regarding his desire for more pinball machines. And I guess Mom, Dad and Julie are getting ready for Taiwan..(LUCKY). I like reading the articles in the church news about Taiwan, I hope a picture of dad shows up in one of the following issues as the Best Missionary who served in Taiwan. He should win an award or something. Anyways, thanks for the support everyone, if anyone ever needs anything…just e-mail or write me!
Con Amor
Elder Hardy