I thought West Bank was in Gaza...

This last week, we had our quarterly Zone Conference.  Right before it started, President Wall talked to me in the hallway and he asked my opinion for which of several scenarios make the most sense.  Here's the deal: 

• I speak nearly fluent Spanish and have been training Sister Kylie Marks (greenie) here in Metairie (Area A).
• Sister Spencer has been speaking Spanish for three months and is training Sister Walker (greenie) in Baton Rouge (Area B).  
• On September 12, Sister Marks and Sister Walker will be companions and will finish training each other.  I will get a new greenie.  And so will Sister Spencer.  There will be a total of three areas in which Spanish-speaking hermanas will work.  

That means that a third area (Area C) will be opened up for Spanish sisters.  And that means that two sisters are going to be "double-transferred" into the new area (which happens to be West Bank, in New Orleans).  President Wall has a few different ways to do it.  He could:

1. Double-transfer Sister Marks and Sister Walker into West Bank.  But they've only been speaking Spanish since June 2012, and they've only been missionaries in Louisiana since August 2012.
2. Double-transfer Sister Spencer and her new greenie.  But Sister Spencer has only been speaking Spanish since June 2012 or so, and she's never been double-transferred into a new area.  Moreover, she has only ever served in Baton Rouge.
3. Double-transfer my new greenie and me.  I've been speaking Spanish since 1999.  I've served in the New Orleans vicinity since March 2012.  I've been double-transferred once before, and so I kind of know what to do.    

I agreed with him that Option 3 made the most sense.  And so in three weeks, I may be leaving Metairie for West Bank!

Until then, here is my mailing address:

Hermana Ryan Palmer

2300 Edenborn Ave #2-136

Metairie, LA 70001