Well, it finally happened! I get to stay in Natchitoches for a third transfer, which is the first time I have ever stayed in one area for longer than 12 weeks.
I will be training a new missionary. Sister Hartshorn is leaving Natchitoches and was told by President Wall that she, too, is going to be training a new missionary. She and her new companion are going to replace two elders in an area that is yet unknown to us. I think there is a 40 percent chance that she and her new companion are going to be the first sisters to serve in New Orleans proper. (I have served in three areas that included parts of real New Orleans, but we always lived in a small suburb of New Orleans like Chalmette, Kenner, and Gretna.)
We found out this morning that we do not have to drive the 3.5 hours on our own from Natchitoches to Baton Rouge, and then back. Instead, the Many (MAN-knee) elders are going to pick us up at 5 AM tomorrow and we are going to drive with them for an hour to Alexandria. They are going to park their car at a fast food restaurant and then all four of us are going to join the office elders in "the transfer van" for the final 2.5 hours of our journey.
[Wanna see what the transfer van looks like? Go to our mission website and scroll down to where it says Zone Conference: November 2012 and watch the video!]
We should arrive at the Baton Rouge Stake Center (where I went to church a year ago, in my first area) around 8:30 and we'll have a chance to unload Sister Hartshorn's luggage and bicycle before the "Train the Trainer" meeting begins at 9:15. We'll be in there for about an hour, and then the real transfer meeting will begin. We'll find out who our new companions are at that meeting. Then we'll have lunch before we pack up a new set of luggage and head back to Alexandria, and then finally Natchitoches.
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