Today I received all of Matt's release information. I was surprised at my feelings. I was more sad than when we sent him out. Don't get me wrong, I am excited to see him and have him home again but I will miss having a missionary out. It is so good to hear about their experiences and see the changes it makes in them. He will be flying into Idaho Falls on May 28 at 5:32 p.m. Hard to believe but it will be exciting. Now for his letter:
3/25/09
Hello again. As you may have seen on the news things have been pretty exciting around here. There has been alot of snow, rain, and flooding. As for me its been alot of traveling again. We finished up zone conferences in Bismark last week and after that we headed out traveling in the Bismark zone. It was a lot of fun. I was able to attend church in Williston and see a lot of old friends. The ward there has changed a lot in 18 months. I would say that about half of the ward was new people. There are a lot of people from Idaho that escaped the bad economy and came to work in the oil fields. That was cool to meet a lot of people from home. On Sunday and Monday night I was in Minot and worked a lot with the missionaries there. On Monday night a blizzard came and shut down the town. There was a no travel advisory for the whole state of North Dakota but Elder Jennings and I had to be in Rapid City on Wednesday so that he can go to Casper on Thursday and I can head to Sioux Falls. We blazed the storm. The roads were terrible and at times you couldn't see past the hood of your car. It was a scary drive to say the least. On good roads it is a two hour drive and this time it took us 4 hours but we made it safe. We spent the night in Bismark then left early this morning for Rapid City. The roads were ok today. Tomorrow I get on a bus for Sioux Falls and Jennings is going to Casper. We have to split up so we can cover some more ground before the end of the transfer. The bus ride is going to be a long one but I could use some down time. Well thank you to everyone for all that you do and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Love Elder Robison
Matt emailed today and said he didn't go to Sioux Falls. He said well mom I will leave Rapid tomorrow and will be back on probably Saturday I'm not positive but I think that I will be here all next week from the 6th to the 13th and then another transfer starts.
General Conference Note Taker
1 week ago
3 comments:
Ang, I know how you feel. It is hard having them come home because it is neat to have them in the field. I still struggle with David being home. By the way, how come Matt is alone traveling so much? I thought he always needed a comp.
He does but the mission is so big so an Elder from whatever area he is in goes with him and then moves him to the next area.
Angie, Where are you? We haven't heard from you in a long while.
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