I was able to steal this picture from the mission's facebook page. The young elders did a service project replacing mulch in a local park. You can barely see Elder Wright on the front row behind another missionary!
Hello
to all of you! So, as you remember, my mission recently had transfers, and I
was not exempt from this. I did get a new companion and a new apartment, but
the biggest change I have to tell you all about is that I'm not in Data
Services anymore. I'm now the district leader of Library Services! Now, just
like every other time I changed zones, you're probably wondering what that
means. Well, if you were to read the title of this email, you would discover
that it basically means that I'm a librarian. I get to put the books away, make
sure all the books and films/fiche are put in the right spot, and help patrons
locate the things they are looking for. I do miss Data Services a bit, but I am
warming up to this zone since it's not too stressful. However, I would hope
that I don't have to move around anytime soon, because it gets kind of annoying
after a while with having to change apartments literally every month. I feel
like with the amount of zones that I've been in while I've been here, I could
do some sort of fireside after I get back. May I could even make a kids book
series (similar to Curious George) about Elder Wright and His Wacky Mission.
This month would be Elder Wright Becomes a Librarian! Let me know if you all
have any questions! Have a great week and remember that your prays can be
answered according to your faith!
Till next week,
Elder Wright
PS: Saturday will not be
my usual p-day. It was just this week because of how things are in Library
Services. My usual p-day will be on Tuesday, which means I'll be emailing again
in 3 days. Looking forward to hear from you all then!
Hello
again everybody! I recently received some questions from some of my family, so
I'm going to answer them. Here we go!
Q: Where can I find the
blessings of the 12 Tribes of Israel in the scriptures?
A: You can look in the
first 5 books of the Old Testament, but if you want to know more about the
blessings of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the Book of Mormon does an
amazing job at explaining those.
Q: What have you learned
recently in your study of the 12 tribes?
A: Recently, I was
thinking about Ephraim and Manasseh, and then I came to a pretty interesting
realization: Since I have Native American ancestry, that means I have
connections to go all the way back to the Nephites and Lamanites, which lead
back to Ephraim and Manasseh. This made me realize that as their descendant,
the blessing that apply to them also apply to me. I did know this before, but
it was this realization that made it seem all the more real to me.
Q: What do you go over
every week at district meeting?
A: We mainly go over the
White Handbook and Preach my Gospel, but since I haven't really had an
opportunity to have a real district meeting since I became a district leader, I
don't really know what exactly I would be teaching.
Q: Do you have treats at
district meeting and what do your have?
A: We don't really have
treats at district meeting since we usually have district meeting right after
zone on Mondays, so we usually don't have to get any treats. Maybe I could
start doing that.
Q: Does each
companionship have an assignment for district meeting?
A: It mainly depends on
the district leader. I, however, plan on having assignments for my district.
Q: Do any of the couple
missionaries attend your district meeting?
A: No, but I'm not
exactly sure why. My guess is because they might have their own meetings or
something like that.
Q: Are you the district
leader over any of the couple missionaries?
A: Young elder district
leaders don't usually have any authority over any of the senior missionaries,
so no, I do not have any senior missionaries in my district.
Q: Do you know of
anybody in the mission that is from another country or speaks another language?
A: I recently discovered
that you must be an American citizen if you want to be a young elder on this
mission. That being said, we do have some missionaries that are dual citizens
with other countries. For example, the elder who trained me has dual citizenship
with Canada, and an elder that I'm friends with has dual citizenship with Peru.
As for senior missionaries, they can come from all over, including places like
Australia, England, and Japan.
Q: Do the elders in your
zone associate with the elders of the Deaf zone of Translation zone?
A: The elders in my zone
don't associate with the elders in the Deaf zone, mainly because of location
and the personalities of the Deaf Zone Elders. We don't have a Translation
zone, but we do serve on the International floor of the FHL, so there are
people there who help people who speak other languages.
Q: Have you recently had
any meals provided by the Mission? What did you have? Did you like it?
A: If I were to list all
the meals that were provided to me while I was here, I would be typing all day.
I will say that the last one that I had was a couple of days ago when I had the
district leader meeting. We had sandwiches made by the Church Office Building
(COB) cafeteria, which those were pretty good.
Hopefully this answers
some lingering questions you may have about my mission!
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