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Weeks 43 & 44

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Hey all! Sorry I've been behind on my emails again, I've got to get on top of this, haha.     To start it off, we had transfers on the 13th which were actually kind of uneventful. Usually it's a hectic time but since all 4 missionaries are staying in our apartment we just went about our business as usual and started off our transfer on the right foot!     Towards the end of that week, we actually had a stake conference! Usually Easter weekends are pretty special for us in general, but this was even more special as we had the chance to join the adult session of Stake Conference, and we were even up on the stand! For those who don't know, the church organizes its members by regions, and in those regions are things called branches, wards and stakes. Wards are quite common and are the individual church buildings and the members who attend, while the stake covers multiple wards and is basically like a supervisor to the wards, so these special conferences only happen every...

Weeks 41 & 42

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Hey all!     Sorry I missed last week's email, things were pretty hectic, but I'm ready to catch you all up on what happened these last couple weeks!     To start off, Week 41     We had the semi-annual General Conference! For those who may not know what that is, it's basically a worldwide broadcast from the Church several different speakers, including the Prophet himself! They all share inspirational messages of peace and hope, along with things that we can do to bring that in our lives. It was an amazing General Conference, and we got the chance to spend it with some members of the ward on Sunday which was really nice.     As another cool thing that happened in week 41, I also had the chance to go on exchanges with one of the Zone Leaders, Elder Johnson. He came up to North Shore, and it was a pretty cool time with him. We were able to bounce some ideas off each other along with joining in a Ward board game night (Elder Brown was not happy he mi...