Transfered!

December 13, 2010

So I'm getting transferred, off to Murrietta, CA! Los Alamos and singles branch. Should be interesting, the area is probably the most sought after area at the moment so i feel pretty lucky to go there but im going to miss the area im in right now! I love them so much and its jsut a good place to be, but thats part of being a missionary i guess, i lot of goodbyes but i didnt get to say goodbye to everyone i wanted to. Ill be in a quadpanionship, because the two elders that are there now are going home in two weeks and then it will be me ad Elder Blackett! I dont know him all i know is he is from UT. I have no idea how the phone call thing will work on christmas ill have a member down there call shonda and get it all arranged! I will be living 1 hour and seven minutes from san diego so thats pretty cool, probably the closest ill get to LIndsey's mission!

We had a weird week, we had a steller week too, it was good but went nothing like the way it was planned, lots of people being taught but not the ones we planned on. Keith James got a job which is exciting. We were able to go to an awesome baptism this week for some girls that live in our area but are getting baptised in the bordering ward, Etzel di done of them and I gave the closing prayer haha

The best part of the week was definetly going to the temple. Ue Vogt from Hemet went through for his first time and I was able to go down there with Elder Etzel and Elder Parrot! It was amazing, THe Bocks took us which are great friends and on the way home we got in-n-out, so good! Elder Etzel is the funniest guy ever he jsut goes and sits down and starts talking to people, he was talking to this guy who was walking to Detroit for like 20 minutes and so we said a prayer with him and then he bought some homeless guy a hamburger hes jsut non stop service!

I have mixed feeling about going because i was so attached to the area but the area Im going to has had like 30 people join the church in the last month! So i will go from tracting all the time to teaching non stop! plus Elder Ngwaka one of my buddies that went home already i guess i should say Zach is playing college ball at MSJC and he lives in the ward im going to go serve in so thats pretty cool. This christmas will be good though i fell, it got up to ninety the other day, i know dad is probably super jealous! Id just like to publicly thank my two beautiful parents! They are the coolest people! Both of them are just amazing!

But I have to go! Ill let you know how murrietta treats me the first week, we have 6 elders, four beds, one bedroom :) Because Elder WHimpey has his weights in the other bedroom, at least thats what i hear! haha love you all happy holidays!

Elder schallenberger

ps I will be sending a christmas card picture thing to my mom to give to people in MT to save postage! so if you want one contact her, she should be getting them in the next month! IM going to put happy holidays so it can come late! that way it will include my birthday! Janurary 28th!

:)

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Elder Schallenberger

two pics one at the temple an one we took at a mexican restaurant!