This week had it's ups and downs...

So you all remember how I was with Elder Bowen? Well that is no more unfortunately. Last Monday right after we got home from shopping we got a call from President Collins and he told us that we would be involved in an emergency transfer and that Elder Bowen would be leaving and reopening an area with a companion that has been out only 1 transfer longer than him. This area is called Peru and I remember it being closed 1 year ago. So the assistants came and took him from me and gave me my new companion: Elder Marchant. Elder Marchant has had a very interesting mission experience, OK so he is from Las Vegas born and raised and then was sent to Chile, Concepcion for his mission and he was only there for like 6 weeks and then had to go home for medical leave because his growth plates haven't fused yet so his knees just killed because of walking soo much. So then he was at home for like 2 months and was never released, so they sent him out here to Indiana Spanish speaking. Now there were a few reasons why he came with me but the main one was that while he was home he lost a lot of the language and then he just couldn't pick it up again out here so they put him with me. So it stinks that Elder Bowen had to leave but it's not that bad because my new comp is good too. Also now we can't bike because the doctor told Elder Marchant to stay away from it.

So this week had it's ups and downs and interesting things too. On Tuesday Elder Marchant came, on Wednesday we had district meeting that went extremely well and then I had the first exchange with Elder Deardeuff and sent Elder Marchant with Elder Nash in Kendleville. The exchange went very well and I found out that Elder Deardeuff is a genius, he said that the last time he took a IQ test was when he was like 17 and it was in the mid 150's, plus he finished high school at 14 and he could have a doctorate right now if he actually enrolled in the colleges he visited. He’s on his 34th time reading the Book of Mormon, pretty crazy huh, but at the same time he is one of the humblest people I know.
love ya all
Elder Nelson