First off the news about transfers is that I am staying in Boardman for another transfer, and yes, it is in the middle of nowhere. Elder Hardy is getting transferred to Vancouver where he will probably live out the remainder of his days. My new comp is Partridge. Me and Anderson took him out his first night in the mission back in the kennewick days, he seems like a nice enough guy. He's a bigg'n, real tall and real wide, so I'll have a body guard to watch my back. The other fun item of note from the transfer calls is that we have successfully seceded. Back when the zones were first consolidated Hermiston and Walla Walla zones combined to be Blue Mountain Zone, ever since there has been talks of rebellion and secession. In the transfer call it was officially announced that Hermiston zone would be reinstated. The south rouse again!
It was a pretty good week. Conference was of course awesome. I especially enjoyed the priesthood session. There was a guy in the choir that I could have sworn was Eric...but probably wasn't. You know you're getting close to the end of the mission when you start to struggle to recognize family members.
This week's random acts of service? First we fixed a center pivot. Then we wrangled cattle. Yup. Wrangled. Some of the highlights of that day were when I tackled a calf, and later kicked a cow in the face, and many other reasonable acts of violence towards cows. I gave a lot of vaccinations, and also learned how to castrate a cow. All kinds of life lessons were learned. It was a pretty fun day of service. Lots of laughs, and lots of close calls with trampling. Good times good times.
The work continues to go well. The girl we baptized is doing good. And her mom and two brothers want to be baptized. They are currently on date for the 21st of this month. Life in the mission is good, and hopefully all is well with everyone else. Have a great week and a happy Easter!
Love,
Elder Richards
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