Mission Call a Year Ago
A year ago this last week I opened my mission call to Bolivia with friends and family around:
And now, here I am.......8 months into my mission here in Boliva already:
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| Elder Ward swiped my camera for a quick pic |
BOMBSHELL!!
I wasn't expecting what happened there. I had a meeting with President Rodriguez (our Mission President) and he called me to be the new Mission Secretary! Wow. I am honored to be asked to do this. I know that is a postion with a lot of responsibility so the Lord and President Rodriguez definitely have faith in me. I'll do my best to live up to that.
I'm going to really miss my comp, Elder Maravilla, Elder Ward, and Elder D'Avila. We have been a tight group in the casa, but I know they'll do really well with their new comps also. Elder D'Avila is headed back with me to Santa Cruz also. I got to say good bye to my families I've been working with yesterday, which was sad....I'll miss them a lot. One of my families is getting baptized in a couple of weeks too, which I wish I could be there for.
The Lord has definitely been with us in Bermejo. We have had a lot of success since January when I got there. I'll always have great memories of the people of Bermejo and my good mission friends too. But, it was time for me to go. I had been there for awhile and I need some new goals and responsibilities.
This:
1 Nephi 3:7
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
So, I transferred back to Santa Cruz again today, which meant again being up at 2am, three hour drive to Tarija from Bermejo, then an hour flight to Santa Cruz and as of now I am so overwhelmed on what I am in for I don't even know how to describe it. Apparently, it appears I'm in charge of everything, minus the finances. I am replacing Elder Lozano who has been there about 6 months and I likely will be also. Its a long committment, but I know I'll learn a lot working alongside the Mission presidency. Bonus! I'll only have about 5 transfers left when I move on to my next assignment. I should be here through December or January.
My new companion is Elder Newman, who is the Finance Secretary and has been here already for a little while. He is really cool and I can tell we'll be good comps. I can't tell you exactly what I'll be doing because my head is spinning with everything that is involved that I have to learn about. I'll be training for about a week under Elder Lozano. I'll know more next week and can give more of a run down on what it is that I'll be doing exactly. I do know at least one thing I'm charge of.....getting all the elders and sisters packages to them, so Missionary parents if you are reading this, I'm the guy who gets your packages first. Be nice to me 😏
Also, we still get to proselyte for 4 hours a day so we will stay engaged in 'the work', which is good. Also, it will break up doing office duties all day.
MOTHERS DAY VIDEO CHAT!!
The best part of this week was yesterday...MOTHERS DAY! I got to video home to everyone. Getting to see and hear everyone again makes it not seem so far away. Plus, the mission has its ups and downs and the last couple of weeks have been a little challenging for me so I needed this call a lot....but it's all getting better now.
Sorry, no journals this week....not that I don't have them, they are just still packed in my suitcase from the trip here and I don't have pics of them yet. I'll have a lot next week. (I haven't even been to my new apartment yet. I came straight here to the mission office from the airport with my bags....I'm going to be sooo busy the rest of the day)
Wish me luck! Its going to be the busiest week I've had here yet.
Con Mucho Amor,
Elder Connor deCocq
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