It’s great to be back out in the field! So as many of you
know, after waiting 2 months I have been reassigned to serve in the Texas
McAllen Mission. Last Tuesday I flew out and had a 5-hour layover but made it
to Presidents house and had dinner with him and his family. On Wednesday we
received our companions and it was all over zoom which was super weird. My new
companion is named Elder Pico and we are serving in Brownsville. He was
originally going to serve in the Spain Barcelona mission but after 3 weeks in
the MTC he got reassigned here. He has about 3 months in the mission. Upon
receiving my new companion president Ocampo also told me I would be a district
leader which caught me by surprise. A district leader is a missionary who has
the assignment to work normally, and to also help a small group of missionaries
work effectively. I have been super nervous because I don’t know anyone or the
area here and I have never been a district leader before, but as I rely on the
Lord I am humbled and reminded that he has control of everything so it will be
alright.
My first day with elder Pico was very strange. We had a
lesson with a guy some missionaries had been teaching and they were passing him
off to us because he lives in our area. Just a super amazing guy and he has
definitely been prepared. Later my companion taught me how to Facebook find and
ever since then we have been finding lots of success. We also do Facebook posts
on our personal account as well as some for our Brownsville page.
We also had a devotional with Elder Soares over zoom. It was
super cool and to be able to connect with an apostle of the lord over zoom was
just amazing. Technology is doing soooooo much good right now! I encourage you
all to join the train and bless people's lives through the tools that we have
been given.
The days here are super long and I have found myself longing
for home more than ever in my mission which is weird because I wanted to come
out again. But every time I have those feelings I try and push them away and
work instead of being a lazy butt and boy do the blessings follow! We are
allowed 3 30-minute breaks a day, but we haven't been taking them and instead
working and talking to people literally from 6:30 when we wake up until 10:30
when we go to bed. The Lord loves effort and because of ours I know he is
continually pouring down blessings and help from on high. I've also been
reading a book called faith precedes the miracle and it has changed my
perspective on a lot of things.
Being in quarantine is definitely hard, but we make the best
of it and are having an awesome time!
I love you all and miss you. Hope you have a great week!!
Elder Tolman
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| Dinner at Presidente Ocampo's |
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| New companion, Elder Pico |
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