Elder Normandin Arizona Phoenix Mission: I'm still alive!!

What up party people? email sent out on 4/11/22

So it has been far too long since I have sent one of these, but I am finally repenting and here you are.

So these may be kind of jumbled but bear with me, a lot of things have happened. So I just recently got moved up to Flagstaff coming from Buckeye and it has been... alright to say the least. As soon as I got up here I got this weird stomach bug and have been bed ridden for the last few days. But here is a quick recap of the last few months.

So I was with Elder Young for another transfer and we had a good time. We weren't able to hang out with many other missionaries so that was kinda a bummer. But at the beginning of our transfer we got put into a trio and covered 4 wards again which was crazy, we also had these Sisters in our district that were in quarantine so we had to help them out a bunch so it was like we were covering 6 wards which was even wilder, but hey the Lord provides. We then went back to normal and just kinda vibe for a bit. But then the last week and a half of the transfer we got put into another trio, with now one of my favorite people ever, and that would be Elder Jensen. We then covered our two wards, a YSA ward, and a Spanish Speaking Ward... Yup that's right your boy got to dabble a bit in the lingual arts. It was actually kinda scary because we would greet some people and be like Hola, and all that jazz, but they would say something back to us, and we would just awkwardly look at Elder Jensen, thankfully he is a fluent Spanish Speaker, so that was nice. But we had a blast to say the least.

Then I got a new companion, who is Elder Lynn. Funny thing is that when he first got into the mission field I lived with him in Surprise, so we already knew each other. Crazy thing tho, my first trainee Elder Thomas was in North Phoenix at transfers and none other than my current trainee Elder Young got to go over and join him and I thought that was pretty cool. But that transfer was awesome, had some really cool missionaries in my district, we baptized our friend named Susie and she is so sweet. Elder Young even got to come back for the baptism which was awesome, so I got to see him and Elder Thomas again which was the coolest thing ever.

It twas also just April Fools, and so me being the hilarious person that I am. I decided I had to do something about it. So right before one of our meetings we got about 800 sticky notes and decided to put them all over our roommates car, and I even got the Sisters in our district involved which was awesome. We had a good time and they were good sports about it.

We had General Conference too, which is a worldwide broadcast put on twice a year by our church, and we got to watch it with most of our district. The missionaries that I have served with in Buckeye are some of the coolest people I've met and I feel bad that you all haven't had the chance to meet them yet, and I hope one day you will. But we had a great time being able to hear from the prophet and to just hang out a little bit.

We also got to go to a spring training game last week too which was suuuuuper fun. It was nice and sunny like it always seems to be in Arizona, but I got to book out with our district one last time before I got launched up to Flagstaff. But I got absolutely baked by the sun though. It was a good bake because now I have basically just tanned it all out since then. It was kinda nice because people kept commenting and saying how did you get so tan, so I of course responded, " wouldn't you like to know weather boy" and then told them my secret.

But now my current companion is Elder Borman, and he's a stud. He has put up with sick me for the last few days so pray for him he has put up with a lot. But I'm excited to be here, have a good district and some good elders to work with and I'm really excited to see where things go from here.

But that's it from me, I hope you all have a wonderful Easter this year and remember all the good the Savior has done for you. And as always be sure to stay safe out there.

Peace