Dear Family,
It's been a while since I've updated you via snail mail. Thank you for the package I received! I'll take this opportunity to update you about things that I haven't had time to do via email.
Mom, you asked about Elder Christofferson's coming visit. He will be visiting our mission this month and will be accompanied by Bishop Causse and Elder Soares of the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder Soares supervises the North America SE area and President Holzapfel reports to him.
Initially, we were going to have 2 multi-zone conferences (1 each day) with him. Plans have changed and we'll be having a mission conference on one day. The mission as a whole gathers all together only when an apostle comes, so this will be a unique experience. We have 30 extra minutes of morning study every day until Elder Christofferson comes. In that time as a companionship we are studying the talks Elder Christofferson has given as an apostle.
President H hasn't given me details about what I'll need to do music-wise yet.
By the way, next week is transfers. Odds are one of us will be transferred. There are a lot of new missionaries coming and most of the mission will be there.
I'm running out of time on my Pdays to write and do stuff. The fist couple of weeks of this transfer were killer. We set the baptism dates in the first week and then it was all uphill from there. We had the zone leaders come down a few times--it was stressful. At least we're working hard.
As I've said in my emails, it has been a real mild winter. The mosquitoes from last summer still aren't all dead yet:\ Our main bug issue is ladybugs (thankfully, not roaches). BUGS - the top reason why I will NOT make Alabama my home when I have a family (haha).
As I said before, it has been a busy transfer. I've been more focused on the work, which is good. Transfers 1-4 I got distracted more by letters or other things. Now, it's a pain to think of anything besides "mission"-- which is good-- I'm learning to focus.
Being on a mission is just a great experience. I'm totally satisfied with my life right now. I'm not complacent though and still trying to improve. I really feel with V--, S-- and S-- that they have been prepared as well as they could have. There are some circumstances which are out of our control, but we can only pray and have faith. I'm pretty confident it will all work out.
Well, I'm out of time for today. I'm sending with this letter a copy of the history of the church here in Alabama.
Love you all!
Elder Coleman Madsen
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