Hello Family and Friends!
Well, we've had a really busy week. Tuesday Elder Oslapas and Elder Cowan said goodbye to Madison on Tuesday. Because Elder Campbell was becoming my companion, we actually didn't go to the transfer meeting on Wednesday. He drove up here Wednesday morning and Elder Lebaron (his previous companion) drove Elder Oslapas and Elder Cowan to transfers. Elder Oslapas is a zone leader in Birmingham, and Elder Cowan was transferred to the Magnolia Branch (in the Montgomery Stake). Elder Campbell and I spent Wednesday in Huntsville and taught J---- and A-----. I don't think I mentioned them yet (I don't know why) but J---- is a less-active and A----- is a non-member, and they have a couple-month-year-old girl named Skyla. We've set a marriage date for them and a baptism date for A----- later this month! We saw a few other investigators that day as well.
Thursday and Friday we spent in Birmingham for zone leader training and Mission Leadership Council. We probably had close to 10 hours of training altogether. It was a really neat experience, especially to see the sisters very involved. Last Wednesday's transfer was a big transfer, and 9 of the 20 zone leaders at the training were brand new. Elder Hunt and Elder Forbes, both from my MTC District, are zone leaders now too. 4 previous companions (Elder Hunt, Elder Kaupert, Elder Kelley and Elder Oslapas) were at the meetings. Sister Bush and Sister Murray (previous Madison Sisters) were there as Sister Training Leaders. I could probably talk all day about the training we received. President and Sister Holzapfel just came back from the area mission president's seminar, so they had some training that they received there. President is amazing! Sister Holzapfel, President Phillips and the assistants also gave training. We spent Thursday night in Cahaba Heights with Elders Jensen and Fredrickson. We went out with their branch mission leader and taught some people.
Elder Campbell is from Roseville CA. He came out 6 weeks before me. He went to BYUI before his mission. He's a great missionary and really easy to get along with. I'm excited to work with him.
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Elder Coleman Madsen
Alabama Birmingham Mission
194 Shelton Rd #116
Madison AL 35758
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