Where are we?

(Elder Cummings)

This week has been a blur.  It has been seven days and seven nights, but it is one in my memory.  My new companion, Elder Perkins, and I have been incredibly busy together.

I am still serving in Merced.  That hasn't changed.  I still cover the Merced 5th Hmong Branch.  That hasn't changed either.  I still get up every morning and run, study the gospel individually and as a companionship, and I even still have time to study Hmong!

I am now also covering the Merced 1st Ward!  With the transfer Elder Perkins and I have had to smash our two areas into one.  It has been an almost chaotic experience.  Beginning at zone conference on Tuesday we have officially been companions.  After the meeting we spent some time cleaning out the Hmong apartment, and moved to the new place.  I have now gone from the smallest apartment in the mission to the second largest.  This hasn't really changed anything.  The big difference is that I can lose track of things now.  I will miss the small second story studio.  It has a piece of my heart.

As a result of this transfer I have continued to develop a talent of getting lost.  No one does it quite as well as me.  Fortunately, we never stay that way for too long.  The question "where are we?"  is heard often.

Wonderful week!  We have an enormous teaching pool, enough for four missionaries, and I feel it every night when my head hits the pillow.  I have never slept so soundly so consistently.

We are working hard and serving with no regrets!  I am so happy to be living the gospel and sharing it with those around us!  We have had some amazing lessons together.  Elder Perkins knows the doctrines of the gospel solidly.  I am looking forward to the rest of our time together!

I am short on time again today.  We took a trip out to Yosemite and went hiking.  It was beautiful.  God has given us such a beautiful planet!

Have a wonderful week!

Elder Cummings