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New transfer, fresh start.

 Start of another transfer here in Tucson and it came with a lot of different changes. I had to say goodbye to my best friend Elder Riches as he and my past companion finished their missions and I said goodbye to all those that I started the mission with and it leaves me as the last one standing. I got a new companion Elder Girgenti who is from Houston, Texas.  He is a really hard working elder and loves the Lord and desires to work hard. He was actually in this area this past year and was trained by Elder Riches here in the thick of COVID. 


We started off the week with having elder riches and his companions and another companionship come and stay the night at our apartment since we are close to the transfer sight. It was a great send off with him and he was able to give me some sage advice of a dying missionary. He  really has been a great influence to me as I have served my mission and my love and respect for him has grown a lot. 

I picked up my new companion that next day and we just hit the ground running and just had so much to do. We had so much that happened this past week and it is hard to put it all down into one email. We spent wednesday with a departing missionary thats flight was on thursday, had MLC on thursday over zoom and then did a full day split with a companionship thursday, had a mission wide zoom call and then an exchange on saturday with Elder Doelling in our area. It was an eventful week and truly I saw the Lord blessing us at every turn and placing us right where he needed us at the moment he did. 

I would have to say that with that whole group leaving the mission this past week and especially with Elder Riches leaving it really caused me for the first time in my mission to feel in a way alone. By my self and void of the direct companionship of anyone that I really know well.  It was an odd feeling that I did not expect. In these past weeks I had been really praying for a witness to know that this is where the lord wanted me to be and that it truly was his will that I was serving my mission at this time. With this in mind this past week I had a dream and to basically sum it up I went home with elder riches and those other missionaries that I had come out with and I woke up in this dream and I just had the strongest feeling that I had not accomplished what I needed to in my full time missionary service. I thought this was very interesting, I had never received revelation in this way before but I received that answer that I was seeking. I know that God answers and listens to our prayers and that he wants to help us. 


I also felt inspired to share about a lesson that we had this past wednesday with this man named Cory. Cory was actually referred to us by someone that we are currently teaching and was a little out of the blue but our first lesson was amazning and we set up to meet again with him. Cory is a really spiritual guy and often compares his life to the story of the prodigal son in the bible and coming to the lord after leaving his paths. We had such a great visit with him and taught the restoration. I don't know what it is but there is so much power that I can feel when I teach the restoration in English and especially when I talk about the first vision and see how people react and feel when we talk about the answer that Joseph received that day. Cory received the message so well and knows that God still lives today and that He has power to answer our prayers and listens to our needs and knows our concerns. Pray for Cory, Moe, Eliza, Joel, Adam and all the people here in Tucson! thank you all and have a wonderful week!!



Elder Holman 






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