that's right. the cat is out of the bag and the meredith is out of
the banska bystrica--actually he is out of the entire slovakia. this
last week was a crazy week. president irwin always tells me how much fun
he has doing the transfers, but man he isn't kidding. elder macneish
and i got blinded out of banska bystrica to be replaced by (wait for
it)....SISTERS! the first set of sisters ever in banska and the first
sisters in slovakia in like 10 years! insane! that's almost as insane as
my assignment. i am proud to say that i am the fist slovak missionary
to serve in lovely jihlava--a small city literally right in the middle
of slovakia. i've been assigned to be the district leader here. our
district includes my companion and i (elder simcock from manchester,
england), the pages (the senior couple in jihlava), and the missionaries
in nearby trebic. this district is comprised of two of the smallest
cities in the mission. i'm so honored that president has allowed my to
ascend to such a presigious rank. i mean, district leader in jihlava is
just one of the positions that all ambitious people have aspired to
throughout the ages, like being governor of north dakota, or captain of
the caltech basketball team, or starting pitcher for the kansas city
royals (they're still a really cruddy small-market franchise, right?).
anyway, all jokes aside, i'm really excited for this transfer. this will
be a wonderful learning opportunity. i pray that i will be able to
represent the Lord, my family, and all other slovak missionaries well.
it's going to be a challenge to do a lot of things like being a district
leader (i haven't done that since the mtc) and learning czech (never
done that ever), but i know that there are great things in store for
this city, and i'm so excited to find out what they are.
na shledanou!
sam
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