Elder Caden Kapp: Week 1 in Tea Tree Gully

I got through the first week of Tea Tree Gully. It was an exhausting week let me tell you. First things first, the sad goodbye to the district. P-day was good except the whole goodbye part. It was sad saying goodbye to some of my closest friends, but I knew it would happen. They are great missionaries and will continue to kill it. Can't wait to serve with them again. And then transfers happened! I'm companions with Elder Orr. He's from Idaho so he grew up on a farm. I also got to drive for an hour through the hills and highways. Driving on the left side isn't too weird anymore.

Wednesday we got to meet the rest of our district. And it's a small one again!!! I'm very happy about that. It's just us two Elders and three sisters. But sister Epinisa got her visa so she leaves this Saturday. But I think it'll be good transfer.

A little about our area is it's huge. But we don't have a car so we can't visit 3/5 of it because it would take a 4 hour walk in the hills. And buses don't go out there. So as of right now we're working around us. But it's still huge. My focus this week has been meeting as many members and people being taught. We have a lot of lessons set up for next week so I'm very excited about that. Oh and the members here feed us way more than Morialta. We had four dinners last week. And four more this week.

So the ward here is really small compared to Morialta. My last ward had 150ish active, this one has 40-50ish. But I honestly already love the ward. They're super good. And have been super nice to us. I honestly already love this area so much. The only hard thing is the lack of people being taught by past missionaries. But we found a lot for next week so not super stressed about that. It's going to be a good transfer.

A little spiritual thought that hit so hard is from the movie Coco, and no I didn't watch it but someone said it in their talk: "Remember me, though I have to say goodbye, remember me, don't let it make you cry, for even if I'm far away, I hold you in my heart..." I love these lyrics. Because it made me think, how do people remember me? Am I leaving an impact on those I meet? On those back home? On those I serve with? It's such a great reminder to make sure we're being remembered for the right things.

Well I hope you have have the most stellar of weeks. I'm trying to catch up on my emails so bare with me. I love you all and thanks for everything!