Elder Macfarlane's Wonderful Washington Adventures: First week in graham....

February 22, 2021

Hey everyone,

A TON of stuff happened this week. First off, we had transfers on Wednesday. I got transferred to the Sunrise ward in Graham! I was really surprised when we got our transfer calls cause I thought I was staying in Gig for sure. I've always wanted to serve in Graham though! Wednesday was a funny day though. My "old" companion, Elder Stanger, had to go to transfers early because he was training a new elder which turned out to be a huge blessing. We pulled up to the mission office and I completely forgot my bike!! Haha. It turned out perfect though because we had like an hour after our meeting was over before transfers started. We ran back to the Gig house and grabbed my bike. We didn't have a bike rack so we took the front wheel off and shoved it in the back of our equinox.

At transfers, I got to meet a bunch of my old companions which is always way fun. I am slowly starting to know more and more missionaries. I met my new companion Elder Hanks and hes super cool! We get along really well. The apartment is also super nice in sunrise. Its not quite as good as the Gig house, but a close second ;)

ALSO... WE HAD TWO BAPTISMS YESTERDAY! That was so awesome. First week in Graham and we're already baptizing people haha! I actually didn't do anything besides help teach lesson 5... but I'm still counting it

They are this super nice Polynesian family and the father and his son were the ones that got baptized! It was a part member family. The grandfather was the one that got to baptized them! All around, such a cool and spiritual experience.

I know that baptism is an essential stepping stone in Gods plan for us. There are so many blessings that come from it. I love the analogy that it's the "gateway" back to our Father in Heaven. That being said, it's just the gateway. We have to chose to continue to walk the path of righteousness and through the gateway. It's really a decision we make everyday. BUT God helps us out because he also gives us the gift of the Holy Ghost which can guide us to continually go down the right path. Gods plan is a perfect plan. I love my Father in Heaven and providing a way back to him and to have eternal life