After only 6 weeks in Dublin, Mason is headed back to Scotland - here is the e-mail we got today with the details.
Hey so first off the reason there wasn't much info about
moves on Facebook is because the APs sent out a text telling everyone not to
tell members where they are getting moved to so they can't put it on Facebook.
(Usually we find out about transfers as soon as the missionaries get moves calls because the church members in the mission post it on the mission Facebook page. I told Mason there wasn't a lot of news about moves on the Facebook page so I guess that is why!) But me and Elder Kinville are moving! I was really surprised to hear that. I'm
whitewashing into the Montrose Ward in Scotland; I might see Pres. Brown (his first mission president) since
that ward is in his stake. My new companion is going to be Elder Kemp. We
were companions for a day when Elder Carter went home and I had to go back and
pack to leave Inverness. He is cool, and I am kinda happy to be going back to
Scotland. But it will be crazy since we are whitewashing into an area so we are
going to need to figure out everything when we get there. It’s
going to be crazy this next week or two.
But as for this week, Tuesday, after district meeting we
went on exchanges, and I was up here with Elder Stoker. We went and saw a recent convert
from one of the past sets of missionaries, then it was lots of finding and we were
able to talk to some pretty cool people.
Wednesday we did our weekly planning a day early after
exchanging back. We did go to Pizza Hut one last time. Then we went to the
church to prepare a presentation about the church we were going to give at
Trinity College. That took up the rest of the day.
Thursday all I can really remember is that we worked out
with Marcin which was really fun. He had us do the Zuu test which you need to
pass to become a Zuu instructor and we did fairly well. It's ten minutes of non-stop workouts and every minute you have to do a certain amount and then switch
to the next workout even if you haven't finished the other one.
Friday we had Reynaldo come and follow us around all day
which was pretty fun. He bought us KFC for lunch. We taught a lesson with him
to a guy named Ozzy - a Brazilian born again. It went pretty well. He just has a
lot of questions and things that need to get cleared up. Then we went and did
some finding in St. Stephens Green but we were told by one of the officers
there that we can't approach people in the park and that was our prime finding
place. So after that me and Elder Kinville went and got gelato at this one
really good place in City Centre.
Saturday we had to do some more work on the presentation in
the morning. Then in the afternoon we did a zone blitz in Dublin just outside
our area which was crazy. So one of the reasons it was so crazy was right as we
were setting up, a protest for abortion came right down the other side of the
street. Also a bunch of crazy people. We couldn't stay for too long cause we
had a lesson to teach with a Brazilian girl, Nubia. But we came back just
as it ended, and some of us went out for dinner. We went to this one American
diner called Eddie Rockets which is really good.
Sunday after church nothing much really happened other then
we went and saw Marcin and had a lesson with his family which was pretty good
we mainly talked about family with him. Then we went back to the flat and played
Disney monopoly as we were waiting for moves call.
Then so far today, we went and saw Marcin at 6:30 this
morning which was really good. He was sad to hear that we are both
leaving.
Love and miss you guys.
This is a picture Mason sent from their last Pizza Hut buffet - I am guessing these are supposed to be their "sad" faces that Pizza Hut is closing!
Mason is moving to Montrose, Scotland. It is about 60 miles north (and a little east) of Edinburgh and it is right on the east coast of Scotland. Wikipedia says Montrose is a "coastal resort town" and it actually sounds a little like his first area in Ayr - just on the other side of Scotland.
This is a picture of Montrose (thanks to Google images) -
And here is my Google street view picture of the church in Montrose
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