two p-days in a row!

Hey!
So, I got transferred last night to the intermediate class. They told me while I was in the middle of dinner, and after they told me I didn't feel like eating. I said my goodbyes to my old district and zone, and I moved to my new district. It was sad, but it was more bittersweet than anything. I'm sad because I've met so many awesome people, and I've already grown to love the elders and sisters in my district, zone, along with my teachers, and branch presidency. The guy who told me I was transferring actually gave me the option of whether or not I want to stay in beginning or move up. Another elder in my district was moving into intermediate as well. He is very outspoken, but I'm trying hard to be patient. As tempting as it was to stay in my old district, and allow that one elder to be a reason for me to not go up, I moved up. I already miss everyone so much!

But last night I got to meet my new district, and I love them already! There are 9 elders and me, so I'm the ONLY sister. In my old district there were 7 elders and 4 sisters, including myself. It's kind of odd to be the only sister. That also means I'm a "solo" sister. That just means I don't have a sister as my companion 24-7, so two elders or another sister have to escort me everywhere. Usually I will have to be escorted by 2 elders. If I'm going to the temple, doing laundry, or anything that isn't with the district as a whole, I have to be with another sister. It's kind of weird. Even my district leader doesn't know how this works. We're all learning together.

There is an elder from San Diego in my district, Elder Bies. I actually ran into him on Sunday. He was in my aunt's stake a while ago, and I remember his brother, Taylor. It's kind of fun that we kind of know each other.

So just to explain a little bit... a district is made up of I believe about 10-20 elders and/or sisters. Then one of the elders is called as district leader. Then you have about 3-5 districts which make up a branch/zone (branch and zone are the same thing, but branch refers to your "ward"-church on Sunday, and zone refers to the people in the surrounding classrooms in the same building as you, but they're the same thing). Then there are two zone leaders called, and then a branch presidency (bishopric).

Please note that I have a new mailbox number. I now have box #181 instead of #155, please let everyone know! Also, don't forget to use dearelder.com! It's awesome, and I would love to hear from you all! Another thing is that my p-day is now on Tuesday, thus why you're hearing from me two days in a row. Lucky me, I guess! My old district's p-day was on Mondays, but my new district's p-day is on Tuesdays.

I'll possibly write more later today!

Love,
Hermana Hogewoning