Death of a Missionary

Hola one and all!

The time has come for me to go to my real mission! Tomorrow I board a plane at 2:17, starting a 14 hour travel day to Perú!

What's awesome is that because I'm leaving tonight I get to have a dinner with the mission president!

Other than my transfer news... what happened this week?

I had the opportunity to go on my last few exchanges as an English missionary. It was really awesome to get to meet these missionaries and their members. 

I have had Vietnamese food 4 times in the last 2 weeks. I've discovered a liking for Vietnamese egg rolls. I am, however, getting sick of how many times I've had this food. 

I've had to say goodbye to so many cool people. I'm incredibly sad that I've had to say goodbye to these amazing members, but I am excited to see what the future brings!

One of the dinners that we had in the past week was Peruvian! One of the members in our area served in Peru Lima East, and since he heard I'm going to Peru he gave us a taste of his mission! He even had authentic Inca Cola! And OH MY GOSH ITS AWESOME. I'm gonna enjoy the drinks! THE FOOD IS POTATOES!!!! The little potato boy from Idahos gonna be in his element!

This week a member invited us to ride in her Porsche, and it was kinda cool. It was kinda funny because Elder Bunkall asked "whats the acceleration on this thing like?" And she casually baptized the car in like 6-7 seconds it was lit!

This week's spiritual thought is to endure. There were many times during my time in Tucson where I got tried, or experienced hardship. But, I know that God has a plan for me, and for you as well! Just trust in God and everything will be OK. 

The reason this week is called "the death of a missionary" is because when an Elder or Sister leaves the mission it's said they "die". So, I'm technically dying this week. But,  I'll rise like a phoenix in my new and actual mission. I'd like to thank all the Tucson missionaries and people for an awesome first 4 months! Yall are the best! I'll always remember you!

See you in Peru!

Élder Bahnmiller the gringo (aka the potato boy)