Well here I am! Good ol Elwood, Indiana! With its population of a few thousand people, farms, quiet streets, flat land and awesomeness! I'm back in a Branch! :) But this is a real Branch ... their tiny building doesn't even have pews :) And our little 4 room cottage is so sweet! My style! My companion is Elder Ewell from around Salt Lake. He has been out for about 19 months! He was an Indiana missionary. He's a great guy. He has been here in Elwood for 9 months now! That's basically a record for most places. Got here Tuesday and had a lesson with Ron ... I see potential in him. Met Mary yesterday and taught her the Restoration and she sounded interested. Then we taught Idah who is super awesome! She's been searching from church to church trying to find where they preach the gospel WITH the Spirit. We got this :) So we cover Elwood which is a 2 mile by 2 mile square town and Alexandria and Frankton. We get the car every other week. But it's flat here so I don't mind biking :) Sorry I didn't write last week and I'm late this week. It's been so hectic everywhere I've been. I took a ton of pictures on the way out here and I've still been taking more. First time in Indiana! As soon as we crossed the border we saw Shelton Fireworks ... world's largest fireworks store!! :) We're going there :) Been sick lately because of the cold weather so that's no fun :( But I just push through! And so begins my journey here in Indiana! I love and miss you! Hope all is well! Ta ta for now!
Love,
Elder Gunnoe
New home - Cottage in Elwood, Indiana
Downtown Elwood, Indiana
Elder Gunnoe riding the streets of Elwood (don't crash please!)
Farewell Fairfield peeps ... Elder Giblette, Elder Gunnoe, Sister Chapa and Sister Fletcher
Here is some of our email from this morning ...
We actually got transferred because they split our zone and Fairfield became the new Zone Leader area. The Branch has about 79 people that attend on Sunday's. It's awesome here - flat, farm towny, quiet, chilly. Since I have been here I called all the less active members and found 25 bad phone numbers, left multiple voice mails, and got a few potential less active teaching opportunities. It's so crazy what being a missionary has done to me ... you know I used to hate calling people and talking on the phone! On my third day here, like I said, I called every less active member and investigator we have to either set up an appointment to come meet them or to invite them to church. I love making phone calls! It's so fun! We get fed pretty dang regularly. I was excited for the transfer and I'm excited to be here!!
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