Hey everybody!
The first one: Kids Never Lie. Pretty
self-explanatory, but here's the story behind this one. So me and Elder Ramos
had gotten quite a few referrals from the Temple Visitor Center that was just
across the river in Maryland and we had been trying to contact all of them.
This is a lot harder than you think because these people seemingly are never
home and don't know how to answer their phone. But we were able to get in
contact with one of them and schedule a lesson, the Hermana that had met them
in the Visitor center also was talking to her. So we stop by but she was busy,
however her "husband" (not actually married but just living together
and had kids 🤔) was home and so we taught him. It was a pretty good
lesson and we had high hopes for them. We set up a return appointment and head
off. Fast forward a week and no one answers for our return appointment BUT it
was General Conference weekend and the hermana from the Visitor center got them
to commit to coming to see a session. She has been talking to her on the phone
this whole time. So we go Sunday morning to check on them and help them get to
the church. She answers the door and promises us she will be coming and we set
up a return appointment for next Tuesday. Well, once again a no show. She
bailed on us so we go back for our return appointment on Tuesday. We knock on
the door and there is no answer for a little bit but we hear people inside so
we keep knocking. Eventually her little girl answers the door with her mom
chasing behind her. I'm thinking, ok finally we can get a lesson with them.
This is where it gets good. We ask if her husband is home and she tells us that
he still hasn't gotten back from work. Then all of a sudden her little girl
turns to her and says "Mommy you're lying, he's in the shower right
now." Then she turns to us and tells us, "He's in the bathroom
because he's showering. Mommy is lying to you." I heard the shower in the
background as well. BUSTED. So me and Elder Ramos just look at her and she had
this look of a complete child who got caught with their hand stuck in the
cookie jar. Needless to say we were not too happy about that. But I won’t know
what happens with her because that leads into the next bit of news.
We had transfers this past week and we'll, I GOT TRANSFERRED. Yet another one and done in a really good Ward. I admit, I was pretty upset to see that I was getting transferred but the good news is I'm in another really good Ward. I'm saying goodbye to the ghetto of Manassas and heading back to the city! I'm in Alexandria now serving in the Old Town Ward. I've heard a lot of good things about this Ward so I'm super excited to be here. And my new companion is super cool too. His name is Elder Artinger and he is from Reno, Nevada. Here's
us...
We had transfers this past week and we'll, I GOT TRANSFERRED. Yet another one and done in a really good Ward. I admit, I was pretty upset to see that I was getting transferred but the good news is I'm in another really good Ward. I'm saying goodbye to the ghetto of Manassas and heading back to the city! I'm in Alexandria now serving in the Old Town Ward. I've heard a lot of good things about this Ward so I'm super excited to be here. And my new companion is super cool too. His name is Elder Artinger and he is from Reno, Nevada. Here's
us...
 |
| Elder Artinger |
 |
| My old district from Sudley |
To be honest
I'm pretty excited to be back in the city because I've spent the majority of my
mission in the city so it's pretty nice. And here's my old district from
Sudley, I'm definitely going to miss them cause we were super close.
But now I'm
in Old Town and I'm looking forward to this next transfer.
So the last
story is actually a pretty crazy one. It basically shows that I'm serving where
all the crazies are at. Ok here's the story. After church we had a dinner with
a sister in the Ward and she invited all 6 elders in the Ward to dinner. Well
two of them couldn't make it so we had to drive all the way down to the south
area which is like a 30 minute drive to go pick up the other 2 elders. Those
guys are on bike and then can literally get nowhere. So we went to go pick them
up at a clinic because one of them needed to get a tick bite looked at. Long
story short we exchanged and the other elders left to go to the dinner and I
stayed with the elder in the clinic. Well, 5 minutes after they left, we
finished and so I send a text to the other elders to tell them to come back.
Then I hear their phone go off and I realize we have both phones and no way to
contact them. So we are stuck with no car, no dinner, and both phones. Then the
crazy part happens. So me and the other elder are in the most ghetto part of
the city and we are out walking at dusk. That's when all the crazies come out.
Like, we literally were walking down the street and this guy just kneels down
and starts bowing to us. And this happened like 3 times just walking down this
one road.
Well, there's
my extensive letter. Probably one of the longer letters I've written but man a
lot has happened this week.
Love you guys
and have a great week!
Elder Biehn
