Hello Friends and Family!
This week has been crazy but wonderful! A lot of people in the mission were quarantined, so our transfer calls were postponed. We heard about our assignments early Thursday morning, and we had to prepare to leave by that afternoon!
Elder Murri was assigned to finish his mission in the same place he started: Palatka, FL. My assignment was to stay in Bristol and train a brand new missionary!
On Thursday afternoon Elder Murri and I said our goodbyes, and I drove to Jacksonville with Elder Mecum (another missionary assigned to train) to pick up our trainees. We stopped to get an oil change and pizza in Tallahassee, and after a 4 hour oil change, we were back on the road. We arrived in Jacksonville Beach late on Thursday night, and we stayed with the Elders there. They didn't have enough beds for us, so Elder Mecum (a 6'9" basketball player for the University of Utah) slept on a very 5' long couch - quite a funny sight to behold - and I slept on the tile floor which wasn't as funny for me.
On Friday morning we had a meeting with President Wood for all the new trainers, and then we met the new missionaries we would be training. I was assigned to train Elder Clove from St. George, UT. He is an awesome companion. He just finished high school and loves to play soccer. We drove back to Bristol and got to work.
I have had a lot of fun showing Elder Clove around Bristol. While I've been here for 3 months, with all of the craziness surrounding corona virus, there are still plenty of members that I don't know. We spent the last couple of days getting to know more of the members, and it has been great.
I hope you all have wonderful weeks and are doing well!
Love you guys,
Elder Garff
Elder Murri and our Baptist Preacher friend in front of our house
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