Well it's been a whirlwind week! On Monday I said goodbye to Elder Pinto, and then we headed over to the Fleming Island missionaries place where we played some volleyball. I stayed with them there until Thursday, when I picked up my new companion. So we mostly worked in their area, although we saw a few people here. We also spent some time rearranging everything to make room for the Spanish elders that moved in. Tuesday night OP2nd had a baptism which we attended, and President Newman was there, along with all 11 missionaries that went home Wednesday morning. At the end of the service he had them all get up and sing "Called to Serve". Talk about an emotional experience. It ALMOST made me cry... although not quite. But it made me realize that I don't envy those people at all. I don't want this time to be up. It's not that I don't want to go home. Rather, it's just that everything here is really speeding up and I want to be here to see it happen. But I still got plenty of time to see more miralces and fill my time with work. Anyhoo... so Thursday morning I got to the Mandarin building at around 9am and went to the trainers meeting. 17 NEW MISSIONARIES!!! CRAZY!!! So, my new companion's name is Elder Brown, and he's currently from Park City, UT... although he spent 11 years in Indiana. He's a pretty sweet guy. He's way into theatre & music... and even sang in the BYU Men's Chorus before his mission!!! On top of that, he's already a way awesome teacher... I don't even know what to train him in! Alls I know is we are going to TEAR IT UP these next 6 weeks. Friday the 3 older children of the Joy family were baptized (their youngest isn't old enough yet). Elder Brown baptized Sapphire (on the second day of his mission he got to get in the water... SCHYEAH!!!), and I baptized Charlie-Anne and Allan. That was a sweet baptismal service. Conference this weekend was definitely sweet. I think my favorite was the priesthood session... it just seemed like it was crazy bold, which I like. That's the way to do it!!! So, yeah... SWEET week. Love ya! -Elder Borgia
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