Elder Roderer is the new DL

Hey everybody!

This week was pretty eventful. So like I said last week, I got the call that I was being transferred and being a district leader somewhere. Well, like all of Monday, it rained insanely hard, and pretty much flooded part of the mission. Where I was at in Plymouth, we got about 5 inches of rain, so you can imagine how that would flood any parts of last that was a bit lower. So at any rate, in consequence of all that happening, transfer meeting got canceled "until further notice" which turned out to be the next day. 

But anyways, I did get transferred, and I am now in the Clarkston Ward. It's a pretty cool Ward, the people seem to be really nice too. My new companion is Elder Ryder from Glendale, AZ and he's been out for 21 months. He was actually Elder Williams' MTC companion, so that's kind of funny. And we were in the same district while I was in Warren too. He's a pretty cool guy :)

So I am the district leader in my new area. I'll be honest, it's a pretty lame district. It's us and the set of Sisters in the Ward, so not many (Like zero, because as an Elder, you can't really be friends with Sisters) fellow missionaries to bond with. Oh well. At least I don't have to bother with exchanges ;) But what's been nice is that I haven't had to lead a district meeting yet, because it got canceled last week when transfer meeting ended up on that day, and this week is Specialized Training :) 

This area is cool though. The people just as a general population seem to be really nice. Like with tracting, everyone has been pretty polite and stuff! Even when we went to this super rich area, everyone was way nice. 

One interesting thing about the Water here in White Lake. It's like full of rust. So our shower and sink and toilet all look like they're rusty. It also smells pretty strange too. It's okay though, it works :)

Oh, I'm also in a car again after about 10 months! :) Actually, I'm not in a car, I'm in a Jeep Compass. Don't know how this area scored that, but there are for sure no complaints here :)

Anyways, I'll tell you more about the area and stuff next week.

Thanks for reading!

~Elder Roderer

Here's the parking lot of a mega church that is down the street a bit from the Plymouth apartment. it doesn't look that deep from the edge, but if you try to ride like 5 more feet from the curb, your feet are going under water.