The end is coming . . .

Hey family,

Because of the Apostles' visit transfers were delayed as not to “distract” us, so we when we found them out Thursday night we had only Friday to get ready for the changes the next day. Sadly they had to break up the Dynamic Pulisipher-Magleby Duo and send Pulsey out to Ufa, a zone we had made a vow never to serve in. But happily, the only thing that could make that Ok, happened, when they called Elder Jensen to be my companion! You remember Jensksy, we were in the MTC together and greenies together in Perm, so we started our missions together and we’re ending them together. Also due to the Apostolic visitation this is a mini-transfer which means you could either think of this as the first day of week one, and only have four more weeks, or just think about it as week two already of a normal 6 week transfer cycle. I’m doing the latter. So even though we just got together yesterday we only have one month left! It’s pretty crazy but with Elder Jensen’s never ending enthusiasm and the boost from the Apostles and the fact that it’s our last days, this transfer, in the vernacular of Elder Murphy (more commonly known as “Murph-Dirt”) will be like the best transfer you could imagine, only take it, put it on crack, load it with steroids, kick it in the crotch, and light in on fire. If this were to ever be quoted in the Ensign it would read “…and the boost from the Apostles and the fact that it’s our last days, this transfer [will be very fruitful]”. I love those brackets, you never know what they could be hiding.
To (former) Companion’s credit, even though it was likely he would be leaving he did a strong push for meetings right to the end and had to leave without being able to see anyone before he went. It is strange to know that we will both being going home together so that means we already know our area will be white washed, which puts a different dynamic to all the work we’ll do in our cracked up super month. We got our two great member referrals to agree to a baptismal date of June 20th (coincidentally our two year mark, woot.) So they are Natasha the 60ish year old friend of the member Nina of the same age, and her daughter named Anastasia about 25. Anastasia has a great little girl named Anya but her husband is probably going to be against the baptism and we explained that she can’t be baptized with out his permission, and she thinks it would take a miracle for him to agree, as he’s already against her meeting with missionaries. Nina as a member and friend will be very helpful through all this and we’re all going to pray for the husband’s heart to change.
The mission conference would take a letter in itself, but I can quickly say it was a major blessing and that President Uchtdorf and Elder Anderson are Apostles, and it was amazing to see them not in a general conference setting with a crowd speckled with skeptics who came just to see, to testify, humbly but firmly about their own special callings in reality as Apostles of Jesus Christ. After the conference we had a special missionary meeting with them, it was also amazing and I love them and my little mission who all fit together in a room the size of the average primary room.

Yee-Kaaaht!

-[Elder] Magleby