Zach's Mission: Back To The Wild🦅🌲

Hello everyone! This week was amazing! So much happened! Excited to tell y'all about it! So much happened, so I'm gonna give y'all a day by day update:

Tuesday:

-We went bowling as a district! It was so much fun! Not used to 5 pin bowling, but still a great time!

-We also played Volleyball

Wednesday:

-Final district council of the transfer! It was super spiritual and really shows how close we get as a district.

Thursday:

-Transfers! We got transfer news on Thursday, and I found out that I am being transferred to Prince Rupert! Prince Rupert is a very small town in North British Columbia up very close to Alaska! It has a branch of about 25 active members and covers a massive Island called Haida Gwaii!

-My new companion is Elder Livingston! He is from Pleasant Grove, Utah! He is amazing! I have met him a few times, and I'm excited to be companions with him in Prince Rupert!

-We had some member appointments and said goodbye to some friends!

-We also had Institute which was amazing!

Now the chaos begins haha

Friday:

-At 6AM I was on the road to the airport, and landed in Terrace BC at around 10:30! Me and Elder Livingston then had District Council with my new district! There are 10 of us missionaries and that's our zone! It is small, but such an amazing district!

-My MTC companion Elder Salmon is in my district! It was so good to see him again!

-After District Council, we took the 2 hour drive over to Prince Rupert! It was STUNNING! I wish the pictures I took were good, thankfully we take this road weekly haha.

-One we got to Prince Rupert, we immediately went and did service at an Animal Hospital! We got to see so much wildlife! We also got to do a bit of Animal Rescuing for a baby deer!

-There are also Bald Eagles flying EVERYWHERE up here haha I see like 30 a day.

Saturday:

-SEAFEST! This massive festival happens once a year here in Prince Rupert and it so happened to be the day after I arrived! They had a massive parade, shops, sports tournaments, a crab eating contest, and more! It was fun to meet people from all over Northern BC!

-We then had lunch at a members where we ate crab that was caught the day before🦀

-After lunch, that same member took us crab fishing at the pier! I didn't do much haha, but it was fun to see all the crabs! We even got one in our freezer for a later meal!

Sunday:

-Our church building is the size of probably a relief society room in a Utah Stake Center haha. Its so small, but super cool! We were able to have our friend Adam come to church too!

-We had a whopping 26 people total at church this Sunday(including members)

-We then went to the dock(called Cow Bay) and did some finding!

-We had dinner at a members house and had fresh Salmon😋

Monday:

-We did lots of lessons today! We saw our friends Brianna and her family, and Shaun! The people here in Prince Rupert are so nice!

-We also helped build a retaining wall for our Branch President so I'm a bit sore haha

Its been a blast of a week! It is sad to leave Surrey, I will deeply miss the members and the friends I made there. I hope I can go back sometime in my mission. It was sad to say goodbye to Elder Gutierrez! It was a super fun transfer and I learned so much from him!

This upcoming week will be busy! Me and my companion will be traveling back to Vancouver for a meeting with other missionaries from around the mission, so that will be awesome!

Also stay tuned, in a few weeks, our whole zone, plus our mission president, are going to Haida Gwaii(The Island in my area) for a few days!

Well everyone, that's it for this week! Y'all have a wonderful week! Take care!

-Elder Biesinger

Pictures!!

1-Green Timbers in Surrey!

The rest- Pictures of the scenery around Prince Rupert!