Dear wonderful family,
How is life
back in Utah? I can't believe I am almost done with my first transfer!
So cool! Well, the week went a little like this:
Tuesday was
a little slow but it was spiritual anyways. We had an awesome DDM about
the Book of Mormon and the gift of tongues overcame me. I actually
participated a ton and did really good on the role play. We had a great
lesson with some recent converts and their member daughter and son
-in-law showed up in the 2nd half and we had an amazing discussion on
the Book of Mormon. We had dinner at a local taco shop with a member and
she wanted us to try to talk to a homeless guy and see how he's doing,
Well, when we first tried to talk to us he threaten to beat us up if we
didn't leave. So we left and later came back and asked him if he wanted
anything to eat. He later apologized for his behavior and we got him a
burrito and some water. We had something called a James Burrito, which
was basically shredded beef, ranch, and french fries. It was so good,
yet so unhealthy. ( FYI I am at a total weight loss of 5 lbs and
currently at 235)
Wednesday we had our Trainer-Trainee
meeting in Riverside and that was so much fun, except we had to wake up
early for that 😢. The bad thing was that we had to drop an investigator
because she didn't really want to listen to the lessons for a while.
She wanted "a break". Oh well, she lives with a member family for now so
we are still there every once in a while. Hehe.
Thursday was
also slow, but we still had some good lessons with Part Member Families
and Less Actives. We have three guys that we are trying to help receive
the priesthood: 2 Aaronic and 1 Melchizedek (Thank you Auto-Correct).
It was alright.
Friday was fabulous! The work was slow,
but we got permission from the Mission President to go to a minor
league baseball game in Lake Elsinore. It was called "Stormin' Mormon
Night". It was Lake Elsinore Storm vs San Jose. I was mixed about what
team because Dad served in San Jose. It was so much fun. So we got a
ride from a member in the Spanish Ward and payed for treats, (I didn't
get too much) and he even got us (us and the Spanish Elders and Sisters)
a souvenir baseball. He was so nice. He kept saying "Get what you want,
this is the Lord's money". He was so awesome!!! We got home a little
late, but we still got to bed on time, somehow.
Saturday was
a great day. We had a blitz in our area and got 14 referrals!!! We got
two, Sisters Olsen and Meza got 8 somehow. I got to ask them what their
secret is. Anyway, we had 4 lessons today and worked with the Relief
Society President and a member of the bishopric about getting home
teacher and visiting teachers. We went to go to a lesson at 8:20 with a
member. And guess what...HE PLAYS BASS!!!!!! I finally met someone who
plays bass! I know where I'm going on P-days!
Sunday, we
had an amazing lesson in Sunday School about the sacrament. There were
struggles in that class. It was so bad, we almost took over. But it's
getting fixed now. We spent most of the day going over our referrals and
we gave 4 blessings today. That was great. Our dinner was amazing. Only
one other word can describe it: Polynesian!!! I gained 5 pounds from
that meal! It was delicious.
So far today, We had
crossfit in Menifee with the Mission President and he is in excellent
shape. It felt like a track workout...but I didn't have one since May so
it was rough, but fun. Afterward, I played volleyball for 2.5 hours! A
lot of the people said I should do volleyball in college when I get
home. Can you look up the USU men's volleyball program, if there is one,
for me?
It has been a great week. We hit standard so that's good. I miss ya and can't wait to hear from you.
❤Elder Jewkes
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