Elder Jewkes

Elder Jewkes

Monday, August 17, 2015

17 August, 2015 - Week 6

Dear Family and Friends,

Things are going pretty good in California. I can't believe that I am almost done with my 1st transfer!

Tuesday was our monthly ZDM meeting where we work together to set and achieve goals as a zone. So after the meeting, we went to see some people with a guy named Brother Brown. He is a really cool guy and we happened to have dinner with the Browns, which was good because our meal calendar had disappeared. A member happened to bring it home by accident so we got it later. Bro Brown happened to give Mom a phone call which really surprised me. It was also the first day that we implemented a higher level of daily planning, which is really helping us a lot.
Wednesday was our first day on splits! I went with the Ward Mission Leader and Elder Manson went with another member. We got a lot of ground covered. We are starting to contact all the referrals we got a while ago and getting appointments from them. Later, we went with another member to met a new investigator. She has potential if we can help her with her working issue, which is working all the time. 
Thursday was our weekly planning and cleaning so we were in the apartment all morning. After a day of not much success, we had our Ward List Meeting where the ward directory and records are updated. We got some referrals from there.
Friday, I went on my first exchanges with the zone leaders. It was kinda hard because I had to take over the area which was weird because usually, trainees would go to the other area to learn. Also it wasn't even a whole day! We started after lunch. Anyway, we had a great day. We set appointments, received more referrals, and had some fun in the process. So Elder Reyes tried to fix a sprinkler at our dinner appointment and he got SOAKED! It was kinda funny.
Saturday he had another blitz. This one was different because it was a SPANISH blitz, which means I went with a spanish elder and let him do all the talking. Elder Pawlecki is a really cool guy. We found a cool guy when we were trying to find another guy. I like it when that happens. 
Sunday was really good because Brother Campbell from the bishopric gave a really amazing lesson in Gospel Principles about the law of sacrifice. We continued to contact people, met with the Moehle's, and had a lesson with an investigator for the first time in 2-3 weeks.
Today we went to the stake center and played B-Ball, Volleyball, and even jump rope. And now I am e-mailing to you all.

It was a slow week, but in the Park Hill area it changes every week from a good week to a bad week. I wish it was a little more consistent. Have fun in your endeavors and i'll write next week.

❤Elder Jewkes

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