Dear Family and Friends,
Things are
going great in Hemet. I went through the 1st week with my new companion
and he is awesome. His name is Elder Cornia (like the eye). He is from
Randolf, Utah. (By Bear Lake) He has been in Riverside for 6 months and
now he is here with me. He is like 6' 3'' and 280 lbs... and he is the
baby! He comes from a family of Giants!!!
Tuesday was
kinda a rough day because it was the first time I had to take over the
area. It turned out alright. Elder Cornia was the new District Leader
and he had excellent training on listening. Later we helped a recent
convert prepare for a talk he will give next week or the week after.
Wednesday was
kinda unusual. My companion and my friend Elder Williams's companion
went to a meeting in Riverside for trainers since me and Elder Williams
are still in training. We spent the morning at our place and had some
work done. When Elder Cornia got back, we biked to a guy who lived 2
miles away and he wasn't home. Not only that, but Cornia's bike got a
flat so we had to walk 2 miles to get back home... in 100 degree
weatherš¢. We also got a baptism interview for an investigator and she
needs to be interviewed again by someone from the mission presidency.
She will probably be baptized on the 9th.
Thursday we
had a training/luncheon at the house of a guy named Bob Davis. This
meeting is once every transfer and it is training at the stake level
about how to progress the work. Then we had our weekly planing. After
that we saw a few people and made some progress with a Less-Active.
Friday was
just like Wednesday. Elder Cornia and Elder Marcada (Elder Williams'
companion) had to go to Riverside again for a new District Leader
training. This time, we were in Elder Williams' area and he got a lot of
work done. After being with him all day, we had a really good lesson
with another less active. Williams inspired me to work harder.
Saturday our
work paid off. We had 4 lessons, a new investigator, and contacted a
few referrals. We got another investigator who will be baptized on the
16th, and our new investigator has a baptism date on the 30th. He will
need some work, but I think he will get there by then.
Sunday was
a good day. After Church, we went walking the streets for about an hour
and a half and we got 5 or so more potential investigators. We also go
to burn Elder Cornia's tie at the Gonzales' home to celebrate 6 months
in the mission. We also played Uno. One round was really quick, I won.
The next round took like 30 minutes, Elder Cornia won.
Today we
played chair soccer, which is everyone on everyone and you try to hit a
person's chair with a soccer ball and if your chair gets hit, you sit
down until you can catch the ball with your hands in the air. Then, I
went with the San Jacinto and the Mountain View Elders and we went
shopping and all that fun stuff and now we are E-mailing.
It was an interesting week, but overall it was great. Have fun, ya'll. Will write next week.
❤Elder Jewkes
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