Elder Jewkes

Elder Jewkes

Monday, September 21, 2015

21 September, 2015 - Another week

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was an interesting week with a lot of events I will explain later on.

Tuesday we had another baptism. This guy's name was Joseph and, unfortunately, not a lot of people attended but I did get to see my last companion, Elder Manson, again. We didn't really do a lot because it was DDM all morning and filling the font all afternoon. But we did get some paperwork done from the last 2 baptisms, so I guess it was productive.

Wednesday we had to have our weekly planning because there would be a multi-zone tomorrow. We did get to see 2 investigators though, which wasn't too bad. Also, for dinner we got to see Bro. Dunn's large old-timer gun collection and a small sword collection. He loves to show his antiques. We also helped a member give some blessings so today wasn't too bad.

Thursday was our Multi-zones. We had the same training that was given to the General Leaders of the church, which really focuses on the importance of the Sabbath day and how we can make it more spiritual. We also got Tiwi's installed in the mission cars. Tiwi's are a monitoring device that records your driving and talks to you when you 1) speed 2)Turn too sharp or accelerate and brake too quickly and 3) When the driver isn't buckled. You also have a card you need to use to log in so that your driving can be recorded. Which sucks because I have a card, but i don't drive...I haven't drove in almost 3 months. The highlight of the day was when a member brought us In-N-Out!!!

Friday there was a lot going on. We contacted referrals all morning, Cornia had to give PPI's so I just sat out in the hall for an hour and then we helped a LA move to Long Beach. Then we had dinner with the Elder Quorum's family and got some referrals there and ended the day with a Book of Mormon reading session with a Less-Active family.

Saturday we got to do a blitz for Valle Vista West...again. They got 12 referrals so they got some work to do. Then, we had Taco Bell with the Zone Leaders. We met a referral we had and he is GOLDEN! All he has to do is get married and he is good to go. He had the lessons before he moved here and was about to be baptized before he left. SCORE! Then, with money we got for dinner, we had Carl's Jr and met Judy who was super excited to see us. It was also Stake Conference so we went to the Adult Session after we got NEW PHONES. It'll take awhile to adjust to them.

Sunday was the rest of Stake Conference. The emphasis was on Sabbath day and even President and Sister Mullen was there and even spoke. Every pair of missionaries in the stake brought 1 or 2 investigators...and there are 13 companionships in the stake. After Stake Conference, we struggled to hit the standard, but we did!! (At the last minute). It was good that we did. There were some people that really needed to see us at the time we showed up.

Today we played B-ball, e-mail, and we are about to have a birthday celebration with one of the member families in the ward. Ruby, which reminds me of Charlee, is turning 14. Johnny reminds me of Kevin Shelton, and Luis reminds me of Tucker so naturally I love this family! We will also help the Dunn's move a TV later today as well.

I hope that everything is going well back home and I'll write ya'll next time.

❤Elder Jewkes

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