Elder Jewkes

Elder Jewkes

Monday, September 28, 2015

28 September, 2015 - Another week.

Dear family and friends, 

Well, we are almost at the end of another transfer. It is kinda cool to end a transfer on General Conference Weekend. Awesome!!!
Tuesday was slow but we managed to see some people. One member found a new place to live via miracle. She needed a bigger place to fit her whole family and she bought a place for $6,000. BOUGHT, not RENT! That's awesome! It was slow, but we needed some time to tidy up the apartment for inspections and I had to pack to go on exchanges tomorrow.

Wednesday was exchanges! I went to the Echo Hills Area (About 2-3 miles south of us) with Elder Reyes. We also had apartment inspections. It was weird being inspected because I wasn't even at our apartment. We both did good, just need to sweep the patio, which we never stepped foot in. We saw a lot of their investigators and had dinner with their Ward Mission Leader. He is a really good guy. Our area did really good as well so it was a good day for both of us. Since my companion is a DL and our district is full of sisters, we only do exchanges once per transfer.

Thursday was our weekly planning which isn't that bad, we are just inside a little longer. Once we got outside, we did teach a family of 6, sort of. The parents weren't really involved. Unfortunately they are moving out of our ward by the end of the month, but the kids will be baptized by some lucky missionaries. We had dinner with the Bishop, who is the only bishop I ever had that constantly uses the word "Dude". He is really awesome. He took us to the oldest restaurant in Hemet. A Chinese place that has been running for 45 years.

Friday kinda sucked because we had planned so much and they all fell through except for one. Bishop also asked us to stop by a lady in the ward who recently had an accident. We stopped by and the ward already provided blessings and they are on top of things. We did have an excellent BOM reading session with a less active. We are currently in the Isaiah Chapters and he knows a little more than we do. Why doesn't he come to church?

Saturday was kinda the same thing. We did manage to get some paperwork done though. (YAY) We had dinner with some members that collect almost anything. The wife is in the process of buying antiques to re-sell at a Rummage Sale they have in their senior community. The husband is planning to do missionary work there by handing out Book of Mormons. The members here are good with their missionary work. They always bring at least 1 nonmember to church every week.

Sunday was the Primary Program!!! It reminded me of home and how great primary was. We also had some good lessons on repentance and being a good role model for the young men as Melchizedek priesthood holders. Also, our zone leaders had a baptism at our building so we helped them set up and clean up. We had dinner at the Stenzels and their 3 boys are 14, 16, and 17 and they are just like any other set of brothers who always tease and goof around with each other.

Today we played Volley-ball with both zones in the Hemet Stake, writing e-mails, and doing the usual P-Day stuff.

Next time on "Mission with Jewkes" : General Conference where 3 new Apostles will be called, our quarterly trip to the Redlands Temple, and transfer call for the upcoming transfer. Stay tuned and don't miss out.

❤Elder Jewkes

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