How was Halloween? It was pretty good for me in California. This week has been interesting, but I managed to stick to it.
Monday my
new companion moved in. His name is Elder Dunn. He is from (probably
spelled it wrong) Mckamon, Idaho (By Pocatello). He has been out for 10
weeks and I get the opportunity to finish training him. Yay. I just got
done with that and now I am on the other side of it all. It's weird.
Tuesday was
our weekly DDM meeting, which is always good. Our new district leader
has been out as long as I have been. Our transfer group is doing some
amazing things. Elder Young is currently training another missionary so I
am not alone. We had dinner with our Ward Mission Leader so that was a
good first dinner for Elder Dunn to meet him.
Wednesday we
had the opportunity to help a member move out to San Jacinto, by Hemet.
It was cool to talk with them about it. Our Ward Mission Leader used to
live in Hemet as well. Small world. The only bad thing was that I was
moving some 5-gallon water jugs that everyone and their dog has in
California and one slipped out of my hand...and that one happened to be
made out of glass. I felt so bad! They said I can pay it off with 1
baptism so I got some work to do. We had dinner with the Nunley's and
they are a really awesome family.
Thursday was
weekly planning, weekly Book of Mormon study and we picked up a new
investigator named Jacob. He seems to be a golden investigator because
he really wants to meet with us and to teach him about the "Mormons". He
asked us to come back the next day! Crazy!
Friday was
really fun. We saw Jacob again and we brought a member that was about
his age. Turns out they were the exact same age! They were in the same
Graduating class! How convinent! Also, the member, Cameron, went to the
same mission as some of Elder Dunn's friends. It has been a small world
this week. After, we had the ward Chili cook-off/trunk-or-treat, It was a
lot of fun. Our ward and the Spanish ward was there and there was a
good clash of cultures. The YM decided to try to win hottest
chili...let's just say that 2 of them threw up as they were tasting it. I
didn't dare try it. Elder Dunn and Elder Catchatoorian (Elder Warren's
companion) went to their old ward's party because they were previously
chosen to be chili judges.
Saturday was
a blast! A home share host named Ken took us out to breakfast. He is a
really cool guy and everyone loves him. We managed to get a lesson with a
less active before we had to turn in early. Our choices was to stay in
from 6 on or have a zone activity at the stake center from 6-9pm.
Guess what we did? The activity was so much fun, we played chair
soccer, soccer, and basketball. There were some interesting events like
Sister Bjork and I crashed into each other during soccer. I forgot that I
am big and need more time and distance to stop. We are both fine, thank
goodness. I felt so bad!
Sunday was
marvelous! It was daylight savings so we got an extra hour of sleep.
SCORE! Church was good, as usual. After the church we had a
break-the-fast event with the Merrils...and the Tatums and the Nunleys
and the Andersons and their friends. It was really cool! We should try
that at home and make it a tradition! We ran into a less active in the
evening by accident because we were looking for someone else and she
happened to be there. I felt we were in the right place at the right
time.
Today we are E-mailing a little
early and plan to go bowling (2 games for $5, why not), clean up the
apartment a bit, and meet a potential investigator. As well as getting
haircuts. It is getting so long.
The lesson of
the week is that we may get some unplanned and unwanted changes in our
lives but we need to be positive about it because the Lord brought these
changes to our lives for a reason and a purpose. I don't know why I
need to finish Dunn's training or I need to take over the area 3 weeks
earlier than expected, but "I will go and do the things the Lord
commands" for I know that there is a purpose and a way to accomplish the
things the Lord has asked of us. My district leader and I are learning
this lesson together as we are faced with major responsibilities and as
we faithfully strive to do our best, the Lord will take care of the
rest.
Love you all and I can't wait to hear from ya next week.
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