Elder Jewkes

Elder Jewkes

Monday, March 21, 2016

21 March, 2016 - Another week

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week has been a good one. We got stuff done, best numbers this transfer for us, and blessings have been flowing. 

Wednesday there wasn't really anything to do in the office so we got some more time to proselyte in day. We were able to meet with Yvonne and Hoy today as well as visit the Pacillas. Apparently, the less active family has a 9 year old son who hasn't been baptized yet and we are working with them to get back to church and have the son, Alex, get baptized. It was a miracle that Alex spoke up that he hasn't been baptized.  We were able to snatch some food from the Relief Society Dinner. 

Thursday was Saint Patrick's Day. That was fun because my companion, Elder Stabler wasn't wearing anygreen...hehe😏. We had our weekly planning and our weekly Companion Study with Bro. Decker from UCR Institute. He is an amazing teacher who teaches a class of mostly non-members. After we ran to Home Depot to pick up a new fridge for the office. Then we had our interviews with President Mullen and he gave us some suggestions that will help us in our area. We didn't really get in with a lot of people so we had some time to implement those ideas.

Friday  we took a trip to Norco to drop off the old fridge from the office and worked on getting the new Easter Videos available for our not-so-smart phones. It is a lot harder when we don't have iPads. We met with Yvonne who is struggling with quiting coffee and smoking so we are working with her. Then we met with Alex. It is harder to teach to a 9 year old than it is with a 50 year old. Age makes it,harder.

Saturday we had a blitz in the southern half of our ward for the other Elders and we all had great luck. Let's just say that the South Elders will be busy on Tuesday. We tried by some people with no luck. We ate dinner with the Ward at a ward game night. I have a great video from "Minute to win it";where my companion, Elder Stabler got beaten by Yvonne, our investigator. It was a lot of fun.

Sunday we had church. Chinese had an investigator confirmed and we brought 2 investigators: Josh and Yvonne. All 6 missionaries and the Ward Mission Leader spoke in sacrament meeting. Apparently, I did fabulous on my talk on Family Home Evening.. After Church, we had dinner with the Sandovals where we all tried some Habaneros. Elder Walker couldn't handle it, not could Elder Phipps. They have 2 giant turtles in their back yard! We saw some other peole and called it a night.

Today we went to a nearby park and played "Black Cherry" and spun around on some spinny things. Some of us almost got sick. Got another video for that. Then we went to The American Legion post #79 and say an Union Pacific train and the "Little Water Buffalo"- an amphibious tank used during WW2 that was made in Riverside, There is some cool history here in Riverside. We helped some members moved out and currently E-mailing.

This week was great and I have some videos and pics attached or to come. Love you all! Until next time.

❤Elder Jewkes



 Yeah we had Josh Guyer and Yvonne Chavez come to church yesterday so it was alright. I haven't really gotten any updates on referrals for other missionaries. I did get the package on time. I came on Thursday so that was cool. We do have access to the kitchen so I could have made cookies,  Well, due to the extention in the MTC the transfer doesn't end until this Sunday so Elder Staber has set the record for being with me the longest but the transfer isn't quite over yet. The only thing I am in need of is probably Tennis shoes mine are worn out from all the P-Day fun stuff and service and all that.

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