It is coming close to an end
of the transfer. It will make 3 transfers as an Office Elder in
Riverside. There are normally 4, but since Elder Smith here will only
serve for 3, for he goes in September (2 more transfers) that may not
even matter. Oh the possibilities... Anyway...
MONDAY- was
our quarterly cross-fit. I think President Mullen is trying to make it
harder and harder so people feel like they are gaining weight so that we
will watch our weight to get rid of the reputation that the CRM
(California Riverside Mission) is a 30 lb mission. The fun part of
cross-fit is afterwards...where half the mission will play basketball,
frisbee, soccer, etc. I was bumping a volleyball and playing Ultimate
Frisbee. Those are the fun sports. Then we did the regular P-day stuff
and had dinner with Sis. Johnston and her friends. Then we went
contacting after dinner for the rest of the day.
TUESDAY- we
had ZDM. It was a good one about finding the elect people that are
ready for the gospel and that we should look at our teaching pool again
to see if these people are "Elect". Our pool decreased dramatically
,
but we will find more. Afterwards we did some Part Member Family
searching and contacting to increase our teaching pool. We tried a
potential with no luck then we had Raymond's interview and it was great!
He is on date for the 26th of June because we are working on his
smoking and we could have it on the 19th but he'll be out of town. Then
we had a late dinner and planned for the next day.
WEDNESDAY- we
started a bike survey to see how much people spent on their bike and
how much they used it so far in the mission. We found people who had
been out for over a year and only rode their bike for 3-4 months and
costed $600-$700 dollars. I think our Fleet Coordinator is trying to
develop a plan to help with bike costs. After the office, we did our
weekly planning and had dinner with the Brambilla's. After we went
contacting for the rest of the night since it is getting so hot during
the day.
THURSDAY- we had our interviews
with President Mullen. It went really well. He told us that we had the
best numbers for Office Elders in a really long time so he is really
pleased with that. Obviously, there are some things we are struggling
with. like finding new investigators, but we are working on that. After
interviews, Elder Phipps from the other half of our ward got ET'ed (or
Emergency Transfer) for complicated reasons and Elder Doi took his
place. Yep, the Elder Doi I trained 6 months ago is serving in the same
ward as I am! AWESOME! I love that kid! We tried some people with no
luck, had dinner with the Fewkes' (..so close) and went contacting for
the rest of the day.
FRIDAY- was my day off!!! Just kidding. I was on exchanges with the Zone Leaders and I got to leave my area for the first time in 4 month,
so I guess I did get a day off from Office Duties. (Hehe, Duty).It was
really fun to serve in a YSA ward for a day. It is a lot different that a
reglular ward, even though they covered a family ward as well. We did
contacting in the morning. (The first time I went Proselyting in the
morning, on a weekday, for the first time in 4 months).
We had lunch with a really cool Less-Active member of the YSA ward.
Then we had appointments with Nick (YSA) and Marcos (Family). It was a
fun day over all. Also I found a fellow Denver Bronco Fan!!! Finally.
All these Raider fans everywhere. It's Raiders, Dodgers, and Lakers all
over here. Sometimes 49'ers, Angels, and Clippers, but mostly the first
3.
SATURDAY- we had a blitz for the Mt.
Rubidoux Sisters. They got a ton of referrals from that. I went with one
of the ASL Elders and we scored on a yard sale where we got 5 ties for
$5. 2 of those were Donald Trump Ties and those are expensive. After
that, we had lunch, tried some potentials and went contacting. The
Troxel's took us to Denny's for dinner and we are so grateful for their
generosity. Then we saw a PMF, the Mamawal's. They are doing well.
SUNDAY- we
had Ward Council (they only have it every other week). It was good. The
other Elders got all the referrals...again. Some day...Church was
great. Raymond was there and the Guyers were on base this weekend. (Josh
is training to be in the Navy, but they went to the March Air Force
base...weird). After 1pm
church we talked with the Ward's (all four of us) so that Elder Doi can
meet them. Then we had dinner with the Best's. We went to see another
PMF, the Pasillas. The parents are LA's and Alex (9) is not a member. We
taught them the Plan of Salvation. The parents had questions as well so
it was beneficial for all.
So, one more week
of this transfer. Who knows what will happen. Rumors are that the
Riverside and Mt. Rubidoux zones will combine, I could leave or stay. I
can't wait for Saturday Night so that we will find out the lowdown.
Until next time...
I personally didn't feel the earthquake. Some of the
sisters in our district did and they were a little scared. What!?!?! You
had rain. You stole it from us! I hope that the back surgery goes well.
No baptism yet, but there is one on the way. June 26th. Transfers
aren't over yet but I heard rumors about it all. It helps to be friends
with the ZL's and AP's. There was some furniture moving on Friday... but
I was on exchanges so I didn't do it (HEHE). It has been hot, but it
looks like it will be cool for the rest of the week. (and by cool. I
mean High 80's) It is never really "cool" here except at night in the
winter.
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