Mission With Jewkes: 17 October, 2016

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week has been a miracle! It has been the best week we had since I came back to Hemet! Things are looking up! Anyways...

TUESDAY- was the first day of Senior Week! We had our monthly ZDM, but first we had to run to the hardware store so that Elder Rose could get some new tubes. Everyone but me seems to have the bike problems

. My bike should be named "Old Faithful" I guess. Anyway, After ZDM (and lunch) we finished our 12 week study and we went contacting until dinner with the Wallace's. They were in the middle of a carpet cleaning so the house was a mess, but that's ok. Then we went with our ward mission leader to visit some people with no luck. Then we got home and let Elder Rose take the lead in planning (It is senior week after all)!

WEDNESDAY- I was reading in the ensign and I found Hemet! Yep, Hemet was the scene of one of the Latter-Day Voices section and the Dunn's that were talked about were the Dunn's from our ward! That was pretty impressive! After studies we tried some people, ate lunch, and went seeking. Elder Rose has this fear of bees so when one flew by during a contact he freaked out. The funny thing was that the bee pursued so Elder Rose got on his bike and rode halfway down the block before he realized the bee flew off! It was pretty funny. I told him that it happened because he is such a "Rose"

! Then, we had dinner at a Vietnamese place with Brother Minor. Then Elder Rose had his fresh Jalapenos soak in his soup too long and he almost died from the spice! We had to ask for more broth to dilute the spice. Then we were able to see a Part Member Family. They wanted to feed us for dinner and we happened to have a spot open for Saturday! It all works out! Then we biked home to plan.

THURSDAY- was great. We gave a member a blessing and after our studies we did our weekly service at the Historic Hemet Theater. It was great...and dirty as usual. The only thing out of the ordinary was that we got a call from President Mullen during service. I guess he wanted to meed with Elder Rose. I hope everything is alright... then we did our weekly planning and Bro. Johnson took us out to In-N-Out. He said that there should be one on the east side of town...I said they should be one in Cache Valley! He understood since he grew up in Logan actually...small world. Then we saw Tony and Jaime with Bro Johnson. It was a good day! Then we got home to plan.

FRIDAY- we drove all the way to Riverside to meet with President Mullen (we borrowed Valle Vista's car). The interview was private between Elder Rose and President Mullen. I guess he has some anxiety issues and President gave him some personal suggestions for him that will help. Please pray for him. After we got back we were able to pick up a golden investigator named Vicky. She was being taught by the Little Lake Sisters and went to their ward 3 times, but lives in our area so we took over and invited her to our ward. She really wants to get baptized! Then we tried some people and had dinner with the Gonzalez Family and Jaime and her daughter Jillian were there! It was a great dinner and gospel conversation about eternal families. Then we got home later than usual to plan.

SATURDAY- after studies we visited people with no luck. After lunch we meet with Roxanne...who was pretty drunk so we kept the visit short. We went with Adam Gonzales to see Kiah and to get a ride to church organized. Then we had dinner with that PMF that we saw on Wednesday. That was a fun dinner. They are super cool! Bro. Solami served his mission in Guatemala and shared some epic stories! Then we got a ride home from them and planned for tomorrow.

SUNDAY- was the miracle...we had 3 investigators to church! Yep, 3 not one but 3!! It was great. Jaime, Kiah, and Vicky all came! Now we have some progressing investigators. The day was full of gratitude for the Lord and what He blessed us with for our efforts. Then we sent seeking and had dinner with the Ika's. Now the Ika's are Samoan and we went to their extended family, the Steven's, house and had a party...and you know what Samoan get together are like...lots of food. I thought it was a great week to celebrate and this was the way to do it. Elder Rose being part Filipino really enjoyed the Polynesian food we ate.

So that was our week. It was super great. The miracle was that most of the success happened from Thursday on...so that's why we must endure to the end. Makes sense. I love you all!

Until Next Time...