So we had an interesting week of craziness with transfers and new
missionaries. We have a bigger district than last transfer and we have
8 elders. That's the most I've had in a district. But here's how the
week went:
8-21-17
"It's the final countdown! We're leaving together!" Preparation day!
And today was so long. Didn't do the usual. We got up at 5:30 and went
to the beach near our house to see the sunrise and walked around the
area a bit to find a better view. Took an hour and a half. And then we
waited around our apartment until laundry was open in our apartment
complex, which is 8. Got our laundry done and emailed. Had transfer
calls and elder Cahan and I are staying together for my last one. Then
we went to the church and played sports all day. Soccer and
basketball. Also, Elder Rammell bought these soldering goggles to view
the solar eclipse today and so we used them and we could sort of see
the solar eclipse through them. But I used my good camera and the
goggles as a filter and it came out much better with it zoomed in. Ate
at Wendy's for dinner and elder Hansen and I prepared for bible study
as we taught it tonight. Got it all set up and got ready ourselves.
Then waited for everyone to show up and got started. I learned a lot
from it actually when I taught. It was pretty cool. Afterwards, we
talked with those that came and hung out with Kris till his ride got
there. But his ride forgot about him and didn't end up getting there
till 10:30 at night. We didn't want to leave him there stranded just
in case something happened so we got home really late. We went from
5:30 in the morning to 11 at night. It was a long day.
8-22-17
"We've come a long way, from where we began. Oh I'll tell you all
about it when I see you again!" Transfer day but these kind of
transfers are my favorite when neither my companion or I are leaving.
Makes the day fun as we can talk and not worry about where we are
going or who our next companion is. So we did our morning usual and
had lunch. Went off to the leadership meeting but this time it was
held at Woodside chapel because of construction going on outside of
the Rego chapel. It was weird thinking the next time I go to a
transfer exchange, I won't be going back to an area. But leadership
meeting was good and very insightful. Also realized that was my last
leadership meeting. Then we headed home and ate dinner in our area. We
went to the church for a few minutes and then it turned into helping
the members clean the church for a little bit. At least we didn't do
all of it this week. Went out to do a few look ups and headed home.
8-23-17
"Sugar, yes please. Won't you come and put it down on me. I'm right
here, cause I need, a little light, a little symphony." Today was
interesting. We did the usual morning stuff and we weren't able to get
a hold of a companionship that got blinded in yesterday so we tried
stopping by but they were out and turned out they were at the church.
So we were able to have district meeting and meet everyone. I realized
that half the district is still under 6 months in the mission. And we
have a 10 missionary district. Then there's me that goes home this
transfer. So I actually gave the workshop for district meeting on
letter and spirit of the law. Then I did my first week of the My Plan
course. Interesting. And Elder Cahan was hungry so he got pizza at a
shop and took it home to eat while I ate at home. Then we were going
to go to the beach for our ward's weekly beach night but not many
people showed up so they said we didn't need to. So we saw Kris but
Cynthia wasn't there. She was at work. Finished the night with look
ups and knocking.
8-24-17
"Out of curiosity, which casinos did you geniuses pick to rob?
"Uh, the Belagio, Mirage, and the MGM Grand."
"... Those are Terry Benadict's places. What do you have against Terry
Benedict?"
Average day today. We had the fun morning of doing the same stuff and
went to the church for weekly planning and also set our transfer
goals. Then went knocking for a bit and did a look up near by. Picked
up medicine for Elder Cahan and ate dinner. Went to see Corrin first
and then Kris wanted us to stop by real fast. Finished the night with
knocking. Very basic day.
8-25-17
"Is this going to hurt?"
"If you are doing it right, it should be pretty excruciating."
Thanks dad for the quote! Today was another basic day. We had to go
get a box from the post office so I can start sending stuff home. I
picked that up right after we had lunch. Went to the church and made
calls and did some messaging to investigators for a bit. Then we went
knocking again but found no one again. Afternoons are always hard, and
it is still summer for these people. Ate dinner and went to do some
look ups/knocking for a bit until they get mad at us and then went to
the church and tried more calls later at night. Better time. Then
headed home.
8-26-17
"I want you to play dirty but don't get caught. Alright, bring it in.
Break someone's clavicle on 3 ready? 1, 2, 3, break someone's
clavicle!" Great day today. Great day. We had a usual morning, blah.
And then we went to a lesson way out in Mastic but it got cancelled as
they forgot about it. So drove home for lunch and went to visit a
referral. Turns out the address is their work, so we tried calling but
no answer. Tried to ship off my package but all the post offices
closed super early on saturdays so I couldn't. Went to see Kris for a
BBQ but we had a miscommunication and ended up staying for an hour
with no BBQ until 8 tonight. Too late for us so had to leave and get
dinner at Taco Bell. Then we did a mini exchange with the Spanish
elders so elders Cahan and James could start working on bible study. I
went with Elder Mansfield to knock for an hour and tried to go to
their lesson nearby but it got cancelled. So headed back and exchanged
back and we headed home. But then the best part is Kevin started
messaging and he wants to get baptized in a week from today, on
Saturday next week. We are super excited and started planning it
tonight with him.
8-27-17
"He'll kill ya, and then he'll go to work on ya!" Today was a nice
day. We had a good day at church and everything was neat to learn and
useful for Kevin I thought. Then after church we met with Kevin and a
member of the bishopric and went over a few things and taught a few
more which Kevin already knew. He's done his research. He so awesome.
And then we ate dinner and messaged Glen who is now living in river
head and he was telling us how he went to the LDS church there. Met
the missionaries there so he will probably start working more over
there. Went to a lesson near our home but the person wasn't home and
then it may have been a half hour later so we knocked but still no one
came home. So went to the church to sync areabook and finish putting
in lesson plans for the week.
We just finished my 99th week. We are now in my 100th week. Welcome to
triple digits. And it's gonna be good with Kevin's baptism! He already
asked me to baptize him so I'm super excited! Maybe my last one, but
hopefully not. I still got time to find another. And this is similar
to my last baptism with James. Kevin went to Utah and decided he wants
to be part of this religion while there, same with James. Kevin wants
to be baptized in a week, James notified me 6 days before. They are
both awesome! We meet Kevin again tonight at 6 to finish the lessons
and then tomorrow afternoon we meet to go over the interview
questions. DeQuan is having some troubles with organized religion as a
whole. He is the one that believes if you are spiritual, you're good.
So we've been working with him to help him understand but so far
nothing is making a whole lot of difference, and he feels he got an
answer that the Book of Mormon is not true. Haven't been able to see
him since so it's hard to tell if he did everything he could and
explain real intent. So that's hard but hopefully he doesn't get to
the point of dropping us or discontinuing meeting. Haven't found
anyone new but we're working on it!
See you all next week, ✌🏻
EJH
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Device audit in district meeting nowadays. And we are missionaries with that much tech.
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