happened, one being something that I had never seen before in the
mission. Anyways first things first, this week was the last week of
the transfer and the news is that I am moving to Buena Park with Elder
Cooper. Not sure if you recall, but Elder Cooper was a Zone Leader up
here in Santa Ana North. So he was released as a zone leader and I was
released as a district leader. I'm super stoked. We are going to be
white washing once again. 3rd time for me and I believe 3rd or 4th
time for him as well. So we've been around the block a few times on
this and ready to get working. I don't really know how hispanic the
area will be, but I figure nothing can be worse then Garden Grove, not
that it's a bad area, just tough to find and teach people there. But
anyways this past week was pretty good. We've continued to find some
new people. We found this cool family that we think have good
potential. It was sort of funny because we originally had ran into the
mom where she said to come back Friday when her Husband would be home,
she mentioned they had been going through some challenges together and
that she wanted to see if our message could help them out. But here
was the catch, she wanted us to come back as if we were knocking again
and have it be a "surprise". So when we came back she opened the door
and acted all surprised by our visit and turned to her husband and
said "Pueden pasar?, 5-10 minutos, pueden pasar por favor?" To wrap it
up, we got in, taught the restoration quick while got to know them a
little better and now they are new investigators. We are hoping they
take the time to read and do the things we ask them. Other than that
there was a lot of following up this week with some mas o menos
investigators. Lots of them are having struggles with keeping
commitments. We've had a hard time finding people with real intent, a
lot of the people do enjoy our visits, they just don't keep
commitments. I imagine elder Schoen will be dropping a few when I head
out. It's just a process in missionary work. Something I've noticed is
how if we do the basics, the tings we are suppose to, then when the
time comes to meet someone that is ready, we will already have an
understanding of all that needs to take place for them to be baptized.
All of the baptisms I've had and seen on the mission have usually just
come out of miracle moments or through member referrals. But back to
the week, so I think it was Tuesday, my comp and I were inspired to
visit an investigator that has had a lack of real intent, so while
teaching and reading from Alma 34, we heard a loud crashing sound. So
we looked out the window and saw a car flipped upside down! So we ran
out and helped pull the people out of the car. Fortunately everyone
was ok, there was 2 young kids in the back and a teenager in the
passenger seat and then the mom that was driving. The teenager had
some crazy shock going on after everyone was out, he only had a few
scrapes and a cut on his hand. It was a really bizarre accident, we
still aren't exactly sure how it happened since they couldn't be going
more than 20 mph. Wednesday was a normal working day with district
Meeting, that was good, not too much to mention on that day. On
Thursday a member took me, my comp and another companionship to a
restaurant close by, we ate papusas and it was good. Can't every
complain with papusas. Friday was a normal working day. Saturday the
district got together to celebrate the birthday of one of the elders.
I used a gift card that
Lexie gave me a while back and bought an ice cream cake at Dairy
Queen, that was tasty. (A little sad that I didn't get the cake all to
my self, but it was worth it, he had a good time.) Sunday was also a
good day, we just went around seeing some people that we had worked
with, letting them know I was heading out. Most of them weren't home.
Another family that we were excited about ended up dropping us, but I
think my comp is going to pass by and figure out why. Overall that was
pretty much my week. Love you all and hope you have a good one!
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