I am sleeping well, but my companion is not because it turns out that I developed snoring as loud as dad. He took a video of him trying to wake me up, and he can whistle like you. He did that many times, and nothing happened, and clapped, turned on the lights, and shook me, set alarms, and so forth many times in many days, and I haven't stopped snoring. However, I do wake up at 6:30 to my own alarm without a problem for what ever reason. The weather is very dry, and something interesting to know is that Bakersfield has the worst air in the US, and it smells like gas exhaust a lot. It rained last night, though, for the first time in forever.
We only ever cook spaghetti in our apartment. My companion is awesome, though, and is very chill.
Our ward is so awesome. The members help so much, and they continually have referrals for us. It is great. They really see the importance of missionary work, and the Hispanic families love us.
Something challenging that happened this week was walking around a very ghetto downtown area. No kidding, it was not very good, but that area is fun to tract in.
Something successful this week was that we found a few more Hispanic investigators in white areas. It was great.
Something random that happened this week was that our other Spanish companions had a shooting right outside their apartment. Elder Jacobson woke up and saw elder Rocha on the floor, and Rocha said, "Get down, they're shooting". Just after that bullet shot sounds came out, and he jumped off his bed. There was a shooting a small distance from their apartment that night.
I have not yet been chased by a dog, hahaha.
I'm good right now, but the weather is cold in the mornings. For exercise, we try to go running. For fun on P-Day we play volleyball. It is tons of fun.
This week on Monday we
visited Sonya and her family. They are great, especially the dad, Eddie,
except that they're not reading.
On Tuesday we did Windows of heaven, and went to Kimberly, a recent convert who has severe anxiety. We had dinner with Brother Welsh, and we went to an arabic restaurant. It was really good. We then tracked Oildale.
On Wednesday we went to Brian, and he did not sound interested at all anymore, but he is 15. We went tracting, and went to Cris, Kimberley's brother. He has strong faith in God, but thinks he doesn't want to join any church.
On Thursday we went to Juan, but he wasn't home. We then tried Brian, who wasn't home, and we tried Sonya, who wasn't home, and Kimberley, who wasn't home, all this with a member following.
On Friday we had Zone Conference, where Elder Cook (of the 70) came. He was really cool, and he said that we should think of Christ as our senior companion, so we always ask for Him to be there when we do things. We went to Juan, and had dinner with Hermana Gomez. They are awesome, and they brought a nonmember friend with them, who at first was cold toward us, but opened up a ton. We're teaching her again. We taught Sonya and her family, and they are still not reading.
On Saturday we went to a small part of downtown and got a few referrals from people who knew of Hispanics in the area. We got one contacted as an investigator, and the other wasn't answering the door. We tried to find Chris, but he wasn't home, so we tracted.
On Sunday we had dinner with Bishop Butler at 3, and they are a great family. He has a lot of good ideas. We went to many places, and again found no one, and we finished my first 12 weeks study. Today we went to Elder Rocha and Jacobson's apartment, and they told the gunshot story. That was my fantastic week! I am learning here to trust the Lord and that He knows what he's doing. It is hard, and blind, but that is where the miracles are. That's why they are miracles.
On Tuesday we did Windows of heaven, and went to Kimberly, a recent convert who has severe anxiety. We had dinner with Brother Welsh, and we went to an arabic restaurant. It was really good. We then tracked Oildale.
On Wednesday we went to Brian, and he did not sound interested at all anymore, but he is 15. We went tracting, and went to Cris, Kimberley's brother. He has strong faith in God, but thinks he doesn't want to join any church.
On Thursday we went to Juan, but he wasn't home. We then tried Brian, who wasn't home, and we tried Sonya, who wasn't home, and Kimberley, who wasn't home, all this with a member following.
On Friday we had Zone Conference, where Elder Cook (of the 70) came. He was really cool, and he said that we should think of Christ as our senior companion, so we always ask for Him to be there when we do things. We went to Juan, and had dinner with Hermana Gomez. They are awesome, and they brought a nonmember friend with them, who at first was cold toward us, but opened up a ton. We're teaching her again. We taught Sonya and her family, and they are still not reading.
On Saturday we went to a small part of downtown and got a few referrals from people who knew of Hispanics in the area. We got one contacted as an investigator, and the other wasn't answering the door. We tried to find Chris, but he wasn't home, so we tracted.
On Sunday we had dinner with Bishop Butler at 3, and they are a great family. He has a lot of good ideas. We went to many places, and again found no one, and we finished my first 12 weeks study. Today we went to Elder Rocha and Jacobson's apartment, and they told the gunshot story. That was my fantastic week! I am learning here to trust the Lord and that He knows what he's doing. It is hard, and blind, but that is where the miracles are. That's why they are miracles.
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