Before I start getting into the details for the week...we had transfers, and Elder Royce is leaving Hemet. He has been here for 6 months already, so it wasn't a huge surprise, but it will be a little sad since he was such a good trainer and we had some great memories working together. He will be I gwoing to serve in RIverside in the De Anza ward! I'll be getting Elder Bailey as my new comp! He was serving in Puerto Rico before the storm and is coming most recently from the Moreno Valley Zone. I'm excited to start working with him and to learn everything I can from him! Elder Castro also is getting a new comp, so things will be back to normal as far as having 4 elders in the Ramona Ward again. I'll have more to update about the new situation next week!
My first b-day in the field was a fun one. It was raining all day, but we started off the day on a blitz. So all the missionaries in our zone went to the Zone Leader's area and we all sought with faith, but mostly tracted houses because of the rain. Almost every house we went up to, we just told them who we are, said we would love to serve them, and asked them how we could do that. We were able to pick up a few service opportunities for the weeks to come, which will make in turn make it easier for missionaries to teach them in the future. Just doing missionary work Ammon-Style.
We also had some dinner money, so we went to a place called Big Daddy's BBQ. Everytime we would drive by this place, I would want to eat there so bad because there isn't a whole lot of BBQ options here besides Dickey's. So we finally went there and it was good, not Rudy's good though haha.
We served a lot more this week as well which has been a good time.
Wednesday- Community Pantry, a little small NPO that feeds the poor and homeless. We are going to start doing this every week.
Thursday- We made a garden for one of the Park Hill investigators. She just had weeds in her backyard, so it was cool being able to dig all that up and plant some seeds.
Friday- Picked fruit for an hour or two in the morning. Helped the old people play bingo in the afternoon.
Good times!
Also, Elder Royce and I were seeking with faith together while Elder Castro was on splits with a member when we met a woman who claimed she was Mother Eve and that she stopped time in 2015. She had a few other conspiracies, so it definitely goes down as one of the weirdest contacts we have had. Talk to everyone though!!
Highlight from the week: Rosa (Raquel's sister) has a baptismal date for 4/22. She has been coming to church ever since I got here, but she wasn't willing to commit to a baptismal date. She finally felt ready to commit to a date, so we are pumped and we help her along.
My favorite few chapters in the Book of Mormon are Helaman 7-16 that are from the Prophet Nephi. Everyone should read Helaman 10:4-5. Put your name in verse 4, and that is some of the best motivation you can get in the scriptures.
On Sunday, there was no one to teach the Youth, so Elder Royce, Castro, and I took charge. We wanted them to ask us about the Book of Mormon, gospel, missions, or anything to do with the church. Bearing testimony about the importance of missions to these youth was something special to do, and I shared that same scripture from Helaman with them. Helaman 10:5 shares the blessings of serving the Lord, and I can testify that the blessings of serving a mission are abundant.
I'm pumped for this next transfer and I really am loving this area and the people we teach.
Until next week,
Elder Moon
we ate some good bbq on my bday
Golf course
Few of us played 9 holes last P day.
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