MoVal

Crazy week out in Moreno Valley (MoVal). We met a lot of new people and the Spanish ward was packed on Sunday, but we have some work to do in order to get the YSA branch going. We set a baptismal date with a girl named Julia. Her mom is a member in the Spanish ward and they are all wanting her to get baptized, so we are hoping we can see her get baptized this weekend! There are also a handful of members who are working hard to have all their family members baptized, which makes our job fun!

We were able to get into a lesson with almost all the people the Elders before us were teaching, but we are still looking forward to meeting a few more!!

On Tuesday, we found out that our mission office was burglarized and some letters and packages were stolen. A few other buildings in the area were broken into as well, but they didn't find much there.

Thursday night was pretty crazy. We had a meeting with some of the leaders in the Stake and we learned that we will be starting an English class on Wednesday and it will continue for a few months. The Church has all the materials covered for us and we are just in charge of interacting with the students and providing a spiritual message at the end!

Saturday we did exchanges with Elders Saxton and Gregson. I went with Elder Gregson in his area and we invited a ton of people to church in both areas. It was a cold, rainy day, but it didn't matter to Elder Gregson because he's a tough Canadian. Funniest part of the day was having him refuse to give me directions in English, but rather in French Haha I missed a few turns but now I know what "turn right, turn left, go straight" all mean in French.

Saturdays and Sundays are now our only days to eat with members, so it was nice to have some really delicious food those days! It's an adjustment, but it will pay off in the long run.My companion, Elder Davis, is one of the funniest missionaries I know. It's been one of the more stressful weeks on my mission, getting up to speed in this new area, but all the hard work and laughs we've had made it worth it.

Quote of the week from Neal A Maxwell
"In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all!”

Elder Moon

 Cleaning the apartment candid pic

 Fun exchanges with Elder Gregson

 Pic of me and my companion Elder Davis