This week had been a good one, crowned by General
Conference! Nothing like listening to
our beloved leaders that bring us God given counsel specific for our days! I apologize in advance, I forgot my journal
in the house so the email may be a bit less specific. Going off my Planning agenda and memories
haha.
Tuesday was a VERY busy day.
The best lesson has to be with that cool black guy named Rob from the
barber that called us over! We explained
the Restoration and he just thinks it is SO cool that we have the same
organization as Christ's church as explained in the Bible. We left him chapter 40 in Alma in the Book of Mormon to help him with
his doubts on where we go after death.
Later that day I was having a MAJOR tough time hearing. My ear hurt and it felt like i had cotton
stuffed inside. So I called Sister
Pricoli and lo and behold...
Wednesday I got to go to the hospital! DON'T WORRY I'M NOT GONNA DIE. I got an ear infection from my cold last week
haha (I know, I'm a mess.) But the
doctor just hooked me up with some drugs and sent me on my way! That night we passed by the Mena family and
explained more articles of faith.
There's still quite a bit theyre learning, but theyre still easily one
of our best families.
Thursday we went back to Rob's barber and talked about what
he read. He read ALL of it and marked it
with pencils. He just loves it and loves
listening! While we were there, some
people came in for haircuts, but he just said "I'm busy listening to the
word of God! Sit down and join us!"
So we got like 3 new investigators thanks to him haha.
Friday was a rather slow day. We talked with Cam
about getting back on track with the lessons and he expressed his desires. He's a great kid. Just getting back on his feet.
Saturday was THE FIRST DAY OF GENERAL CONFERENCE! and in English! Perks of having 7 gringos in your zone! I loved all the talks. Pres. Holland's talk made every one of us
miss our moms and want to hug them! But
it's chill :) I also loved the thought of looking at others through a
"mothers eyes". When you look
at each person as a child of God that has their own Joys and sorrows it really
changes your perspective on everything. I loved the music too, especially The
Spirit of God. So beautiful. Of course Priesthood session and
Sunday was just as perfect.
My favorite talks had to be by the prophet on Keeping the Commandments,
Elder Eyring's talk on the spirit, Elder Nelson's talk on the women of the
church and Elder Allen Haynie's talk on the Atonement. I loved it!
I just feel a need to repent fully of all the sins I commit so I can
feel that Spirit. I hope all can do the
same. As Pres Monson said "the
sooner we repent, the sooner we can feel that peace and quietness". Don't wait 1 second longer. I hope we can all remember what was
said! Pass our notes, download talks so
we can relisten! re-read! Ive just got a kind of kickstart kinda
feeling haha.
Today we went to the downtown so Elder Ludwig and Elder
Chaiña could buy guitars haha. They both
wanna learn really bad. Im proud :) Love you all!
Have an excellent week! OH! and let's ponderize like Devin Durrant's talk
invited us! Im gonna memorize 2 Nephi
2:6-8! How about all of you?
Elder Welch
A Little Q&A:
Mom: Are you guys having to ration water? (Cali is in a severe drought)
Jake: yeah they turn off our water but they did it BECAUSE
it rained. 2 days it rained hard, and i
guess it was making something contaminate the water supply so they shut it off,
but it was very little time so im okay,
Mom: Did you get to watch Conference in English?
Jake: you bet your buttons i did! and it was glorious!
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