Monday 12/14/15
Woke up
Did laundry
Left to go grocery shopping
This is where the fun begins
We are just driving along towards an intersection. I don't know what happened my companion must have zoned out. I said dude what are you doing as he kept going straight for an intersection with a red light. There were cars crossing the intersection and I knew what was going to happen. I sat back in my seat and waited for the impact. Bam!
We set there for a second kind of shocked about what happened. The tiwi (the car monitoring system) said aggressive driving and that we should seek emergency assistance. The car was filled with smoke from the air bags it smelled terrible. The car was also talking and trying to connect to a phone via Bluetooth to call 911. I sat there for a second then got out of the car. Looked around then got back in the car just kind of confused. After a while we decided to push the car out of the way of the intersection. We then started the, what to do if you are in a accident packet. The cops eventually got there someone called them. We did all that stuff with reports and information. The other car only had one driver he didn't go to the hospital. The cops called a tow truck driver he hooked up the car. He was going to take it to the mission office but his transmission was shot. So we got the senior missionaries tow company to pick it up. We went to the mission office and did the more in depth report with Elder Anderson. Elder Anderson is the vehicle coordinator. He took us to lunch, we dropped our stuff off at our apartment and he took us to zone activity. We played some games and emailed some. Then got a ride back to our apartment. We got a phone call from the Aps. They have another car for us we will be walking for a day. My companion is not going to be able to drive because of the severity of the accident. So I'm going to be driving from now on I guess.
Tuesday
We did our studies. We got a phone call from the Aps they got us a car they told us to get to the mission office as soon as we could. We got a ride to the mission office from Elder Thomas/Gentry. It was the Aps car they took the brand new car that Elder Dube was driving for the mission tour. We got the key and went to lunch at subway. After lunch we went to iPad training. Then visited a member and gave her a blessing because she is sick. We then went to our appointment with Rocky and taught him. He supersede us again, trying to jump to a lesson that we are going to teach in a few days. We then went out and did some tracting and visited a member. One of the last doors we knocked on was the best door approach we had ever done as a companionship. We both thought the worst when we first saw him. As we shared the video and taught him more, it fell into place. He told us he has never had someone for a religion talk to him like us. He really felt the spirit and he invited himself to church. We finish the night with an exchange I dropped off my companion and I'm now with elder lawyer.
Wednesday
Woke up and it was interesting in the morning. Elder lawyer is deaf and has cocealar (not spelled right) implants. He did not put them on until we began to study. We did our studies then went to English class. After that we did some tracting until we had an appointment. We had our investigator follow us to the mission home to go to the sharing closet to get some dress clothes. Then went back to the church and taught him a short lesson. When we were done we went back the apartment and had dinner. We then went out to do more tracting and finished the night doing that. We went back to the apartment Elder lawyer got his stuff. We then exchanged back.
Thursday
Had our studies cut companion study short to go to district meeting. Went to district meeting. The topic was on knowledge we also talked about what we learned at the meeting with Elder Dube. We also did some role plays with the other companionships investigators. After the meeting the district went to lunch at a place called Terry's cafe. We then left to go see a potential investigator. We knocked on the door and her husband was there he told us she was not home. So we shared the A Savior is born video with him. We talked to him about it he really enjoyed it. He said that he practices Catholicism but doesn't agree with everything they believe. He also hasn't liked some of the other churches he has been to. So he is interested in meeting with us again. We set up and appointment and he wants us to teach him so he can see if he wants his family to learn. We then went to dinner at the hometown buffet. Our ward mission leader brought us and the sisters there. We met him back at the church after dinner to get Rocky ready for his baptism on Sunday. He decided that I'm going to be the one confirming him the following Sunday after his baptism. We finished the night visiting a recent convert and taught him.
Friday
Woke up exercised and did our personal studies. We had a short comp study. Then got ready to got to the first twelve weeks follow up. After that we went to lunch at this place called Cali tacos with Elder Gentry/Thomas. They have good food and for a good price. The burritos had French fries and a bunch of other stuff in them. They also had this amazing sauce. So we finished and we were hurting after the burritos were pretty big. So we went back and saw a guy we have been trying to work with. We tried to keep him but we had to drop him because he will just not listen to what we teach. When then went to meet Rocky at the church for his baptismal interview. One of the zone leaders interviewed him. While he was getting interviewed the other Vietnamese Elders stared a game. The game was trying to get ping pong balls into a jar in the middle of the gym it is pretty much impossible. After that we went to dinner, a family brought us to this great Italian place Cortinas. After that we went to English class and we had a Christmas potluck. The Koreans brought their Korean food I'm not really a fan. We finished the night teaching one of our other investigators.
Saturday
We finished our studies and a short weekly planning session. Then went to teach a lady that is on date with the sisters. We talked more about baptism and set up her baptismal program. We then went to see a lady that we have been trying to teach. She is old and has seemed to have lost her capacity so we probably will not be going back. After that we went to teach Rocky and we taught him with a member. Then we went to dinner at a members house. We then went to a less active family and taught them a lesson. After the district met at the church and we went caroling in the sisters area.
Sunday
Woke up early to go to missionary correlation meeting. The less active family we have been working with came. We also sang in the ward choir in sacrament meeting. The members gave us a lot of gifts and treats. After church we went to the apartment had lunch and did some studying. Then we picked up Elder Pruitt/Lawyer at their home apartment and went to the stake center for Rocky's baptism. We had the baptism it was a great program. We went to a members house for dinner. Did some tracting then went caroling with the district in Elder Pruitt/Lawyers area.
It was cool to see Rocky get baptized. Hard to believe we met him just three weeks before.
Rocky and Elder Purnell
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