Week 13

Monday 1/25/2016 

Woke up 

Loaded emails from the taco bell wifi that we get from our apt. 

Got ready personal study and short comp study. 

Went to Walmart 

Car wash 

Got back to apt Elder Saracino forgot iPad at Walmart in shopping. So we went back to Walmart as quick as we could and it was still in the cart which is a miracle. 

We went to the club house to do some emailing. (The club house is part of the apt complex) 

After we went to a army surplus store. We picked up two California flags the other Elders that were there bought training swords. 

We went to Chick-fil-a for lunch with the district. 

We headed to the church for zone activity. At zone activity I did some jump roping and we played chair soccer. 

After zone activity we visited a bunch of people to setup appointments. 

Tuesday 

Woke up 

I studied but my companion had a major headache so he stayed in bed. I was able to master Spanish in Doulingo the language learning app. We had lunch and he was alright. We had service at a place called Mary's kitchen. It is a place were they serve meals to the homeless. There was three companionships there and we were there for a few hours. After we went to a place called Joes ice and it is owned by a member so missionaries get free shaved ice. We went to a hospital after were a lady had requested a blessing. We gave her a blessing and talked with her for a while. We stopped by a potential investigator and we put her on date. Dinner was at a members house, tacos. After dinner we did district finding. After district finding we went back to the club house and planned. 

Wednesday 

Personal study 

Short comp study 

District meeting 

Lunch was a grab and go we took the zone leader to chick-fil-a with us. 

After lunch we went to see a lady that the one of Garden Grove 6th ward Elders told us to see. We gave her a blessing and talked with her. She is terminal with cancer and wants to start to come to church. We found out that most of the nursing facilities in this area are owed by members. We talked with one of the owners and he wants a family history class for the nursing home. We had dinner with a family and the dad was going to an optometry college that is nearby. After we had a lesson with Krystal she says she has been baptized but her records can't be found. Had lesson with part member family he showed a lot of interest. 

Visited potentials 

Clubhouse-planned 

Elder Haney stopped by to pickup some car reports that he left in the car. He was with one of the Asl (American sign language) elders on an exchange. 

Thursday 

We woke up and got ready 

After that we got a call from Elder Cortez to do a short exchange. His companion was sick. So we went over to their apt I was the one that stayed with Elder Jacobs. While there I watched almost all of the Mormon messages. They got back and brought me pizza. We went back to the apt and got ready for dinner. Dinner was interesting the member brought out raw steak. So we had her cook it till it was done but it was still a little raw. It was a nice dinner besides that. We went back to the apt my comp was felling sick after the steak since his was still pretty raw. 

Friday 

Studies 

Lunch Taco Bell with Elder Russell and his comp. 

Went to my old apt in Garden Grove picked up some stuff they already have Spanish Elders in it. We tried to wait for somebody to open the gate but no one came. So we got the sisters to open the gate. We got back brought all of the stuff into the apt. We made Italian chicken for dinner. I cooked the rest of the chicken and made bbq chicken. I packed for our exchange then we left for the church. We got to the church and people were cleaning so we helped them finish. Brother Bertichini offered to take us to the Hat so we went because the other elders weren't there. The Hat is famous for its pastrami. It was good but Elder Jacobs/Cortez wouldn't meet us at the Hat so we went back to the church and exchanged. I was in Elder Jacobs area.

Saturday 

Woke up studies 

We spent most of the day finding because he didn't have a lot of lessons setup. We did meet a guy tracts that wanted us to come back. We met this homeless man Salvidor he told us about his addictions and we gave him a BoM. He told us to be careful he said no one will mess with us, but if someone does just mention his name. We saw a less active that had not been to church in fifty plus years. We shared a Mormon message with her and invited her to church. After that we went to dinner at a members house with the the sisters in their ward. We shared a family mission plan with them. After dinner we did more finding and attempts to visit less actives. We didn't find any one else. We finished the night by visiting a part member family. The husband who is not a member wanted to ask us a bunch of philosophical questions all night but we had to leave. We headed back to the church and were pulling into the parking lot when we realized we didn't have my stuff. So we turned around and headed back to their apt so I could pack. Then went back to the church and exchanged back. 

Sunday 

Studies

Went to church 

We passed out the programs so I got to meet a lot of people in the ward. 

Elder Sparacino gave a talk he was nervous about giving it but it was good. 

We had the rest of our meetings the topic was Agency the ability the choose. 

We went back to the apt for lunch we had a huge thing of chili cheese fries that Elder Sparacino hadn't eaten from the Hat. We took a short nap for the rest of our lunch time. We got woken up by Elder Russel/Nageally in our apt they had a question for us so they came up to ask us. We went to dinner after they left, at a members house. They gave us a referral and we marked it do. We talked about setting up a family mission plan with them. After dinner we went back to the club house to weekly plan since we had not done it earlier in the week. After weekly planning Elder Haukman/Haney, and Russell/Nageally showed up.