Week 34

Monday 6/20/2016 

We did our regular P-day routine. The zone met up and we played a few rounds of gator ball. After zone activity we had dinner real quick, then went out to do some finding. 

Pday fun

Tuesday

After studies we went to the office. We finished at the office and stopped by Joe's Ice. Dinner was with the Jernigans. Liza wasn't able to meet with us. We finished the night with finding. 

Wednesday 

In the morning before district meeting we had a Roadeo. The vehicle coordinator setup a car obstacle course. Every designated driver had to drive the course. After district meeting we picked up some Jack in the box. We parked the car and went through some of the ward list before dinner. We had dinner with the Browns and saw Mango. After dinner we helped the Rowe's load their moving truck. It is sad to see them go, but there is a lot of optometry students in the ward. We had a lesson with Tamara and finished her baptismal record.

Mango

Mango

Thursday 

Elder Hamby was under the weather for most of the day. We had dinner with the Schillings, they invited a less active and her husband. We taught them a lesson and they liked it. We did some finding around our apartment. No one was home so we headed in for the night.  

Friday 

We had weekly planning which took most of our day. We saw Todd he was pretty drunk. He is not interested at this time. We stopped by the Torres family and taught them a brief restoration lesson then gave them a Book of Mormon. They have really great faith and always welcome us in. We finished with the Torres family. 

Saturday 

After studies we went to the most northern part of our area and went through the ward list. When we finished, our list of people that no longer live at the address grew. We went back the apartment for dinner then did finding, no luck. 

Sunday 

In the morning we had ward council and PEC. They focused on some sabbath day observance training. We had a lot of people in gospel principles class. After church we had dinner with sister Budd. The stake patriarch had dinner with us, he is a really cool guy. We finished the night at the Bertichini's.

This was one of the slower weeks. Looking forward to the next week.   

Week 33

Monday 06/13/2016 

In the morning we did our shopping and other tasks that needed completed. After we were done with that we did some work at the pinnacle computer lab. We grabbed some lunch then went over to zone activity. There was not a lot of people since it was transfer day. We played around for a while, then got ready for dinner. Our dinner was with the Bird's, they got pizza. We saw Tamara and setup her baptismal program with her. She described the feeling like waiting for Christmas. After Tamara we did some quick shopping then headed back. 

Tuesday 

We visited Van, we shared a brief restoration with him. His biggest concern is that he is a founding father of a local Methodist church. We are hoping to see if he will keep the commitments we extend. We taught the Else's the restoration. They are pretty set in their ways and don't want to change. We want to keep working with them to see if they will begin to progress. We went and helped the Acacia park move back to the Fullerton area. When we were done helping them move we had dinner with the Bailey family. They made a great dinner, after we talked about member missionary work. The Bailey's already had a plan and everything. We met Tamara and Sister Douglass at the church then walked through the baptism with her. We met the Douglass's back at their apartment. Then we went over to see a family and we gave the father a blessing with Brother Douglass. The father has cancer on one of his arteries. We talked to them for a while then we left. We called it a night after that point. 

Wednesday

After our studies we went to do service at Stop Hunger Now. While we were there we staged pallets for events that they put on. We grabbed some lunch from Wendy's. After we finished the service we stopped by Joe's ice on the way back up. We met at the church and caught Brother Northgrave up on everything. He spent two weeks in Panama. We got dressed in our proselyting clothes and met with Tamara. We had a dinner with Brother Capaloto after Tamara. Brother Capaloto brought us to the Olive Pit, which is probably one of my favorite places in the Fullerton area. We can't afford to eat there as missionaries though. After dinner it was time to get back to the apartment. 

Thursday 

We had district meeting in the morning. We talked about bringing our wards up to date technologically. After we did a grab then gather for lunch. After we were finished we went to Tamara's. Brother Northgrave came with us and Tamara made us dinner. Our lesson was on enduring to the end. We helped her understand what goes on after she is baptized. We did some iPad things at a church building and went back to the apartment. 

Friday 

We had weekly planning for most of the day. When we went out we tried to see a few people, no one was home. We had dinner with the Nuttle's, that was awesome as always. We saw some less actives and setup an appointment. We stopped by Tamara and got her ready for her baptism. She is so excited and thankful for the gospel. We were not able to get in contact with anyone before the end of the night. 

Saturday 

I had a doctors appointment in the morning. After the appointment we grabbed some Joe's ice on the way back up to Fullerton. We ate some lunch and headed over to the church for Tamara's baptism. We met with Brother Northgrave and made the final preparations for the baptism. The baptism didn't go as planned, but we were still able to make it a great spiritual experience. After we called it a night. 

Sunday 

We confirmed Tamara is sacrament meeting. Her kids pediatrician from over thirty years ago was able to make it. It is cool to see how such a huge impact he had on her life. She has finally been able to find what she has been looking for. He probably didn't realize what the end result would be. After church we grabbed lunch and stopped by to see the Rigby family. We dropped our laundry off and finished the night. 

Week 32

Final zone picture for the transfer

Monday 6/6/2016 

We went to the lab early in the morning to work on music. When we were done with the lab we did some shopping. Then headed over to the church building for a nerf war, we ended up not having one. After the activity we had a lesson with Tamara, we read the Book of Mormon with her. We answered her questions that she had for us. We went to La Labrador to pickup our laundry. We went back to the apartment, then ended the night. 

Tuesday 

We exchanged in the morning and I stayed in the area with  Elder Durney. We did finding of less actives and potential investigators for most of the day. The Mikols came to a lesson with us at the Else family's house. We were not able to teach a whole lot about the restoration, but it was a productive visit. After our lesson we had dinner with the Mikols. We had to cut dinner short to get to Tamara's. The Jernigans came to our lesson and we taught her about missionary work. She has been doing a great job of inviting everyone to her baptism. She truly is fearless in sharing the gospel. After our appointment we tried to see a few people then exchanged back. 

Wednesday 

We went district meeting in the morning. We grabbed Jack In the box for lunch. We went back to the apartment and Elder Hamby rested since he was sick. We went to our daily lesson with Tamara, President Williams came. We talked about the Ten Commandments with her. After our lesson with Tamara we headed back and exchanged with the Zone leaders. I stayed in the area with Elder Haynie. 

Thursday

After studies we tried visiting a few people, no one seemed to be home. I made lunch at the apartment. We had service at Mary's kitchen which was fun as always. After Mary's we stopped by Joe's on our way back. We saw this guy, but he was busy so he told us to try to catch him next week. We tried visiting a few more people, but we were not having luck. We had dinner with the Davis family. We had Mexican corn, it is covered in mayonnaise and chili powder not bad. After dinner Tamara pushed back her appointment twice so we couldn't meet with her. We saw Liza and she wanted us to try to stop by next week. We walked back to the apartment then exchanged back. 

Friday 

In the morning we went to Brother Canon's. We spent a while there with Sunny Hills. After Brother Canon we went down to the mission office to drop off some stuff. On our way back up to Fullerton we stopped by Joe's. We had a lesson with Tamara after dinner. We stopped by and saw the Ried family. We talked about member missionary work. 

Saturday

We weekly planned in the morning. We went to a wedding. The wedding was for two returned missionaries that met while serving in the mission. Elder Hamby was companions with the returned Elder.  After we left the wedding we had a lesson with Tamara. We taught her about family history, Brother Heiney helped get her started. The district came over to our apartment for transfer calls. We will be staying together for another transfer. I'm excited for our continued adventure. 

Sunday 

In the morning we had PEC and Ward council. The ward has made a lot of progress since I arrived in January. Tamara came to church. We got surprised after sacrament, no one had a lesson for gospel principles. We taught the lesson on the Atonement. We helped the Spanish elders setup for their baptism. Everyone calls us when they need access to things in the building. We grabbed a quick lunch and exchanged with the La Habra Elders. Elder Hamby went to Garden Grove for a baptism with Elder Durant. I stayed and went to dinner with Elder Dube. We had dinner with the Purrington's. After dinner we headed over to the church for a stake priesthood meeting. They talked about home teaching and the importance. Home teaching has a great effect it is more than just visiting some families once a month. They also talked about family history work. There was a demonstration where they setup a real account, then had a name to be printed all in less than 15 minutes. Elder Durney interviewed Tamara for baptism and she is ready. We exchanged back and picked up dessert from the Purrington's. 

Some pictures from the wedding 

**Note from Mom - For anyone wondering, no that is not alcohol. 

 

Week 31

vantage point

Monday 5/30/2016 

In the morning we had a zone hike at vantage 

point. After the hike we went to Wendy's 

with the Zone leaders and Sunny Hills. Elder

Haynie exchanged with some other Elders 

and we took Elder Henderson with us. We 

went to a collectibles shop and looked at 

their cool stuff. We all met back at the church and had some activities. After zone activity we went to Tamara's. We started the Book of Mormon with her and took care of a dead tree. We finished our lesson with Tamara, then we picked up our laundry. We got back to our apartment and exchanged with North Hills. I was in my area with Elder Lindsey. 

Tuesday 

After studies we went to the Pinnacle to

print some things off. After lunch we 

visited a lot of less actives. We met Sister

Perry while we were out visiting people.

We were stuck at sister Perry's for quite a 

while she had some sort of short term

memory loss. So we ended up giving her

a message twice and she found out where

we live about 14 times. Elder Lindsey lost

his composure and started to giggle so we

lost control at that point. We were not 

really sure how to end it, but eventually 

we found our way out of the situation. 

After sister Perry we went and had dinner

with the Douglass family. The Douglass 

family invited Tamara over for that and 

we had a lesson with her. We exchanged

back at the end of the night. 

Wednesday

We had zone training with the Aps. It

was great it was on working with the

local church leaders and preparing people

for baptism. We grabbed Chik - fil - a for 

the grab then gather. We did some 

exploring of the church building. After

we went and tried some less actives. We 

had a lesson with Tamara it is great how

she has such a great desire to keep 

progressing. We finished the night by 

meeting with Brother Lefi and talking 

about his missionary efforts.

Thursday

We had lunch with Elder Russell and

Julian at Oggi's pizza. They know 

how to make a good pizza. We visited

the Peterson family and talked about

member missionary work with them. 

After our visit it was dinner time so 

we headed over to see the Adams family.

After dinner we talked about setting up

a family mission plan with them. We

finished the night by visiting Tamara 

with the Jernigans. 

Friday 

We spent most of our day doing 

weekly planning. The zone leaders 

came over and dropped some stuff 

off at our apartment. We went and 

saw Sister Henry she was not doing

well so we prayed with her and left. 

Dinner was with the Jewells and they 

brought us to Chronic tacos. We met

the Mikols to go see Tamara, then 

called it a night. 

Saturday 

First thing in the morning we went to 

and setup tables and chairs for a 

memorial service that was going to 

be held at the church. After the memorial

service setup we went to the Thorums 

to help them move. We moved the few 

items to their new apartment. When we

finished moving them, we went to Tony's 

pizza with everyone that helped with the 

move. We went out and visited formers. 

We met the Else family and got to know 

them a little then setup an appointment 

for next week. We tried a few more people

no luck. We met up with Elder Westover 

and Henderson at Taco Bell for dinner. 

We had another lesson with Tamara and 

Sister Jorgensen came. Tamara is excited 

for baptism and is ready. She is even going

to fast. After our lesson we called it a night.

Sunday 

We came to church it was fast and 

testimony meeting. Tamara enjoyed 

hearing everyone's testimony. We learned

about the life of Christ in gospel principles. We were able to get a lot of members lined up for lessons this week. Sister Fister invited us over for dinner. After dinner we went to the Bertichini's had a lesson with them then finished the night.