Week 46

Monday 9/12/2016 

In the morning we left and stopped by the mission office. We went to Garden Grove for Sister V's birthday party. It was kind of wired to be back in the building I started my mission in. They had a potluck like going on so we had lunch there. We were able to see a lot of our buddies. After we went back to Placentia and stopped by Joe's on the way back up. We did some shopping before Pday activity. We played sock soccer for the activity which was probably one of the best games. You play in you socks and use a giant exercise ball as the soccer ball. After the activity we went back to have dinner. Our lesson fell through for the night so we did some finding instead. 

Sister V's birthday party

Tuesday 

In the morning after studies we had to go to the mall. We went to the Apple Store since Elder Rubio's iPad wasn't charging. We found out what the problem was then went to the mission office to get a new charger for the iPad. After we went back had lunch then went out to see people. We had a lesson with brother Manning, we shared the restoration and talked about building his faith. After brother Manning a we went out finding we didn't catch anyone to interested. We had dinner at a Mongolian grill with the Thompson's. After dinner we saw Daniel, he knows that the Book of Mormon is true so we have to work from that point. He is a little hard to work with but we are hoping to get him progressing. We tried a few more people unfortunately we had to drop a few people that weren't interested. 

Wednesday 

In the morning after studies we headed to Stop Hunger Now. We did the service with the sister in our ward. We helped get pallets staged for some events that they will be holding. We went to Cali tacos for lunch then we all went back to finish the service. We headed back to Placentia then went out finding. We were not able to catch anyone at home before dinner. We picked up dinner from the Underhills. That was the end of the night. We stayed in since I might be coming down with something. 

Stop Hunger Now, service

Thursday

In the morning we had district meeting. We focused on the plan of salvation. We did a lot of role playing of teaching the lesson. The zone did a grab and gather for lunch so we got some in n out. After lunch we went out to try and connect with people, no good luck. We had dinner with sister Larson. After dinner we went back to the church to get our iPads up to date. I decided we should go and see Alex a guy we have been trying to contact for a while. We just happened to catch him home and taught him the restoration. That was super awesome it had been months since missionaries last saw him. 

grab and gather, in n out

Friday   

After we finished studies my comp had to get some rest, since he wasn't doing well. We were able to get our weekly planning finished. We went out to do some finding. We were able to meet Edie and teach him the restoration. Edie was not that interested in pursuing another religion at this time, but maybe in the future. We went to dinner at the bishops house. After dinner we did a little finding before we had to head back in for the night. 

the bishops house

Saturday  

In the morning after studies we made a stop in Fullerton to get some technology taken care of. We went back and our complex was having a Hawaiian BBQ, so we got free lunch which is always nice. We had a lesson with brother Pepper we shared a quick one since he had company over. We saw Liz and talked to her about the Book of Mormon. Liz says she believes that it is true, but she doesn't think she is ready for baptism till she finds more out. We had our dinner with sister Lorene at the Whole Enchilada. After dinner we did a little finding and stopped by a baptism before the end of the night. 

Sunday 

In the morning we had ward council then we went back to have our studies. There was the primary program during sacrament meeting. Brother Larson had some visitors from china at church. We gave a tour of the church building and helped answer questions. It is interesting to teach someone who has no understanding of God and it taught to be atheist. In elders quorum we got to see the presidency released and a new one called. After church we grabbed lunch, then went out to find people. We didn't make a lot of good contacts. We picked up dinner from the Mohs. After dinner we stopped by the church to do some updating. We stopped by Elder Sparacino/Fishers before the end of the night.