Week 55 - Lasting Gratitude

Monday 11/14/2016 

In the morning we played a game of rugby. It was pretty entertaining since there was a guy tripping on something. The guy was doing all kinds of weird stuff that might be seen as workouts. We hit up Joe's with everyone that was at rugby. Elder Rubio had a family friend visit and bring us to lunch at P.F. Chang's. We went to pday activity pretty boring, we eventually got some people to play a few games of pivot. The Gibbons family made us dinner. Dinner was to go since Brother Gibbons was sick in bed. We saw the Castro family and were able to see where they are since they last saw missionaries, which was a while ago. 

Tuesday 

After our studies we went out did a little finding no one of great promise. Chick-fil-A for lunch. We went out to continue our finding efforts, no one interested. We stopped by a car wash before dinner to get ready for zone conference. Brother Remington brought us to some Asian noodle place, pretty good. After dinner we went to see Daniel, but he wanted us to come back the next night. We stopped by the church and a guy was just walking with an owl. So we went and saw what was up with him, just walking around with an owl. The guy actually lives around the church and takes care of injured birds. He walks all the time with his various birds, an eagle and other types of owls. We went and had family home evening with the Padilla family. We talked about love at home. We had all the kids compliment each other, which was a good application. That ended our night.

Wednesday 

We had to head over to the church in the morning for zone conference. There was a really good part on, faith in finding. That is an important part of finding, having the faith to find. We got to see the new Christmas initiative #LighttheWorld. The whole month of December is focused on serving as the Savior would. We also talked about finding through family history. Which is a underused method of finding. We did some planning before we went out. We saw Daniel and he asked for a blessing. He said he wants to fully surrender himself to the Lord, but that is going to take some action on his part. We ended the night by getting some haircuts. 

Thursday 

After our studies and lunch we went out finding. We didn't get any solid contacts most of the day. We were able to meet Edison a Chinese guy that is interesting. We have trouble understanding most of what he says. Our dinner was with the Bremer family. We are trying to get all of the members up to date on the Christmas initiative. After dinner we tried to see some of our investigators no one seemed to be available. 

Friday 

We long boarded over to the church for our Friday morning exercise. Brother Trumbo the seminary teacher made breakfast for the students and was still there so we got a nice breakfast. We were stuck in the apartment for a while due to weekly planning. When we got out we stopped by the mission office to have some car stuff done. We headed back to Placentia and there was heavy traffic. It was dinner time by the time we got back. Dinner was with Bishop Poulson and his family. We saw Daniel and taught him about baptism and confirmation. He has a great understanding of the gospel. The weather has started to drop below 65 degrees. So being acclimated to the weather it is sweater weather again.  

Saturday 

In the early morning Elder Rubio had a chiropractic appointment. We got back and had abbreviated studies then some lunch. We went and saw Brother Pepper. We were also able to catch the Trasports and talk with them a little. Our dinner was with the DiMaggio family. More finding till the end of the night. 

Sunday 

Ward council in the morning. We had a good sacrament meeting. In gospel principles we discussed gratitude. After church we had some lunch. We tried some people before dinner. The Crosby family had us over for some steaks. We stopped by a baptism before the end of the night. 

Lasting Gratitude 

Thanksgiving is a great reminder to be grateful for the things we are blessed with. When we show our gratitude to the Lord and others it brings happiness. When we show simple thankfulness it is often contagious. Everyone appreciates to hear someone give a thank you it often brings a smile and can brighten a day. We often forget to give thanks to the Lord for the things we are blessed with. He is always willing to bless us. The least we can do is show our thanks for the blessings we receive. Let us always to show our gratitude to the Lord and others. Also we must remember that when we pray it is what the Lord wants for us, not what we think is better.

Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving and best wishes to your families.