Monday 1/9/2017
We went and started our laundry before we did some shopping. Everyone was pretty busy with transfers. We got haircuts from Sister Knubal. I finally got my new device so we set it up. At p day activity we played deathbell again we had a lot more tennis balls to throw at people this time. We then played a few rounds of pivot before it was time to go. We had dinner with Brother Atkinson at the soup plantation. While we were there we got surprised with a big group of members from the ward doing a family home evening or something like that. We finished our laundry and went back in for the night.
Tuesday
In the morning after studying we went to the mission office to pickup some things. We went back for lunch. We did some finding we were able to get in contact with a good amount of people. We had dinner with the Dean's at El chef taco. We met Jason a former investigator he was happy to see us and was wondering why the other missionaries stopped coming. He asked about church so I asked what he was doing Sunday he said nothing so I invited him and are getting him a ride. We met some more people through the rest of the night till our lesson with Linda and Pedro. We taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Wednesday
In the morning after studies we went for an appointment at the hospital. I got a MRI to check out my heart. I was in there for two hours not a enjoyable time. They have you take in breaths and hold to take images. After doing that for a couple hours with a IV in your arm wears you out a little. The technician was cool, I got to talk to him about my mission a little. We went back for lunch, then I took a nap for a while. We had dinner with Brother Schwartz and the Sisters at Ruby's. Brother Schwartz is pretty interesting. He has been investigating for years, but has something stopping him. He comes to church and everything. His wife died a while ago who was a member and also all of his kids are members. After dinner we did some finding. We got a few return appointments since they didn't have time to meet. We met this guy named Alex while trying to find someone else. We taught Alex the restoration and he seemed to enjoy it. We are going to have trouble catching him home since he has a busy work schedule. We got a call from the Dean's so we went over. We helped them find a phone that they dropped under their bed then we shared a message with them. We tried a few more people then went in for the night.
Thursday
The rain has been coming down lately and not the usual little drops it is actual rain. I forget when the last sunny warm day was. We had district meeting in the morning, we talked about following the spirit in our planning. After district meeting we did a grab then gather for lunch. We went out and did finding for the rest of the day didn't catch anyone, we did talk to Neyra for a while. After dinner it continued till we saw Brother Wright.
Friday
In the morning we started our weekly planning till lunch. Our lunch was at In-N-Out with Mario a guy that was referred to us with little information. We thought we were meeting a investigator at first then he turned out to be a member. After we dropped off a lawnmower to the Knubals. We went and saw Meagan and talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ with her. We continued our finding till dinner which we picked up. We saw Brother Wormy and talked to him for while. We finished dour weekly planning at the end of the night.
Saturday
After studies we met up for district finding. We went to the Sisters side of the ward. We were able to talk to a lot of people, but none of them were receptive. We all met back up then went to lunch at Wendy's. We went back to the apartment and got ready for the temple walk. We went to the Christiansens who were driving. We picked up Linda and we squeezed in the back of the car with Brother Christiansen. There wasn't as big of a turn out for the temple walk probably since missionaries have to get rides from members now. We got back from the temple walk then went to Red Robin with the Walkers for dinner.
Sunday
We got to church and they already had chairs setup so we greeted people as they arrived. We had a good lesson in gospel principles. The Sisters brought cinnamon rolls and offered them to everyone. They invited a young man from the ward to come and he did five push-ups for everyone that did take a cinnamon roll and five for those that didn't. He had to do around eighty pushups. They were able to relate in to the atonement and the sacrifice that the Savior made for us. After church we headed back to the apartment for lunch and studies. We had dinner with the Larkins. After dinner we went out finding. We met Rosie while trying to find a less active. We taught her a very brief restoration and she decided she is too busy at the moment and it would probably be better for us to come back in a month or two. Then we met Hannah a Jewish girl that goes to the local university. We talked about our basic beliefs and cleared up some common misconceptions. We left her a Book of Mormon and continued finding.
Are we willing to Accept it ?
The cinnamon roll lesson is a good one. Jesus Christ was chosen to come to this earth and made it possible for us to overcome sin. The thing is he has already given the gift to us and are we willing to take advantage of it. We are offered this truly great gift we just need to take advantage of the atonement in our own lives. Well few words this week, I encourage everyone to study the atonement. Why do we need a Savior?
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