March 4, 2013

That is really weird about my patriarchal blessing. Because I left the original with you guys so you should have it. I only brought a copy with me out here and I made like three copies of it and we put them all in my folder. I really remember that. Anyways things are really crazy with the whole mission split right now. Missionaries are just talking away at what is going to happen, but really no one really knows. Not even President. So I don't know what mission I am coming home from. Transfers are next Monday and President told me in interviews that me and Elder Shiu aren't staying together which is kinda sad. I really like him. So dad I met the son of a Nebraska fan here. His dad is like the president of the Nebraska association in California and like ESPN has been to his house twice to view his den of Nebraska stuff. Thought that you might like that. We found out that our investigator Kelly is crazy this week. She called us up last Monday because she thought that the gardeners were going to hurt her. When I asked her why they were going to hurt her she said it was because of the mean stuff she said about her neighbors. When I asked her how they knew about the mean stuff she said she told me that her neighbors have her house bugged and her phone lines tapped. The gardeners were working for the neighbors. So that has been really fund dealing with a crazy person. I would say she has paranoid schizophrenia. It is kinda funny because I taught a person with schizophrenia in Costa Mesa as well. I am just sent her to teach the crazies I guess ha ha.

Where do you go when you eat out?
     I don't usually eat out it is too expensive. When we go for district lunch every thursday I usually use gift cards that I have gotten from members. To like in-n-out, CJs, Mickey D's, sometimes Asain places.  

What do you eat everynight?
     Um a lot of Speggetti and pizza lately. The members seem to go through trends where they will feed us different things. We get a pretty good variety though of meals. The members really take care of us in the ward.

What do you eat for breakfast?
     Usually a yogurt  Though I just bought pancake stuff because I want to use my new spatula! Thank you so much for that. I had no idea that something like that even existed. 

What are you reading right now?

     I just finished the Book of Mormon and now am starting to read through D&C. In the Bible I am in Chronicles. The New Testament can get very very weird sometimes ha ha.

 

What are you loving right now?
     I am loving packages from home right now ha ha. Um, I guess just everything. I like being out here. It is fun and just so cool.
 

What are you struggling with?
     Finding. I am not very good, I love to teach and talk to people but finding new investigators is really hard. It has been my whole mission. Maybe because I have really only been in rich areas.

 

How is the teaching going?
     Right now we have two investigators Kelly and Lisa. We are trying to get into a part member families home right now the Ybarra's but not really going well right now.
 

How is your companion?
     Elder Shiu is great. Really wish I could be with him longer. Besides my first companion Elder Catmull (who goes home in a week yeah!) I have been really lucky in companions on my mission. 

 

Did you get your spatula????????
Yes

 

Are you going to the new mission???? 

     I will not know until two days before I go. That is when transfer calls are. The split is happening in July and they are taking the Irvine and Newport zone with them. That is all we know right now. Not knowing is killing me. 

Thank you guys so much for everything right now. I pray daily that Jaylen's boyfriend will die or that they will break up. Guess my faith isn't sufficient for that right now because it isn't happening. I miss you guys so much. Thanks for everything that you do.