Week 74 Letter

Corona Round 2 Week 1

December 3, 2013

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Thanksgiving went pretty well. It wasn't quite as relaxing as I would like it to have been. But it was fun. We played in our ward's turkey bowl as well. Jurupa 2nd (us) vs Jurupa 1st. We won barely. Our team had a noticeable lack of big people, we had a lot of small fast people, which was good. However, the other team had a bunch of big dudes. Somehow I got stuck on the line up against this massive guy I swear he was 6'4 and over 250 lbs. He ate me for breakfast lol. But it was fun I guess. We had thanksgiving with our homeshare's family for lunch and then with another family at dinner time. I rationed myself very well so I didn't feel gross afterwards. I haven't had any leftovers for dinner with people since which is a little odd. 

I have some bad news about Junior. While his dad said yes, his mom said no. It will only be a matter of time though. Elder Gordon and his new companion will help her see the light I guess you could say.

Aside from that, we had a pretty good week. In which we picked up a new investigator named Tony. He's friends with one of the young women in our ward. He's been to church a couple times, and we started teaching him. Elder Gordon and I taught an amazing lesson on the restoration. We've always taught well together, but this lesson was the climax of our teaching in unity. It flowed so beautifully, and was totally guided by the spirit. It was awesome.  

So, I was really surprised on Saturday when I was told that I would be transferred back to Corona. I'm in a different ward than I was last, but It's still weird to be back in the Circle city as a zone leader. 

They gave us an interesting challenge. My new companion, Elder Wilkinson (who is 6'7 and a college basketball player) is awesome and has a lot of experience as a Zone Leader (like 9 months or something crazy like that). We both are new to this ward (getting "doubled in" or "whitewashed" as it's called) our ward also got split, and the other half got doubled in and one of them is brand new today. Our zone is new (they split the old Corona Zone) the areas we have are mostly the wards that haven't had a whole lot of missionary work going on for awhile. That being said, we have a lot of great and experienced missionaries with a lot of enthusiasm. Things are going to start moving here. I can feel it. 

Oh yeah, the icing on the cake is that we're on bike... Which is rather annoying............. 

Anyway, the next few weeks should be fun. Prayers, Christmas cards, and packages are always appreciated. 

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Nuni and Chayo, our recent converts, were both sad to hear I was leaving.

As was Anne. She's so sweet and stubborn. She's like our Grandma. But, She's been coming to church for 5 years. She introduced two of her daughters to the church (they both got baptized), and knows everything. But wont get baptized... she knows she needs too, but won't commit to doing so.