Week 98

San Jacinto Transfer 3 Week 2

May 26, 2014

This week has been a spiritual roller coaster.

On Tuesday we went to Riverside for the Incoming meeting. That was the day that rest of the new missionaries came in. So we were in Riverside all day. There were some really good trainings/testimonies though.

One of the new Hermanas came from New York (Originally Columbia) and the missionary who baptized her lives in Riverside and was there to meet her at the Mission office.
Something President said was a good reminder for me. Alma 26:27. The last half of the verse says: "Bear with patience thine afflictions and I will grant you success." I think that verse sums up my mission as a whole.

We also had meetings most of Wednesday.

Thursday I had my outgoing interview with President Smart. That was really good. I asked him for a golden bullet piece of advice and he said "Keep it simple."

Aside from all those meetings our week was not very eventful. Serena is doing well, she brought a friend to church this last sunday and the friend enjoyed it alot. Unfortunately she lives in Perris. So we will have to send a referral. But It is really cool to see Serena open up to us.  She has had a very difficult life, in the past and recently, but she wants to put everything behind her and restart.
Other than that no one was home, one of our new investigators dropped us, and we spent the time rolling around trying to visit people.

Hopefully she can get baptized this month or next. We have to wait for president's approval.
We should be having at least one or two baptisms besides her. The Emmich boys, Davian and Dylan should be able to be baptized in June.

Now that I think about it there were a couple cool miracles that I can write about. We were out "hunting" (visiting PMFs and Potentials) and we drove past a part member families house en route to another one. We saw the non-member dad out front and we swung by when no one answered at the other house. He wasn't interested, but the member wife needed a blessing. It was the spirit that prompted us to go by. The next day we were basically out of things to do and I asked my companion "Want to go to the Indian Reservation?" I knew that there was one member family out there and I hadn't met them yet. "Sure" he said. So we drove waaaay out there and showed up. The sister is inactive and has been sick recently. She also needed a blessing. It was interesting, the prompting was simple and I didn't even recognize it as one until she requested a blessing. It is cool how God allows us to be instruments in his hands.

Training is going great. Elder Foster wants to work hard and is willing to talk a lot. I think I am probably doing the best job training that I have done so far. I'm working hard at allowing him to learn by experience rather than just doing everything.

We also went hiking this morning which was fun. Nothing too special though. 

Thanks everyone, Lots of Love
Elder Bryce Johns