8/17/2015
Hola familia!!!
These past six weeks
have flown by. I can't believe I have already been in the Lasselle ward for 4
1/2 months! It's crazy. But anyways... Thanks Danielle, Maddy, Tenley, and Omie
& Papa for the letters! Thanks Momma for the mini package! This week has
been extremely busy for us, so I haven't quite had a chance to write back yet,
but I will got on that asap!
It was REALLY hot this
week! It was over 110 degrees! Our zone leaders were kind enough to let us go
on a mini exchange with them on Wednesday. I went with Elder Gibson and
Elder Turner stayed with Elder Reeve (who is not actually a zone leader, but
was already on exchanges with them). We took their car to go visit some of our
investigators and some of theirs! We stopped by a less active member in the
Spanish ward (thankfully they spoke English) and started talking about how he
came in contact with the church. Then his eight year old son walks out and he
was super funny! He was just a very proper kid! Haha he was very polite, nice,
asked really good questions, and wasn't bouncing off the walls like most kids
that age! We invited them to church, and the dad asked if their was a meeting
in English since his kids didn't speak Spanish. We told him that there was and
the little kid asked what time, where it was at, and told us that he
would be there! Then he said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to help him
with his Spanish! It was so cute! I was trying really hard not to laugh!
Then the next day, I
got to spend the WHOLE day inside! Whoo-hoo! Well I'm going to need to tell
another story first.. On Saturday, Elder Gibson got hurt while they were
playing soccer with their ward. Some member kicked his shin and it was swollen
up like a cantaloupe. It was pretty nasty. He went to the doctor when the
swelling didn't go down and was told to stay off of it for a while. So I got to
spend the day babysitting him while Elder Turner and Elder Aguilar (our real
zone leader) went out and worked. I don't understand how anybody can go
throughout the day and not do anything. I thought I was going to die!!! Being
lazy is the worst!! It felt like such a waste of a day!
Chelsea's baptism is on
Saturday!! We're so excited! There was a little complication when she got
interviewed for baptism, but hopefully all of that is resolved.. She is meeting
with a member of the mission presidency tonight and will be good to
go for Saturday! We talked to McKayla the other night and asked her if she
wanted to be baptized. She told us she did because she feels really good when
she goes to church, and when she came to the baptism the other Sunday. So
she's working towards being baptized September 20th! All she needs to do
is talk to her dad and make sure he is okay with it! And then we will start
teaching her! Haylei (the other daughter) is a different story. She has some
problems with her mom, who doesn't want her to be baptized, but Bro Nunley said
he will work on that problem... Keep them in your prayers!
Well other than that,
not much else happened this week. I love you all and miss you tons!
Love,
Elder Warren
8/17/2015
Sorry,
I forgot to tell you this story in my last email! Haha!
On Sunday, we were
asked to give a talk at a baptism for the Moreno Valley ward. Elder Turner and
I show up at 4:30 (half an hour early) to find out that the
missionaries forgot to fill the font! And nobody had keys to unlock the door to
get to the faucet! The keys didn't show up until 4:50! So two other
missionaries and I were running back in forth, filling up buckets, pots,
coolers, mop buckets, etc with water and dumping them into the font to help it
fill up faster! It was crazy! We eventually got it filled up around 5:40.
Thankfully, they started the program in the chapel so people weren't just
waiting around for the font to be filled! ALWAYS make sure the font is
filled!!!
And if y'all could
send letters and such to the mission office this week, that would be great!!!
California Riverside
Mission
5900 Grand Avenue
Riverside, California
92504
Moreno Valley Zone Conference
Love reading About your week.
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