So my
area has just changed a little bit. I'm no longer covering the 3rd ward
in Camarillo. I'm now covering the 1st and 2nd ward. So our area just
about doubled in size. I'm excited to get to know the 1st ward more. We
received a warm welcome by the ward members as well as the members from
the Bishopbric.
Elder Snyder and I also revived a new companion. His
name is Elder Bradley and he's a 6ft 5in Canadian from Ontario. He's a
big teddy bear. I have lost my shotgun seat in the car since he arrived.
He also moved in with us so we have 5 elders in one apartment. It's
going to be like this for a couple weeks and we will see how this goes
after transfers on the 25th. I also rode a bike for the day on Monday
and I hated it at first but then I grew to enjoy it. After I finished my
200 mile bike ride in scouts I told myself I'd never ride a bike unless
it was powered by an engine ever again.
My
companions are great! It's nice to have two of them because it allows us
to have our different teaching styles mold together. This change
happened only about 3 days ago and it's pretty entertaining. Plus during
companionship studies we get to have little mini discussions about the
things we studied.
These past few weeks we
have been working with the Gomez family who live in the 3rd ward. The
progress that the family has made together is amazing. They are reading
their scriptures together, saying prayers together, and attending church
together. The husband is a less active member and the rest of the
family aren't members. They have 3 girls. (9,11,13). All three of them
LOVE reading the scriptures and hearing more about our church.
Unfortunately I'll be no longer teaching this family but I will be
praying for the day that they make the decision to be baptized.
For
service this week we helped a less active member organize her backyard
and she gave us sunflower butter. It looks like peanut butter but tastes
way better.
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