San Jose is
awesome. The bomb.com. I love it here! The members are super kind here. My
companion is an awesome guy. Elder Kerby is his name and we don’t have a ton in
common but we both enjoy deep doctrine, being on missions, working hard and
eating well. Elder Kerby is my trainer or my "dad" and he has taught
me so so much. I have grown dramatically from him. I love him. It was sad to
leave the MTC but it really is an empty sea when it comes to missionary work. The
real fishing is out here in the field. :) My companion has been out for
only three weeks and he is the district leader and is training! Super solid
good guy. My mission president is a super nice man. Super kind and really loves
his missionaries.
Pleasanton is amazing! Everyone here
is super nice. I feel so at home here? We have had dinner every night. There
are two million dollar homes all over. It’s so crazy! The CEO of Safeway is in
my ward. I am in the very best area in the mission. The Pleasanton 2nd ward is
incredible! There have been so many cool cool missionary moments! There are a
bunch of really missionary minded people and really wealthy people as well. I
love it! I am so happy here. There is nowhere else I would rather be. It’s not
a huge area, but not a tiny one at the same time. I will get some more specific
details once I figure them out. I love, love, love the work! The members are
friendly and I have already seen the change that happens in people’s lives from
the gospel! I love it so much! So much stuff happens every day that it’s hard
to write it all down. It’s crazy. I love it. The Church is true, the Book is
blue, God love you and I do too! Missions rock!
I have been learning a lot from my
trainer and I honestly feel 100% comfortable with being here and I feel that
the ward is turning into my family. I still have a long way to go to being a
real son, but I am on the right path.
We have lots of success upcoming.
Three investigators with a baptismal date already! It’s really good. We had 30
lessons this week which is quite impressive. We taught a lesson to a couple who
had been married for 3 years and it was on the plan of salvation. Laura and
Robert were really willing to listen. It was really cool because I got to teach
the lesson and I asked them what they would be willing to do to attain the
celestial kingdom. Robert without pausing looked me straight in the eyes and
said "follow the gospel" I have no doubt that he will follow it all
the way! It’s really amazing to see the change that the gospel can bring to
people. I know that the Lord is working through me and that brings me the most
joy out here.
We are on a
car share so we get the car Tues-Thurs. Other than that we walk or ride bikes.
It’s awesome! The weather is seriously perfect. Never a bad day! We come home
tired every day.
A spot of
bad news. My carry-on got either lost or stolen. It’s gone. The good news was
that it was only ties, my books, letter writing stuff, and a binder that was
lost. The bad news is that my Wonder Journal (a journal he kept of when he felt the Spirit each day) is gone. It
breaks my heart. I have faith though. Believing is something that at first
seems impossible is true faith! My mission president is super kind. I told him
it was gone and he went out and bought me more ties! He also said to get him a
list of what was in there and he will get it for me. Don’t worry. I am well
taken care of over here. There were three of us who lost stuff. I got off the
easiest. Another elder lost his gps, electronics and scriptures. I am really
doing fine.
The food
here is super super nice! We generally have steak once or twice a week and
there are a lot of really nice places that members take us out to eat at. It’s
super cool! I can have anything I basically want to eat and we have so much
candy at our house. It’s awesome.
I thank the Lord for this chance to serve and although it’s been hard at
moments, I am so so so blessed to be here and be serving where I am.
Ammon and Elder Kerby at a member's house. They sent us the photo. Tender mercy. |
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