Going, going, gone

Hi family! Oh Pleasanton. I will miss this place. I am in fact getting transferred and it has been so rough. I really don’t want to go but it feels like it’s time for a new adventure. This is exactly what the Lord wants me to do right now so I am going for it. I have no idea where I am going to go. It should be very interesting to find out. Tomorrow I should know. 

Spiritual: This week it was amazing to do a final go-around to all of the recent converts and less active members that I have worked with while here in Pleasanton. How interesting it is to me how it truly takes time to change. Change does not happen overnight. It was an awesome experience to visit Alex, our 33 year-old beast of a bachelor who lifts weights and ballroom dances. Wow. The first time we visited him he was in the mentality of trying to figure out if he could fit church in or even if he wanted to do this whole church thing. What an incredible journey he has taken so far! He has changed a ton. He has outgrown all of his shirts from so much weight lifting, and the spirit in his home has developed. It has changed from a feeling of “When are these missionaries going to leave” to a feeling of “How can I come closer to Christ?” Wow. It is so incredible that anyone can change. It will take time and be hard for sure, but the humble penitent soul will change for the best as influenced by Christ. It’s hard to leave Pleasanton. There are so many role models here that I want to emulate for the rest of my life; so many heroes here. I love Pleasanton. 

 Funny: Last night when saying goodbye to the P3 bishop the family handed me a guitar and so we had a musical family home evening where we all sang made up verses to I Hope They Call Me on a Mission. It was so much fun! They had a tradition where they all knelt around the ottoman and said a prayer before we left. It got kinda awkward when Elder Moesser had to hold hands with the bishop and pray. I thought it was funny. haha 

 Where I am at: Well, yes indeed. Transfers. It’s been a busy few days packing and saying my goodbyes. It’s time to leave. I spoke in Pleasanton 3rd Ward about studying the scriptures and how it relates to Facebook. Oh it was an awesome talk. It was so perfect to talk about something everyone had in common and everyone knew about. It was so much fun. The bishop got a kick out of it. 

 Well, all is good here and I am anticipating a wonderful next area. I am excited and apprehensive. I felt like I have done all that I needed to here in Pleasanton. Now it’s time for real missionary work! There is no way that that was part of the mission. It was way too fun. 

yes. yes i am driving in a 68 La Man that was super suped up.