Cheesy Mission Story

It’s been a good week. This was a slower week than most. It was still fun to be a missionary. I love talking to people all the time. My Spanish is being forced to get better. It was cool. We were on exchanges and my companion at the time didn't speak Spanish at all. So I was talking to someone else and when I finished he came and grabbed me. I was a little worried till I saw one of the members in the Spanish branch standing there. I went up and said hi and started speaking to the lady. He waited till the lady was getting annoyed and a little angry then he stepped in and by the end the lady was thanking me for the book. It was awesome. 

Spiritual: This week we were riding our bikes outside of a trailer park around the Fort Ord housing community. We were heading out around 9:00 and so the other elders were coming to pick us up down the road. We were turning on to Coe Ave. and all of the sudden we noticed a car behind us that had a hand waving salutations behind us. Generally this would be an over excited member who would be vacationing and loves to see missionaries and would pull us over and say hi, or it’s a member from our ward who loves the missionaries. So this car waves at us and we in reply give a wave and bike on. This is strange though because the car passes us and pulls over ahead. Instantly we know something is about to happen. We rolled up to the window and start talking to the guy driving. This is going to sound like a cheesy mission story but he actually said "I have a few questions and I was wondering if I could talk to you guys for a minute." I was really happy because I love cheesy mission stories. We told him to pull over into a nearby parking lot. At that same time the phone rang and Elder Barney answered and started explaining to the other missionaries where we were. I rolled over to him and told him to drop it because we had a live one! It was good as well! We met him in the parking lot and he had a lot of questions that made us consider if he wanted to bible bash us or if he was truly interested. He was about 23 and had a kind face. He programmed computers for a living and was a website designer. Smart guy. We pulled up at told him that it took a lot of courage to flag down a couple of strange guys in white shirts on bikes. He said it was no big deal and we started talking for a while about some of the normal questions about Mormons. What the missionary purpose was, where the church came from and other trivial matters. Then things got deep. He started telling us about his deeply rooted concerns about the God and how he was going through a period of self-doubt and was trying to get over it. It felt so good to explain to him that he was a son of God and that God was his father. After we were finished talking we asked him if that helped him. He said it had and he was grateful for the help. The spirit was there and it was cool to see his Constance change to one of peace during the conversation. We set up a return appointment and sent him on his way. Oh it felt so wonderful to explain to him that he was in fact a child of God. The concept that Heavenly Father will parent all of his kids differently because we are all different and the way we parent here on earth can relate so well to the way that our Father in Heaven parents us on a much grander scale. I love my Father and I am so happy to share His gospel. We are children of a Heavenly Father who loves us and teaches us every day. His love never ends. 

Funny:

We exercised faith like unto Abinadi on the beach. 

Where I am at: Super amazing to see Dhani bless the sacrament on Sunday. Oh that made my heart happy. That makes me want to have more people join the church. It made me so happy for him. The work is still rolling and things are going well here. The big thing here in Monterey is the fact that one of the largest car shows in the world is going on here. It’s called the Concourse de Elegance. It’s huge! Some 28 MILLION DOLLAR cars are going to be rolling through my area. Wow. It’s fun. I am happy and content. I like where I am and things are going well. 

I love you all!