I Love To See The Temple

Another Great week is in the books, and man it flew by! 

Wednesday: It was a great preparation day! We went down to Thousand Oaks and played some beach volleyball, had a really fun time, and per the usual, I won. After that we went out to lunch at Cafe Rio with the other distrcit. Then That night we went to English class, taught with a member who actually speaks Spanish so he taught and we helped them practice their English!!! 

Thursday: Started the day off bright ad early,  but it was worth it because I got to go to the Los Angeles Temple! It is such a beautiful building, and the spirit within is amazing!!! I got to see a lot familiar faces and it was really fun! After that amazing experience we returned to misssionary work! We went and knocked a couple doors before heading to the Lowry's house for dinner! We had the best Big Mac sliders and got to know a really awesome family! Then we went and had a great visit with the Clinton's, and enjoyed their company! 

Friday: Exchange day!!! I was able to be with Elder Packard here in Moorpark and we had a really good day!! We had a lesson with Gary and he is thinking about moving up his baptismal date, so please pray that he does!!! We also met with some recent converts that are awesome! Then we met Julie. She is a young mother who has just started her journey to find God, we left her with a Book of Mormon and she couldn't wait to read 3 Nephi 11(Jesus comes to the Americas), and watch the video!!! I loved being with Elder Packard, and enjoyed the day! 

Saturday: Exchange Day again!!!!! Had a really rough day. It seemed that no door was opening at all, but we were able to catch a couple people out and about to talk to, but thier ward was having a going away party and we met a really nice lady(Can't remember her name), and then a lady in their ward gave us a referral of a 102 year old man that would like the lessons, so we'll see where that goes!! Elder Thatcher works hard, today was just one of those days...

Sunday: Sunny Sunday in California was amazing! Church was great, our speakers talked about how reading the Book of Mormon changed their lives, and a return missionary spoke on how the Book of Mormon changed those that he taught on his mission. Then we had a great dinner with the Hymas family who fed us really good street tacos!! 

Monday: Had a busy day. Went out for ice cream with our friend Roxanne, talked about out common beliefs as well as a lot of the differences and had a good time!! Then Elder Starkey had a really good lesson over Facebook messenger with a guy from Kentucky!! Then we went and saw Brother Sanchez who so cool and I enjoyed chatting with him! Then we went to the Bolton's house. Their kids are so smart and full of jokes, magic tricks, and cool talents. I had a really fun time getting to know them and sharing a message with them!! 

Tuesday: Got out early and went to a park for our companionship study. Talked to a couple nice people there. We studied the "Topics and Questions" section of the Gospel library app which is an amazing tool!! Went to a service handing out food. Then we went tracting and gave out 2 Book of Mormons to Erick and Shawn who seem super cool and down to at least study it with us!! 

"Your Heavenly Father has given you two powerful gifts that will help you: moral agency and the gift of the Holy Ghost. You have the power to choose to follow the guidance of the Holy Ghost" 

I love this quote and the amazing gift that the Holy Ghost truly is! I hope you all strive to recognize the promptings from the Holy Ghost and recognize the good that comes when we do!!!! 

That's all for this week, hope yours was amazing! Have another great week and I'll send another email here shortly. 

Pics: 

1-8. Temple and friends!!!!

9. Sunset and companions!!!