Goodmorning friends and family! If you don't get that reference, don't worry I'll explain a little later in the email! But I hope you all had a fantastic week! Mine was pretty amazing!
Monday was a pretty good day! We went on a really pretty hike as a district which was fun! I got to talk to my family, which is always amazing!! Then that night we made some calls to our friends! Nothing too exciting.
Tuesday we had an awesome district council all about finding people to teach. Finding through social media, finding through members, and finding through our own efforts. I learned the importance of utilizing all 3. Most of my mission I have been dependent on just me and my companions efforts and haven't utilized the blessing of social media and members. After that we went boothing and met 3 really cool kids who are looking to grow closer to God in 2024! We had an awesome lesson with our friend Auggie about getting through tough times. Please PRAY FOR AUGGIE! He could really use it.
Wednesday we had a very crazy lesson with our friend Amanda and she has a desire to learn, but we really need to focus on one question at a time. She throws a lot at us and jumps from one subject to another. But she is awesome! Then we went to the cross again to weekly plan and taught a guy named Adrian about the restoration, but he lives in Thousand Oaks, so we'll be sending him their way. Then we went to institute and studied the hymns. Which is a little tough to explain to a friend we are inviting, but it was a great class.
Thursday was an awesome day! We had a lesson with our friend Alexis who is amazing. We taught the restoration and she loved it, we gave her a children's Book of Mormon for her kids and she sent us a video of them reading it that night and said that her oldest(9 years old) said this, "I totally believe this is true, it's from God and I know it's true, these stories are true and I want to read it all." I was blown away, but filled with joy that her and her family are recognizing the truth and seeing how they are growing closer together because of the Book of Mormon! Then we had a super long lesson our friend Jeff who is a talker and this time he really talked, but it wasnt too bad of a lesson.
Friday we had a great lesson with our friend Angel, still just trying to help him see that there's nothing but good reasons for being baptized. It was a powerful lesson, so hopefully he felt the spirit and knows what he needs to do. Davey and Susanna testified strong then took us to dinner afterwards. We also met Joe, a super cool guy who needed a prayer so we prayed with him and then we gave our spill and he said we could go back and talk another day! Then we got talking about transfers that are in a 2 weeks and one of my companions sang, "Our trios down to two" meaning at transfers, one of us will be leaving. Not too big of a deal until Sunday......
Saturday we had a great church tour with our friend Stephan, an awesome zoom visit with our friend Elizabeth, and met a bunch of nice people to teach over on what we call the Ave.
Sunday Alexis and her 2 kids were at church, they loved it and Alexis really enjoyed relief society. Our friend Angel showed up in a shirt and tie, which has never happened, but it was awesome to see! We had a great lesson with our recent convert Chris about the priesthood and he is excited to get it and bless and pass the sacrament! Then last night we got a call from the assistants saying that Elder Norton is being emergency transfered to Camarillo and me and Elder Webb are staying in Ventura... so "Our trios down to two" Elder Norton has been an amazing companion and he's gonna do great in Camarillo for at least the next 2 weeks! That quote is in a song from Lion King by the way, go look it up if you don't remember it 🙂
I love this quote by President Nelson in 2016, "Joy is a gift for the faithful. It is the gift that comes from intentionally trying to live a righteous life, as taught by Jesus Christ." As we are intentional in our following of Christ we find pure joy, a joy that we can't find anywhere else. It is amazing to be filled with that joy every single day, and recognize that joy in the friends we're teaching!!!
Love you all, have an amazing week!!!!
Pics:
1-2. Hike
3. Davey and Susanna
4. Sunset(pic credit E. Norton)
5. Boothing
6. I'll never be sick of this view
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