08/15/2016

This week was transfers and I'm still in Chino and yes I'm still a district leader. But the crazy thing is that my new companion is not new.  In the mission we have other missionaries in our ward so we call them ward mates. This week I get the call that told me to tell Elder Selph my companion to pack his things and as well to tell Elder Froelich my past companion who I was in Upland with to tell him to pack his things and then last night I get the call to tell them where they are going and this was the weird part because this doesn't happen at all.  Never have I heard of this happening before. What was told to me was that Elder Selph is going to be with Elder Spriggs who is one of our ward mates and then told us that Elder Froelich is going to be with me. So in the ward we just switched companions and that is all. Funny but the crazy thing as well I was with Elder Froelich for 2 transfers in Upland so usually you don't go back together.

 We are working hard and I love you all and have a good week!

Aug 8th 2016

This week was really FAST!  W have been working hard testifying about the restored gospel and finding people to teach and trying to visit with some of our investigators.  Some of them are going to be out for a few weeks and it is a possibility that I will not see them again., because this next Monday is transfers and its possibly that I will not be here.  Either Elder Selph or me are leaving. But we don't know yet.  We will see. 

 

There are a lot of cool people that live here, working hard and having fun at the same time.  I am loving what we do because I know that this is God's church and I'm a messenger of God. I love you all!  I would like to commit everybody that reads this post to read the Book of Mormon and sincerely pray about it to know if it is true and I know you will receive an answer.  As well I will commit to you as well to read the Book of Mormon daily. I love you all and have a great week.

Last three weeks

Aug 1st, 2016

This past week we went to talk to this family that had a gate around it.  Inside the fence around his property he had three full grown German shepherds.  One of them just had a puppy so when we went by the house the mom dog was going crazy. She probably would have tried to kill us. so we didn't go in.  lol  I didn't even try because well I chose life over death in this situation.

 

I love what I am doing and I love CA.  I love you all and have a good week.

July 25th, 2016

We did a lot of walking and knocking on doors this week.  It was all very good .  We had some really cool experiences we will talk about it face to face at another time.   I will tell you this for sure though, that God guides his missionaries and that this is the Church of God on the earth in these days.

Also to mark my one year I ate a MRE.  It was good but very funny also. 

Video of the week:

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-01-013-guided-safely-home?category=youth-media&lang=eng

July 17th 2016

This week not a lot happen but was a good week.  It marks my one year.  I cant believe that its been a year already.  We have set a date with one of our investigators for the 1st of October an

d we are excited about it.  On Tuesday it is my companion's birthday so we will eat some cake. We are working hard as always to help the people here. I  love you all and have a good week.

 

 

July 5th 2016

This last week we where working very hard to set some things up where a lot of our work is now paying off.

 

This last Monday was July 4th and we had to be in at 6 so we did our chores and the other things we had to do.  I almost was pushed into a pool but I survived lucky. But on Saturday at a park the city had some fireworks and we went to the park and talked with some people.  Then we where able to see the fireworks 🎆🎉🎊🕶💥💣 But as a missionary I'm not able to blow things up or anything.  I just sat inside my house because we had to be in at 6pm. At least the people across the street were having a party and lighting off fireworks so I watched that a but beside that not much more happened.  No dog stories or anything.

 

Love you all

 

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/happy-families/make-it-a-good-day-happy-families

Because families are the most important thing in life.

July 1st 2016

This week was a good week we found 3 new people to teach and we all so have now started service on building a fence.  Next time I will send you pictures of what we are doing and what we are working hard on.  No more dog attacks this week but I did get to use a jack hammer to destroy some concrete and then we poured cement so we can put in some new posts for the fence. 

Love you all

June 13th 2016

Funny story from this week.  We where going to go see a less active member and we had to park around the corner down a dirt road, so we parked and started back towards the main road.  Down this path  where a few houses and drive ways with fences but this truck was blocking the view of the gate to the drive way of this house.  We were walking and heard this loud dog bark and I thought I had seen the gate closed but my companion thought in his head that was not inside a fence so he sort of takes a step backwards and I took a step forward.  Out around this corner comes this big dog and when I say big I mean big.This dog was about two to three times the size of the dog that I shared a picture of a few weeks ago.  In my mind I thought about running away from this dog because it was huge and not looking like a nice dog, but then something (THE SPIRIT) told me do NOT run.  I stood there and me and this dog were having this face off .  He is  probaly not even 5 feet away from me.  My companion like steps backward a few more times then tells me that he is going to grab the car because he has the car keys so the car is probaly like 50 yards back and he doesn't want to run because then the dog could run after him.  So there's me sticking out my chest making my self look as big as possible but the funny thing is the dog is doing the exact same thing and I'm sort of sitting their like I might have to wrestle this dog.  

It was really scarey there for a few moments and then here comes my companion in the car going sort of straight at the dog because the gab between me and the dog is not that much, but the dog moved over to the side.  Now I have the car inbetween me and the dog so I got into the car and then the dog like tries to bite the car but we drive off.  

 I know the only reason why that dog didn't attack me was because the lord needs me out here for something else and to tell me in a way don't fear I'm protecting you and I know if God is protecting me then if I'm doing what I'm suppost to do.  He will protect me and I will not recieve any harm that is to bad.  Now I have a story about almost getting eaten by a dog!  ha ha ha 

This week we set up a service project to help one of our members we are going to help build a fence with him or more like repair a fence by putting up basicaly a new fnce so yeah we will be doing that on saturday. As well we had a investigator come to church now for more then four times and he said to his girlfriend that he wants to set a baptismal date for august!  He is really cool he studys the scriptures.  

 Have a good week hope you are all doing good and that you be blessed with this great gospel. I know it is true and I know that I'm doing God's work.   I love you all have a great and fantastic week.

June 6th 2016

This was another crazy week still trying to get to know the area and also trying to find more people to teach.  We have found some really cool people, one of the people that we found had a bench press and while we where talking with him he asked us to bench.  We where like why not?  I figured out that I can bench 135 right now and my companion can bench 185.  When we were in his garage I saw a container with a game called War Hammer.  So I asked him about the game and he showed us some of the things he has painted for the game.  We are going to go back and talk with him again. 

 

We have another new investigator that asks the best questions.   We told him that for him to figure out the question he has to read the Book Of Mormon to find some answers. So that he can know for himself if it true.   

 

I love you all and I'm doing good.  I can tell you all that this church is true, that this is Christ church on the earth today, and that it is led by a prophet of God.  Have a blessed week and stay strong and allways turn to God he is there for you.  He knows you perfectly and by that he also knows what is best for you.  Always trust him because he knows what is going to help you grow.

 

Love you all and see you in 2.

 

https://www.lds.org/bible-videos/videos/the-armour-of-god?lang=eng