Hello from sunny Murrieta California! Turns out I'm staying put, I'm still covering two wards, and my companion is moving on to Lake Elsinore ward. He's happy to be living in an apartment and not very happy to be in a car area instead of a bike area. Weird, I know. Most people really like having a car, but he knows he'd be happier if he got the extra exercise and he's bummed that his request to be in a bike area wasn't granted. I guess that's the way revelation from God works. You don't always get what you want. Just what you need.
My new companion has yet to arrive. He'll be coming to me from San Jacinto, and he originally hails from Minersville, Utah. That's about all I know.
I won't be living with the Youngs for much longer, but it's going to be a few days before we actually make the move. The home we are going to currently has Spanish elders in it, and the home that the Spanish elders are going to is currently vacant because the parents are on the Youth Conference Trek this week. So we are waiting for the trek to be over.
Our golden investigator is on this trek right now. Her baptism is scheduled for this Saturday. How cool would that be to get baptized right after Youth Conference, on Easter weekend? She's pretty special, and she is so ready to get baptized. It's pretty cool to see her progress.
All of our appointments fell through this week. We did not reach our goals, by a long shot. We only taught 7 of our 23 scheduled lessons. We were both pretty bummed on Friday when we realized there was no possible way for us to hit our goals for the week. But we did some awesome service on Saturday morning, and found out about our new assignments, and that felt pretty good. We got to help pick some fruit, mulch the trees, and plant seeds in a garden that the city of Murrieta has established to be kept up by volunteer service and the food is donated to help the needy. It's called "Produce for People", and it was pretty cool to be a part of it. Apparently the last church that was asked to help out with the garden didn't show up at all when they were supposed to. Our church was the best volunteer force they've ever seen. And that was just 70-80 people from our stake on a Saturday morning.
Well, I'm not quite sure what else to say. I'm really enjoying my time here in Murrieta. It's kind of weird that I'm staying instead of my companion. Oh yeah, I'm supposed to be a District Leader now. Woo hoo. Apparently half of the companionships in the mission are doing the 12-week training program right now. And I'm a leader over them. Nice.
A cool quote that I found this week from Joseph Smith Jr:"You are now placed in a situation where you can act according to those sympathies which God has planted in your bosoms. If you live up to these principles, how great and glorious! -- If you live up to your privilege, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates. If you will be pure, nothing can hinder."
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