09.26.11

This week was an awesome week. We worked really hard and did a lot of stuff. We really had a spiritual week and set some good goals and looked at stuff that we can improve on and I think we did a good job. Monday, we went to a place called Rum Point. Its a beach that is on the North side of the Island and there is only one road to take to get there and it goes all the way around the island. So it was a cool drive and the beach was really nice, it looked a lot like a Lake Tahoe beach. There were some hammocks set up and stuff so it was nice to relax. Tuesday we had a good day, knocked a lot of doors and found some decent people. in the evening we saw Angie and had a good follow up lesson with her, she is a really good recent convert and is doing well. Then we went and saw a less active and had an awesome lesson with her, it was really powerful, I hope that she comes back, she is super smart and would really help the branch. Wednesday, we had our district meeting and that was good, then we went to the hospital and there weren't too many customers there. Also our phone broke, so we lost a lot of our numbers and that has been really frustrating. We knocked some doors and made 2 return appointments, for Thursday... remember that.... Later in the day we were knocking a different place and we met a really cool family, had a good first lesson with them. I'm really excited to teach them, I think they are going to be good. We saw Vinny, the new vet student here and recent convert from Seattle, had a really good lesson with him, we are working with him now to get the priesthood so that will be cool. President Ashby came teaching with us that night and it was cool, Prez. Ashby is awesome, really a funny guy. We saw Luraine another recent convert with him and had a good visit and we also saw some old investigators, Helen and Peter, and it went well, I think we are going to teach them again, I think they are ready to start coming to church again. It was a good day. Thursday morning, we had an opportunity to give blessings to a mother and a daughter, Elder Mccready fasted for it and it was a very powerful experience. So remember those 2 appointments we made on Wednesday for Thursday....well it turns out that we god hoodwinked pretty bad, those people didn't even live at those houses, so yeah that was really awesome. That night we saw Adonza and her daughter was sick. I really felt as we were standing there talking to her that we should offer to give her a blessing, we said good bye and I told E. Mccready what I thought we should do and he said maybe lets pray about it so we did in the car and I felt that we should and he did too. So we did and it was an awesome blessing. We called the next day and she was feeling completely better. It was really cool. Friday, we went to a restaurant called Abacus and tried to use the gift certificates that brother Workman got us- 25 bucks each. Well we both ordered lobster Ravioli and it sucked...only like 9 ravioli came in a tiny bowel. So we tried to pay using both certificates but we could only use one at a time so that was lame. It was funny because I told Mccready to read all the print to see if there were any catches before we went in...haha. That night we went to the wedding of Michael Pachino and his wife. Michael is a member from the states, he is a film director and producer for international films. It was really cool, then we went to dinner with president Johnson and the Airharts and the Pachino's to an Italian place, I got Ravioli again and it was a lot better. After dinner we got to hear a world class harp player who has played in Carnegie Hall. It was awesome. Prez. Johnson is the man, he is the most happy and generous guy. Saturday we were up and down everywhere inviting people to the branch bowling party which was awesome. Sunday was way good and the spirit was super strong. It really was a good week. A lot of awesome experiences. There has been a lot of violence here, 5 people shot and killed in 7 days, gang wars in west bay. We go there every other day, pretty crazy. I'm also really stoked for conference.

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