Now Go, And Be Golden: And the Survey Says...

Not a ton to report on for this week. It's been another one of those "slow weeks." I don't mind, because being a missionary is AWESOME!

How about this email we take a look at today and go backward? That would be a cool change of pace, wouldn't you agree?

So today has been pretty ballin'. As a zone we hiked these giant land fixtures called Mormon Rocks. They are actually pretty cool. It was fun, too. (Pictures Below). Later we are going to go shopping for our food and stuff. Yay!

Yesterday we had church and meetings and things. Church was really good. There was a guy who is leaving in 9 days for his mission in Mexico, speaking. It was a really neat talk and a couple of his older siblings sang the EFY Medley right before he spoke. Sacrament meeting was above average. We also had our investigator Ishmael come to church. This is his third time coming, which means he can get baptized, which his date is for the 23rd of this month. I can't wait to see that happen.

Is it bad when I can't remember what we did two days ago? I'm kinda struggling with remembering right now. Ah. There we go. I just remembered that Elder Searle and I went to go talk to all of the investigators we are currently teaching and as we walked past this one house we saw a man trying to bring a couch into his house all by himself with nothing but a dolly. It looked like he wasn't going to be able to do it. So I shouted to him and asked if we could help. The cool thing is that he said yes! That is the first time I've been able to spontaneously help somebody with something. I was a really nice guy and we talked to him for about 20 minutes. What I thought was cool is that his neighbors, who are members, are the only neighbors he knew and he thought they were awesome.

Also on Saturday I was able to get my pants fixed! The awesome Sister Berry took a little bit of time for me and fixed three pairs of my pants so that I can now wear them. I'm totally wearing a pair right now! That evening we went to dinner with some members to a place called El Tio Pepe. Kind of below average food, but still, I wasn't hungry afterward.

Friday was a good day. First of all, I was on exchanges with Elder Hargraves in the YSA ward for the High Desert. That was the first time I've left my area for exchanges since my first week in Sunset Hills. Second, it was SNOWING. I mean it was really snowing. A lot. It actually stuck to the ground here. I guess it isn't "Utah A lot" but it was "Apple Valley A lot." Third, it was cool just to do work with somebody else for a while and teach lesson to young single adults. I was also able to have In-N-Out for dinner. So pretty much it was a stellar day.

Thursday wasn't the most productive day, but we were able to teach Jesus and Leah. Jesus is still looking good for baptism. They are still doing super legit.

On Wednesday Elder Searle and I tried to see a ton of less actives. This one house we knocked on there was some guy behind the door that started growling like a dog. That was weird, because I know for sure that it was a person and not a dog. In the house of somebody that was supposed to a member there were some Calvary Chapel goers who just wanted to bash with us the whole time. I refused to bash and just told them to read the Book of Mormon. After that they were really nice to us. It was kinda fun. And that night we had dinner with the Smithsons. Our day was an interesting one.

Tuesday was District Meeting. It was also probably one of the best D-Meetings I've ever had. I freaking love my District. We have the Sisters that are serving in Big Bear in our district, by the way. And yes, that is where people are saying that Christopher Dorner is. All of us are pretty darn sure he's not there, but I thought it was cool that my district was on National News. Anywho, not much else went on that day. We taught some less-active family who we are trying to help get reactive. It's not that easy, I wish it was. If they just come to church once I'll be happy.

There's my week! I love you all. Transfer calls are this Saturday, so I'm hoping that I get to stay here in Sunset Hills. I freaking love this area!