My, oh, my, how two weeks flies!
I'm not even sure where to begin! I'm not even sure what to tell
you. These past two weeks have been really fun, and really not fun. My
area here in San Bernardino, is such a frustrating area at times. We can
find some people to teach, but only the one time. We schedule
appointments with these new investigators, and then after that it is
like they disappear from the face of the earth, never to be seen again.
That's what has happened with the last 3 investigators we have found
here.
This ward ain't much help either. The average age of the members
here is probably 65. They never leave their houses and don't know
anybody that isn't a member of the church just because they've lived in
their house for the past 50 years and have never bothered to meet
anybody. It is such a sluggish ward that it is starting to wear on me a
bit. There certainly are some great people here, but they are few and
far between.
Being District leader is certainly something new for me. I spent
the first 11 months of my mission being junior companion, when all of a
sudden I get to be a District leader and a trainer at the same time.
Wow. I got the chance to train in my first ever District Meeting. It
really wasn't that hard. Just get up, talk about each investigator, do
some role plays, tell my district that when they put forth their effort
the will be blessed. The usual stuff. I think it went well.
There is the really great guy that I got to meet this past week.
His name is Norberto, and he hadn't been to Church for about a year or
so. He contacted a bishop in another ward, who contacted his
missionaries, who contacted us, so we would go visit him. He is such a
stud. He talked a ton about how much he loves the Book of Mormon and how
he knows it's true. Then on Sunday
he came to Church and bore his testimony, which he said was the first
time he'd ever done that. The guy is so solid, I just don't understand
why he was never able to come to church before.
Even though it was been two weeks, there just isn't that much to
tell you about. I'm still loving my mission. My companion, Elder Alba,
is a stud. The apartments we live in are pretty ghetto compared to every
other missionary apartment I've seen. I'm trying pretty hard to fulfill
all of the different roles I've got right now. That is pretty tough to
do. I'm excited that on Sunday I get to go to Phelan to attend a baptism. That will be legendary!
Here's some pretty strange news. This upcoming transfer nobody will
know if they are going to be transferred or not. Every single
missionary in the mission is going to pack up and act like they are
being transferred. Nobody will know if they are being transferred until
President Godwin or the assistant read it from the microphone. That is
going to be pretty much crazy.
On Thursday
my companion and I will be getting a third person. This will be a
person who lives in the mission boundaries and will be serving with us
for two weeks. It will certainly be something different. I'll be sure to
let you know how it is next week.
I hope ya'll are doing well. Be sure to stay awesome!
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Now go, and be Golden,
Elder R. Sage Taylor
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