7/26/2021

Hey y'all! 

This week was amazing! We were so busy that the time just went by so fast.

We found a person named Marcel along with his family last week. We were able to get them to church on Sunday which was awesome. We had a few others come to church as well. 

On Tuesday I went on exchanges into Herritage area with Elder Brinkworth. It's a bike area too. We did some service in the morning and helped some members move lots of boxes and furniture upstairs. They got pizza after. On the way home from service Elder Brinkworth crashed on his bike. His gears caught and stopped the bike so he got thrown from his bike. He's all good now, just a few bumps and bruises. The impressive part was that Elder Brinkworth's Helmet cracked but his head was perfectly fine. It was a miracle that nothing else happened. We just rested and called people for the rest of the day. 

On Wednesday we helped out our friend Adolfo. We have been teaching him for quite a while now. He's been in a rough place for a while but we were able to share the Book of Mormon with him and he was able to watch Church through zoom on Sunday. He is trying to change his life around and it's really awesome. 

On Thursday we went to a member’s house for dinner. Their name was the Cifuentes's. The cool part was they all spoke mainly Spanish. It was really awesome to get to practice my Spanish and give a message in Spanish as well. The spirit was really strong there.

On Friday we did service almost all day. From 9 in the morning up until 4. We helped do some yard work moving mulch and weeding at the military base at a building called Fisher House. After we went and helped move a family’s stuff out of a storage unit and into the U-Haul. It was a lot of work. We lifted these really heavy glass tables that were about 250 lbs each. After that service we traveled home and saw that 2 people were trying to move in but they lived on the 2nd floor. The 6 of us all helped them get it all done and we finished it in about 30 minutes. It was so awesome and they were so grateful. The cool thing was that they live right next door to the sister and us. Then a little later me and Elder Larson went to the Hardy's home for dinner in the ward. When we got there we found them moving lots of wet clothes out onto the drive way. It turns out that their washing machine broke and water had flooded their house a tiny bit. We helped them clean the rest of it up and wrung their clothes and towels. It was a crazy day but full of amazing opportunities to help other people. 

Sunday was super good as well. We found a new person named Gracie. She was taught by the missionaries back in 2013. She is actually really interested in learning more. We went to this apartment complex and found 3 other people to teach. There was a lot of people there that we were able to help. We actually saw some people who needed a car jump. While we helped, Elder Larson got shocked by the wires which was kinda funny. He's all good as well.

Well it's been a good week. I hope everyone's doing good. Talk to you more later! 

Pictures for the week:

1. The helmet that cracked. 

2. Elder Brinkworth after his bike crash

3. Me and Elder Brinkworth on Exchanges