What's up,
Today
has been a pretty fun pday. We didn't do anything crazy this week for
Pday, which was nice, sometimes its just nice to relax. Me and Mitchell
hung out at the mall for a little bit. I seriously love going to the
mall, there is so much fun stuff there, mainly its just fun to window
shop, and see what's happening with the people of west Covina. sometimes
its nice to soak in some of those SoCal vibes.
So
transfers were today, its a little sad to see some of the missionaries
go that I have come close to, but thats the thing about mission life,
its constantly changing, and so you have to always adapt. I kind of like
it though, it keeps me on my toes. knowing that everything is so
unpredictable can make things fun, I like the chaos. Our district leader
left to be a zone leader in East L.A. There has been a lot of tension
in the pad, because of some differences of personalities, but the new
guy that came in is super cool, and I am really looking forward to this
up coming transfer. We are going to have a lot of fun, not too much fun,
but just the right amount, haha. I really enjoy being with my companion
Elder Mitchell, he's a pretty cool guy, and I think our personalities
match really well. He's probably the one Ive gotten along with the
easiest. We had two people leave this transfer in our district, Platt
got transferred and sister Ferguson went home to South Jordan UT. we had
a lot of fun as a district so its kind of sad to see people go, but I
think that we are going to still have a blast. Man I love this area, its
the best. Ive really really been starting to enjoy my mission. I have
seen so many miracles and blessings in this area, the ward and the Lord
have really been providing for us.
This
past week we haven't been able to get in contact with James, one of our
baptismal dates. He has been avoiding us, and no matter how many times
we call or knock on his door he doesn't answer. A couple of days ago his
wife called us and told us that he had gone crazy, and that we needed
to hunt him down and find him. So we knocked on his door like 5 times,
and then it hit me... I looked at Mitchell and said "he's at the liquor
store!" The liquor store is pretty close to his house, and it makes it
pretty hard for him to stop drinking. So we went down some of the alley
ways connected to the apartments, and there he was! We started walking
towards him, he was hanging out with a bunch of his friends, he was
obviously wasted. When we got within about 30 feet, he starred and
squinted at us through his blood shot eyes, then a look of fear overcame
him. He turned and started to walk away. We picked up our pace and
shouted after him, "James! Come back!" His drunken walk turned into a
drunken jog, with beer in hand he stumbled around the corner, bumping
the wall slightly, he spilt some of his beer on the concert. our fast
walk turned into a slight jog, as well, but in the helpless state he was
in, he was no match for us. We quickly caught up to him, exasperated he
gave up and stopped in his tracks. "Fine, fine! You boys caught me, Ive
been drinking okay?" He exclaimed as the strong smell of beer filled
our nostrils. We talked to him for about an hour trying to help him
understand the the atonement is infinite and that it is impossible for
him to go beyond it no matter how many times he fell back. The spirit
was strong, it was a really cool experience. Im not sure how much he
picked up on considering how drunk he was, but I will definitely
remember that the rest of my life... man missions are wild.
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