I'm a versatile kind of guy.
I received your letter and SD card. Just to let you know, we are allowed in our mission to take video. I don’t know why it’s different here vs. other missions. Thank you so much for doing this. I hope you figured out how to use the cloud site. Tuesday we had probably the most …
It’s been a hectic week for us. A lot of things have transpired. This past Monday, I acquired paint (red, yellow, blue, white and black) and am now beginning to paint my pictures of temples. I painted one for Elder Carroll this week and will be doing one for Elder Agamata next week. I hope …
It’s been an interesting week this week. Sadly, a lot of our investigators have either dropped us or we’ve had to drop them due to lack of response. Again, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts, separate the wheat from the tares. Tuesday is when this process started. WE had several appointments set for immediately …
So, yes, our new companion is Elder Carroll. He is from Tuscon, Arizona (my second companion from AZ – Elder Sharp is from there as well.) He is fluent in Chinese, having learned it for the past 5 years in school. Counting the MTC, I’m now at 11 companions! Having Elder Carroll here has been …
Well, this is odd, considering everything that has been going on in the past several weeks. Much to my surprise, Elder Agamata and I are staying together. However, my tradition of going to transfer meeting ever transfer continues. Everyone may be thinking “A repeat of Elder Thompson and you moving wards?” Nope! We’re getting a …
It’s been a decent week here in Tarzana. My depression-like feelings went away temporarily as my birthday helped me to be in a better mood, but they started to come back on Friday. I’m going to focus on the good first, then we can go back to the bad feelings. Last Monday for preparation day …
Dear Mom and Dad, July 18, 2016 This past Saturday, after 3, nearly 4 years of investigating the church and doing all he could to get to church, John F was baptized. With permission from President Henrie, I was able to attend. The six weeks in Van Nuys were worth it to eventually see him …
It has been a rough week for me. It feel as if I were the Prophet Joseph Smith, who in the Liberty Jail, in a feeling of abandonment and recognizing the magnitude of his calling was depressed. He even asked God: “O God, where art though? Where is the pavilion that coverest thy hiding place” …
Two significant miracles occurred during the past few days. One – the temperatures have given us a bit of a break. WE only have highs in the mid to upper 80’s instead of upper 90’s and lower 100’s. Two – I’ve lost a pound and a half this week. I’m now down to 212 pounds. …
This week was transfers. I’m still in Tarzana, but for obvious reasons, seeing as Elder Thompson’s mission came to an end, I have a new companion. His name is Elder Agamata. He has some Japanese blood ancestry in him, hence his name, and is from the Philippines! Far, far away. This has been probably the …
