Week 56

 

Welcome to September,

Had a good couple of weeks. Last Monday we took a trip to Yosemite, it was a lot of fun. We hiked to a couple cool views, one of which let us see the other peaks from the top of the canyon, because we didn't have time to go through everything in one day. It was a fun drive, a good hike, met some cool people while we were up there. Had zone conference and interviews with the president, it was alright. Good to hear some updates and get a grip on what the mission is doing. We had a technology training and we're feelin better about using facebook, I made a post in a local group that had over a hundred comments in under 2 days, that was crazy. We talked to a few people but we didn't start teaching any of them. We've been having lots of member lessons again, we've met plenty of ward members, we've been fed a few times, we visited a family that had a pet pig, it was huge, and they let it hangout inside. At one point they were trying to corral it and it freaked out and starting screaming and then their kids started screaming and the neighbors were probably losing it but it was fun, they gave us ice cream after the visit. We came back later in the week to do service for them, we helped lay some brick and stuff for a walkway and helped him fix up this pumpkin patch he's trying to use as a way to get his neighbors to come over. Great idea! We went on exchanges with the zone leaders this last week, I went to the YSA ward with a good friend from my last zone, Elder Wallis, we got to talk and visit some members from the Ceres ward, they fed us and I caught up with them and got to hear about the ward and some of the people I had taught there. They let me play their guitar for a little bit as well, it was good to feel it again. The zone leaders went to Fresno earlier in the week, we gave them some money and they brought us back some Krispy Kreme Donuts that we don't have within a 1 hour driving radius, made for a good breakfast a few days in a row. Had a busy sunday, visited members, had meetings, made a calendar for visits with the ward, feels good. I've been practicing my Spanish with my comp as well, we speak in Spanish for an hour a day, and my goal is to teach the first lesson by the end of the transfer (or this week if that gift of tongues will finally kick in.)

Feel free to write, hope life is well, stay cool out there, wherever you are.

Elder Gneiting