A week of adventure

This last week was an adventure indeed. First of all, we went to transfer meeting on Wednesday to take a companionship of walking Elders, since one of them was being transferred. The one that stayed, Elder B from Spanish Fork, got a new companion that NOBODY likes. Why, you might ask? I personally, am one who is adamantly against hypocritical actions and words. And this new Elder, Elder N, is quite the case. I don't know how he got on his mission, because it seems like everything he does is focused on him. President S actually made a comment about how priestcraft is turning the focus from Christ to us, and that by dressing very loudly, with lots of colors and sunglasses and shoes that are weird and belts that are red, we begin to preach priestcraft. Plus he likes to BS a lot of what he says. For example,"They're inventing a car that can fly by putting a magnet on the bottom and reversing the polarity so that it floats." I can see Dad grinning in my mind right now. Then he made several other ungrounded comments that I proceeded to let slide, since they were pretty darn outlandish. SO, back to the story. We went and got burritos for lunch after transfers, got some other errands done, taught a few lessons, and that was about it.

On Thursday, I'm not sure what we did. I've been so tired lately, and I tend to forget a lot of details when I'm tired. All I remember was having some weekly planning, and after that, I can't quite remember. I think that we visited some members that we'd never met before, and they were the second family to be baptized out in Mexicali, which is in the Imperial Valley. They're super nice, and offered to feed us sometime this week.

Friday, we had district meeting, which went quite well. We then got a referral to a family that we hadn't met yet, and gave them a copy of El Libro de Mormon to give to their friends. We talked a bit on the doorstep, since there wasn't a man in the house, and the Sister, Sister B, gave us some PRIME home-made hamburgers. OOOOOHHHH they were SO gooooood. I think I finished mine in less than 2 minutes. I just kinda inhaled the burger...heh. We then went and tried to visit some other members, but they had forgotten our appointment, and we just ended up going home for the night after that.

On Saturday, we went and helped the H family to clean their pool. The pool they have is made out of metal bars set up in a frame, and then a special pool-tarp that makes up the thing that holds the water. We got there, looked inside, and saw the Dead Marshes from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The water level was about three inches, since they drained it. There were piles of leaves, moss, and little wiggling worms that appeared to be mosquito larvae. It was deh-rish-ous, (Delicious). Using buckets, we began scooping the sludge and throwing it out of the pool. Then, as the level went down, we used sponges to clean off the algae on the sides of the pool, and then sprayed it down. Then, using rags, we soaked up the water and squeezed it into buckets, which were then emptied over the side of the pool. We then went to an appointment with F, and had a fantastic lesson on prayer. At the end, he finally, FINALLY, agreed to say the closing prayer, and it was a GOOD one. After that, we spent the day doing some more service with the H by helping them take a bunch of trash to Bro. H's work dumpster. Then we...uh...did something else...dang. I'm blank. Oh well.

Sunday, we had normal church meetings, and our members brought F to church. He really liked it, and said that he liked the gospel principles lesson on fasting. The stake leadership has been making a huge emphasis on the law of the fast, lately. We actually have a dinner for every day of the week, for some miracle or another. How neat is that?! :D Then, after church, we went to the Mission President's fireside in Santee. Only the Spanish-speaking missionaries were invited to sing, so the choir was pretty darn small at the beginning. They then called some English elders to come and help out with the choir. The fireside went well, and afterward, I got to visit with all of the members from Ramona, and I had the night of my life. It made me so happy to be able to see all of those people again. I really have missed them.

 

At the Mission President's Fireside

Yesterday, we...uh...hmmm....OH. Right. We had zone conference from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Needless to say, I was pretty beat last night. Cool thing happened, though. We had the special privilege of watching the "Meet the Mormons" movie early. It releases October 10, and we got to see it yesterday. Dad, you may have to sit REALLY close to Mom for the last of the six segments. She'll probably cry a lot. And all of mah sisters as well. They'll probably be pretty weepy as well. Jus' sayin'. Then we had dinner with a member family, talked a bit about the movie, and finished off the night with teaching a less-active how to tie a tie.

And that's the week. Pretty crazy, huh? Most of the things we did this week weren't even planned. They just kinda happened.

Thank you all so much for writing me and sending me letters. They really do give me a much-needed boost. I hope you all have a great week!

Oh yeah. And I'm SUPER STOKED for General Conference next week. :3

-Love Elder Crook