Dear Family,
To answer mom's questions no, I am not training, I am Elder Fainga'anuku's second companion. We weren't doubled into the area, he just doesn't know enough about it since he had to learn English and is so new. He is from Tonga by the way. A homeshare is where we live in a member's home. We actually will be moving to another member's home in Canyon Lake this Thursday, which makes things very complicated because of the the Property Owner's Association makes it so confusing to get passes to enter Canyon Lake. The Missionary Preperation class I mentioned is basically just a member of the bishopric teaching anyone who is planning on going on a mission about Preach My Gospel and trying to prepare them to serve the Lord. The teacher has asked that we go, so that we can share our experience with Preach My Gospel.
Anyways, this week was interesting. A missionary, named Elder Dice, that left from Menifee to Ontario had to come home because he had gallstones. So he has been coming out with us frequently because he is staying with a family that lives in the Canyon Lake ward. He was Mike Richards companion right before he came home. Small world. I feel bad for him because so many of his friends want to hang out with him, but he can't, it has to be a very strange and awkward experience.
Thank you so much for the ties. A few people have asked why I have ties with giraffes or zebras on them, so they are noticed! This week has been pretty crazy, but mostly just visiting part member families.
Unfortunately there was not much of a teaching pool, except for "eternal" investigators, so we are diing a lot of finding. There are over 80 part member families in this area The only problem is so many of them have been pushed by overzealous missionaries too many times in the past. Oh well, the work goes on. It is definitely a different area than my last area, and is very large. We only get 36 miles a day, which makes it really tough to cover it all, especially when we live on the edge of it. I am in Mosiah, I think chapter 16, I have no idea where we are supposed to be, but I am pretty sure that is ahead. I am getting so much out of it, this will be my sixth time I think on my mission reading it, and I am getting way more than the last times. Anyways, that is all for this week, I hope everything is going well.
Love, Timothy
Posted by jeff at September 12, 2005 09:38 PM