I'm glad I get to talk to you today. I always look forward to writing home and see how everyone is doing. I'm glad to hear that you're all doing well. I'll try to write as if I'm writing in my journal. So here goes.
This week was kind of slow, we didn't teach too many lessons. But we have a couple of baptisms coming up. Sandy Standly, (who runs a daycare) she's awesome and she's way good with kids. Her kids are very well behaved. We have her scheduled for the 2nd of July. Next is Ray Christian, he has an audio visual disability, (he can't read) he looks like a hippy, he's long red hair and he has an untamed beard. He's pretty cool haha. I like him a lot. We have him scheduled for the 3rd of July.
I like Sonoma, although I like the Napa 2nd ward better. The members were more involved in their callings, and there weren't a whole lot of elderly people. I like where I live though. The house we live in is the middle one. We cleaned it real nice today because our bishop announced that he will be performing inspections of our residence unannounced. That and he's an ex marine. So we made sure the place was spotless.
Elder Bacon was a district leader last transfer. He's still District leader this transfer. As for my companion, I still like him so much more than Elder Bacon. Elder Buchan is far more charitable than Elder Bacon was. It's like a breath of fresh air. And with my companionship with Elder Buchan, my contacting has gotten a lot better. I'm more persistant now. I talk to people until they say "no" about four or five times. That's what president wants us to do. He wants us to get the word out. I'm definitely going out of my comfort zone with Elder Buchan. He's still far better at contacting than I am. But I'm improving.
Saturday we had a dinner at the ward for some scout thing. When they invited all the Eagle scouts to come up and sit in the eagles nest, my companion and the other two elders in my district got up and sat in the nest. It got me thinking a little bit. It made me regret not working hard at getting my eagle, because I can never go back and do it again. It also got me thinking about my mission. If I go home early because I think that I can't do it, or I miss home too much, I'm going to look back in the future and regret coming home early, because I can never go back and do it again. So that experience that I had made me more determined to stick it out. No matter how hard it gets.
I'm studying the Book of Mormon right now. I'm just reading it through...slowly. I'm in Mosiah right now. I just finished Abinadai (sp?) I'm now reading Alma the Elders account. I'm getting so much more out of what I'm reading than what I got out of the first time I read the Book of Mormon. I'm also studying the Christlike attributes found in preach my gospel. That's helping me out a lot. My faith has grown substantially since my first transfer.
Well that is it for now, I hope you enjoy this weeks entry. I love and miss you all. I hope you continue to grow closer together as well as grow closer to your Savior and Heavenly Father. Stay diligent in scripture study and obey his commandments, no matter how hard they are. You will be blessed, I promise you, and he promises you. Again I love you all. Until next week.
