TUESDAY - District meeting, its so good to see Elder Witbeck
again. We had a great meeting and after we headed down to Genghis Grill
and ate with them. Heard some Linkin Park for the first time in a year,
way crazy. We ate and then we decided because they just opened up
Marshall we would drive down there with them and help them out, so I got
to go tracting with my MTC companion, I love Elder Witbeck, he is the
bomb! We taught one lesson and one door we knocked they didn't answer and
there was a skateboard in the lawn and after what 3 years without
stepping on a board or at least 2, I landed a kick-flip first try hahaha, I don't think Elder Witbeck expected it. We ended before five and met up
and headed back so we could go to dinner with the Whitmans. Way good
dinner, love the Whitmans. She is a great cook and person. Then we hit
the trailers and did some knocking and got in the first door we knocked
and had some Sopes which are really good flower things with beans and
salsa and stuff, taught a lesson to this family and then headed home.
Got a letter from BFOS, with the map of his mission, man I was just
freaking out. I'm so happy for the guy.
WEDNESDAY - HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!!!!!! :) hope you had a
good one. We were working on the Stake presidents report and then we
walked to Marlenes to have a lesson, about an hour and a half walk. We
got there and she said she will not commit to baptism... it was heart
breaking. Things were going so well with her and now it just fell off a
cliff.
We started our journey back and the other elders drove by and gave
us a ride. We ran to the Mexican market to get some stuff for salsa and
then came back and made it for the Sadlers. We had dinner after that and
we went to the Flores family and they gave us so much food, 6 tostadas
and a HUGE bowl of ice cream, I was about to blow after. We went to the
church and had a lesson with the Sadlers about the Holy Ghost and had
them all take a turn being blind folded and had one person be the Holy
Ghost and the rest be other voices and the person had to follow the
right one. It was a lot of fun. After we went to the Hendersons and she
gave us these little red peppers to try and they tore us up!! We were
sweating and crying and my stomach hurt for the next 3 days from that
little devil. Elder Rouse decides after to make a salsa with like 50 of
them!!!! I haven't touched it. We got our car washed and then headed home
cause we cant really do much. People are out drunk and crazy.
THURSDAY - Stake president report till 2 in the afternoon,
gunclick bang!!! We wanted to get out and work but this thing takes
forever! We got a call from Lois and she wants to be baptized so that's
really good. We had dinner with the Johnstons and had food from Peru.
Super good! We then went out with Brother Sellers for the night,
visiting people and such. Not a whole lot of luck but yeah, not a lot
today due to planning and to numbers at night.
FRIDAY - Today was looking good, we had 6 set appointments. We
had one at 12 with Curtis who canceled. Then we went and knocked some
really ghetto ghetto ghetto trailers. The first one we knocked? 9 dogs
came out from the deck! It was crazy, we had an early dinner due to all
the appointments. We had one appointment in that trailer park with a
Latissia girl and she just did not get what we were explaining! Gotta
love everyone though :) and we do! We then ran to another trailer park
across the map to visit a Javier and his non member wife. Way good
lesson. Keona canceled and we didn't have someone with us to go to the
Sadlers so we had to cancel. We had Whataburger, my first time and it
was pretty good! Then the rain and lightning came like crazy!!! Love it
out here I'm like a little kid at a toy store, just Ooos and ahhhs coming
from my mouth every second and a big smile on my face! We came back and
hit the camas.
SATURDAY - Studies and off to the church to meet up with Lois
who... didn't show up.... We had Andy Loy with us and we ended up taking
him with us (19 year old preparing for a mission) to the trailer park
with us to tract and we had two lessons but all in Spanish so we decided
to leave so he could be a part of the lesson, We dropped him off before
going to dinner with the Whitmans again. We had stuffed peppers which
were really good and I shared my mission story and why I was out and
what drove me and about my family and stuff. I love sharing that cause
it helps me remember why I'm out here and who is supporting me. LOVE YOU
FAMILY! :) We then went to the Huertas to stop by, remind them about
church and then went to Josh Chubs to start a fast with him for fast
Sunday and to help him. We headed back after that and we talked about
something called Standards of Excellence and how we wanted to get it and
we were close. Our bodies soon took over and said SLEEP!
SUNDAY - What a day... So nuts, we went to the Spanish branch and
no one came and we need at least 3 in church for the standards of
excellence and then we went to English ward and no one. We didn't get it.
We worked so hard though and I'm super happy. We did have 3 confirmations though, I confirmed Sadie Sadler and Julien also got the
Priestood. Way good day in church. Lois came for a little bit which was
nice. We headed to dinner and had pasta! SO GOOD! home made ice cream on
top of that. We came back and got Andy Loy and went to the Sadlers and
talked about Temple work and the Priestood and then gave Sister Sadler a
blessing. Nuts, 5 ordinances I participated in today. It was really
good and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. We went and got numbers
after that and went to bed quickly after getting home at 10:30. Well I
just want to thank you all for following and reading up on my blog, I
love you and I love this church. I know its true and that living by its
precepts brings more blessings than anything else on this earth. Love
your best buddie,
Elder Aaron Jackson
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