"But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth."
-Doctrine and Covenants 93:40
Elder Pugmire and I received a call from President Browning last Saturday... We will be training a new missionary as a trio! It'll be interesting, Elder Pug got his visa to go to Mexico for his mission in Torreon. He will be staying here for a little longer but exactly how long we don't know. So technically I'm a grandpa, because my "son" I've been training, Elder Pugmire, will be training with me. We are both super excited! Our new missionary will be the most loved kid in this mission, haha.
Our work has been going well. We had a super cool experience the other day. It was raining real hard, and we are on bikes this week, so we got drenched. We went to the family history center (which is about a 15 minute bike ride) to fill out some paper work for Elder Pugs he needed for his return to Mexico. After we arrive, we sit down, and then realize that Elder P forgot some information he needed at our apartment. As we were leaving to head back to our apartment this older woman and her friend asked us if they could take our seats because they wanted to be next to each other. She was very nice, she is a member in a different ward. We talked with her for a little but then went on our way. Before heading back to our apartment we decided to wait-out the rain in the parking lot and make some calls to our Ward, set up lessons etc. After making some calls and trying to build on our work for the coming week, we decided to ride our bikes to In-n-Out burger; we didn't have a dinner scheduled that night, (they canceled on us). The rain didn't stop, but we're hungry and we needed to get going anyway, so we ride our bikes, arrive dripping wet and go inside and little be known... the same lady and her friend we met earlier were sitting inside having dinner! They paid for our dinner (members are always so nice) and we ate together. As we talked with them we found out that they are both converts to the church. One of the ladies has a son who less active, that married a non-member and his kids are not baptized. We had a great conversation, got to know them better and found out her son is actually in our Ward boundaries! So we will be visiting them next week, hoping to put on a "good look" for the church and build a relationship with them. Such a cool experience that wouldn't have happened without rain and a couple mishaps. 😇
I'll send some pictures of the past week, including our drenched faces from the rain. Love everyone!
Elder West
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