Monday night we had family home evening with our branch members, it was so fun!! There was a ton of food and people that speak Khmer, so we had a great time!!!
Tuesday we had an exchange with our zone leaders and it was a blast!! I went over to the Walnut Creek Young Single Adult ward with Elder J, and he is fantastic, he lives in Kalispell Montana, so I will be able to still do the trip I was planning with my friends and we'll stay at his house!! Ha ha! Elder J is awesome, I love him!! We went to go contacting at DVC, which is a college, and I got 26 contacts in 20 minutes, and six of them are investigators now for Elder J, and his comp, I loved it!! The spirit was so strong the whole time, and people wanted to talk to me, it was so different from Oakland!! We got to go to a couple district meetings and eat dinner, then we went to teach a progressing investigator named A, it was super fun! Right after that exchange, I went back to Oakland with Elder K for another exchange!
Wednesday we went and contacted a ton of previous investigators and less actives. We got so much done, and we ended up having three lessons that day!! And got a new investigator!! She hasn't let us into her house again, but we will keep trying! It was really weird, she like set up another appointment and stuff and asked for a book of Mormon but she won't get back to us.
Thursday we got to go do service with some of the Spanish Elders at the Salvation Army by our apartment, and they gave us like three boxes of food!! It was awesome! The catch was it all expired like two days after, so we just had to eat crazy fast and eat a ton! It was tons of fun! Later we got in contact with some less actives that other Elders have never met before, we were pretty excited! We also had a lesson with P again, and committed him to be baptized November 1st!!! We are working really hard with him right now. Elders have been meeting with him for a long time, so hopefully it works out this time!
Friday was pretty rough, we had all of our lessons and backups fall through right before they happened. We didn't get any good contacts either because we were driving pretty far for our lessons, so we weren't out walking around much. Saturday Conference started!! I loved Preident Uchtdorfs talk so much. Holy cow, Simplify the Gospel!!! And then Elder Holland was amazing. Moms are the absolute greatest and I love my mom a ton. That second session we watched at a members house his name is S R . He's awesome, and he loves missionaries a ton! And his wife is a crazy good cook. It was super fun. Sunday we got to go see conference once again!! My favorite talk was Elder Bednar talking about God's Prophets. I love hearing the testimonies of prophets, and it sounds dark, but especially their last ones. They finalize everything they have stood for in one last powerful statement, and it always has an undeniable power to it. Nephi's is one of my favorites. I love the prophets we've been blessed with, and I have a knowledge and a testimony that they do speak for God, and the things they teach will change our lives if we apply and live them!!!
I love the gospel and I love my Savior!!!
I want everyone to know that my mission is the hardest thing I have ever done, but I have never learned so much in such a small amount of time. God is helping me, and I was able to see that especially this week. Every day, we have small instances where we happen to go somewhere to find some one that didn't end up being home, then we find some one else who is willing and eager to learn about the Gospel. This last week was hard for us, but one of my teachers in the MTC said something along these lines: "When things are really hard, it just means a miracle is coming." There are miracles coming in the Oakland/San Francisco mission, and I'm ready to help God make them happen!!! The Church is true! Don't ever doubt Gods love!!! I love you all!!!
Elder Cameron Tolman
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