Another great week down in the books.
Monday we had pday and went and saw the ocean, it was a blast, but all the pictures are on my camera and not my SD card and I don't exactly have a cord for my camera, so you will have to take my word for it. We drove to Oakland that night for exchanges with the AP's.
Woops, gotta go! we will be back at 1!
Finnish Pop Singer and VR Designer yo!
Tuesday I got to go work with Elder Mason. Have I ever said how much I love Elder Mason? He's the best. We taught two or three lessons, I don't really remember, but we committed both of them to get baptized, it was awesome. After that we went to our home once again. Great great day.
Wednesday we had exchanges with the Tagalog Elders, and also interviews with president! I went with Elder Fernandez, and we met one of the less actives named Donnie, and he was a marines officer in Vietnam, he's really cool! After that we had dinner with the cox's and then went and contacted by the lake around the chapel, it was a great night. I am a big fan of Elder Fernandez.
Thursday was service day!! We went to a food bank owned by a member. After that we went to dinner with the Wright's, he's a scientist!! Their family was awesome! That night we went and contacted 3 of our referrals, then we had an awesome lesson with Rick, one of the less actives in our ward.
Friday we weekly planned, and then sat down with President Watkins!! He was the mission President of the Madrid Spain mission, for two and a half hours talking about missionary work. It was incredible. We definitely know what we need to focus on in this ward! We found out there used to be 3 companionship's in the ward, and now there is just us!!! WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO!!! Time to go to work!! We went to dinner with a Finnish pop singer named Jonna Christensen after that. (you should look her up, she has a song called smile she showed us, pretty neat), it was awesome, we talked about our favorite scriptures and talked about how to be better missionaries. Her husband works in silicon valley, and he is way cool.
Saturday was blitz day! we went and worked in the Spanish area first, I got to go with Elder Struve for two hours finding, it was a blast. On the first door this lady flashed us, and when we walked away, Elder Struve was just staring at the ground, and I asked "does that happen often?" and without looking up he said "no...no..." after that we went to eat with the Austin family, and they are SO COOL!! Brother Austin served his mission in Tennessee, and now is the Virtual Reality Designer for Youtube. It is crazy. after that we had another blitz, and me and Elder Tu'ua went to visit a recent convert that moved into our ward last Thursday named Brenden, He is the best, I love him.
Sunday was great. We ate with the Bonin family, and they just made me feel so happy. They were so excited to talk about the gospel and people they have been trying to share the gospel with. Needless to say, they are some of our favorites. Then that night, we went to visit the Pope family to start off our new focus to work through members, and it went SO WELL!!! We just talked with them about their missions and it was awesome, they told us about how they really wanted to be good member missionaries, and that they would like us to hold them accountable, they were so humble, I love them! This week was just awesome.
We were having a hard time figuring out what we need to do here, but after praying for guidance and meeting with President Watkins, we know exactly what the Lord expects of us for the coming week, and we are beyond excited to go work hard and make sure it happens!!! I feel totally FEARLESS!!! I've been totally swallowed up in the joy that comes from serving the Lord!!! I hope you all have a great week filled with opportunities to share the gospel!!
Love,
Elder Tolman
Elder Tolman
Sorry I don't have any pictures this week...
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