Monday was great, we just went out and worked hard and finished stake reports. Lots of fun.
Tuesday we had transfers, and that took forever because everyone was late, so we got back home at like 1 o'clock, then did personal study, then met with bishop, went tracting, ate dinner with sister Kaho, and then went and presented the Stake Report, it was funny, because Elder Santos just sat there the whole time, and the Stake President was like "Elder what exactly are you doing here?" and he said "you know President I don't know".
Wednesday was good too, we started personal study, then president called and told us that he was going to be transferring Elder Santos to Castro Valley, because a missionary somewhere else was going home unexpectedly, so he had to make some changes. Short and sweet. we finished studies and then went to service. After service we went out to eat with the TARBUTTONS!! They were in Union City on their way back to San Mateo, and Brother Tarbutton had wanted to take Elder Santos out to eat for the last two year, because he met him in Hong Kong, so I called him and told him we didn't have dinner, and that Elder Santos was with us, it was really cool. I love the Tarbuttons. after that we tried to contact a referral to no avail... we went street contacting after that since there were three of us, so we could talk to tons more people. It was really fun, I met some nice, uninterested folks. That night we went and met with James and Geraldine, it was nice to sit down with them, we are allowed to go to the temple with them now for baptisms, so that will be fun.
Thursday was ridiculous. We drove to Oakland to drop off elder Santos, and believe it or not people were late again, so that took a bit, but we made it out in a little under and hour. after that we went home and studied, then went to Elder Gomez's follow-up appointment in concord, which was a huge waste of time, so we were gone all afternoon and were late to dinner, but luckily dinner was great, we ate with the Barbers. I don't remember the rest of the day...
Friday Elder Gomez hurt his back working out, and the mission doctor told him to rest, so I weekly planned by myself and cleaned. boo.
Saturday we gave a presentation to the 50 some Filipino's that came to the 8 year old baptism on Saturday, it was really fun, they gave us a ton of food. Then we had district meeting, then we ate with Maria and Horacio, our investigator! It was really fun, he is a retired professional Chef, and he read Five chapters of 3 Nephi between visits, we only asked for one! It was awesome. after that we went and taught Mae and Ella a lesson, they're some recent converts in our ward, they're these two older sassy black ladies that are really fun, I enjoy visiting them.
Sunday was cool, Gabriel came to church, we set and appointment to meet with his whole family on Tuesday, so if he cancels we will meet with the rest of them still! Cool. Other than that, nothing huge happened, Elder Gomez rested for a bit and then we went out and worked the rest of the day!
I am very satisfied with my work right now, I see the blessings from the Lord on a daily basis for the diligent work I am putting out, I love it. I love being tired every day, I love feeling nervous going and talking to people, I love testifying about the Lord and his church, I don't do anything that I don't enjoy, it's wonderful. Five more weeks of it, I'm very blessed
Love,
Elder Tolman
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