Hello Everyone!
Today the rains came and it's starting to look a lot like fall (or
so I hear). It also looks a lot like Chicago in the spring when it
rains a lot. The best part is it's cooling down as well.
It's been hot since I got to Sacramento in April and at long last I'm
stuck in colder weather.
The week started out interesting without a car. We finally got
back down to Elk Grove from Fair Oaks at about 7 in the evening. The
other Spanish missionaries dropped us off at our dinner and then we had a
good lesson afterwards. We left the lesson at about 9:10 and began the
walk home. Our lesson was near the north border of our area and we live
outside our area about in the middle but on the west side. We arrived
at our doorstep at 11:00 pm which wasn't too good because we're supposed
to be home by 9:30 and in bed by 10:30. The next day we didn't do too
much teaching because we were walking most of the day. It was pretty
hot too. I enjoyed being outside the whole day but I would have enjoyed
doing more missionary work instead. Luckily, after we had walked about
2 miles an investigator happened to drive by and
he turned around, picked us up, and took us to our first appointment
which was another few miles away. We taught a lesson to the Lopez
family that they really liked. One of the girls when we were bearing
our testimonies asked "what would happen if I 'knew,' like you guys do
that these things were true?" It was the perfect question and we talked
to her about the last paragraph of the introduction to the Book of
Mormon and what that knowledge would lead her to do. Unfortunately we
had to get out of there quickly because we were in the corner of our area,
it was already 9:30, and the Hmong missionaries that we live with were
waiting for us to give us a ride home (we didn't want to come home after
11pm again).
We got the Lopez family to come play soccer with us on Thursday
night and it was a lot of fun. The two older girls didn't move too much
while they played but their 12 year old brother really liked it.
Stephanie, the 10 year old didn't like it very much because she's really
shy. I told her that next week I would put on a really cool half time
show with dancing, music, and lots of flashing lights to make it more
interesting. I also told her I would bring her food and she was excited
about that. So sometime this week I will have to figure out a half
time show where I can make people laugh by making a fool of myself while
also obeying all the missionary rules. It will be interesting for
sure.
On Saturday we helped out a recent convert by washing, waxing, and
cleaning out his new (old '89 Toyota) car. It was great. We also
helped fix some roofing on his shed in the back which was good because
it's going to be raining a lot this week. That evening we went up to do
a temple tour for Racquelle that also went very well. The temple is always
beautiful but it was great to see it when the sun was setting and at night
with all the lights on. We also met a really cool guy in his late 50s
that served his mission in Central America. He spoke Spanish really
well still and was a really funny guy. He told us he has a daughter
that is serving a mission in Latvia that I probably met once or twice
because she came to the MTC two weeks after I did, was learning a
language that the only taught on the floor above mine, and was in the
MTC Choir that went to conference. The spirit is slowly putting up a
veil of forgetfulness on my mind of anything that happened before I got
to Sacramento but it was cool to see how small the world is.
The Elk Grove Stake had stake conference yesterday and it was
really good. It's hard to get investigators there but I learned a lot
so it was great. We found some new Spanish families that go to English
wards but want to invite us over to eat and are also willing to go to
lessons with us which is really cool. We also got to spend the rest of
the day in Wilton afterwards. We had a really good time eating
dinner with Bishop Almendariz and his wife and then looking for Spanish
people out in the rich area of Wilton. We actually found a lot of
really cool people that are Spanish speakers that we'll be going back to
find in the future.
This transfer is ending kind of slowly and there have
been a few problems here but I'm trying my best to work on my
patience. The hardest part is that I have to be loyal to my companion
even when he's wrong, and it's getting us into problems with our zone
leaders and the assistants. Luckily everyone knows that I'm trying my
best to cooperate and be a good influence. This last week is going to be long but I will get through it and
be a lot better off afterwards.
I love you all and hope all is well!
Les Quiero!
-Elder Gaskill
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