The big day arrived, and Sam came home yesterday night. We went straight from the airport to the Stake President's home for his release. We have spent the time since then catching up and adjusting.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Samuel is Home!
The big day arrived, and Sam came home yesterday night. We went straight from the airport to the Stake President's home for his release. We have spent the time since then catching up and adjusting.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail December 22, 2008
Everyone:
It's actually been kind of rainy here this last week, so we've been having to deal with the damp. I can't say that I really mind, though. It's nice to have a change.
As for the week, we tracted and street contacted basically every day this week, so I'll just focus on the other things that happened. On Tuesday we had our Christmas Zone Conference, with our mission pictures and Christmas dinner and everything, so that was pretty fun. Wednesday was just tracting and contacting (in the rain). Thursday was weekly planning, and in the evening we visited the Burkhardt family. We had prayed the week before about families in the ward we should visit, thinking that we would work with them to get some referrals. But lo and behold, we called them and they were all going through some kind of family crisis, so I guess the Lord had a different purpose for us in mind. We ended up talking with the Burkhardts about trials, the Comforter, and trusting in the Lord. Sister Burkhardt's father died over the weekend, so hopefully what we shared is helping.
On Friday evening, we had a Christmas Devotional with President and Sister Blackburn. They talked about gifts we give to Christ. Saturday was just tracting and contacting, and Sunday was, as well, after Church. Today we don't have an activity, so we'll have a lot of time to get ready for the week.
Well, everyone, have a merry Christmas! Remember Who it's about, and think of what He would do.
Elder Samuel Stephens
It's actually been kind of rainy here this last week, so we've been having to deal with the damp. I can't say that I really mind, though. It's nice to have a change.
As for the week, we tracted and street contacted basically every day this week, so I'll just focus on the other things that happened. On Tuesday we had our Christmas Zone Conference, with our mission pictures and Christmas dinner and everything, so that was pretty fun. Wednesday was just tracting and contacting (in the rain). Thursday was weekly planning, and in the evening we visited the Burkhardt family. We had prayed the week before about families in the ward we should visit, thinking that we would work with them to get some referrals. But lo and behold, we called them and they were all going through some kind of family crisis, so I guess the Lord had a different purpose for us in mind. We ended up talking with the Burkhardts about trials, the Comforter, and trusting in the Lord. Sister Burkhardt's father died over the weekend, so hopefully what we shared is helping.
On Friday evening, we had a Christmas Devotional with President and Sister Blackburn. They talked about gifts we give to Christ. Saturday was just tracting and contacting, and Sunday was, as well, after Church. Today we don't have an activity, so we'll have a lot of time to get ready for the week.
Well, everyone, have a merry Christmas! Remember Who it's about, and think of what He would do.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail December 8, 2008
Everyone:
Well, we have transfers on Wednesday. Elder Mijares is leaving, so I'll be with one of the zone leaders tomorrow.
As for the week, starting on Tuesday, we tracted a whole bunch. We decided to do twenty-four hours of contacting for Elder Mijares's last week, so most of our days were pretty much just tracting. On Wednesday we tracted, and then on Thursday we had a car-free day, so we did some street contacting after we planned.
On Friday we had our normal zone meeting, and then Elder Yuill wasn't feeling well, so Elder Mijares went out and worked with Elder Weber while I took care of Elder Yuill. On Saturday, we decided to street contact from our apartment to the beach. We had some decent sucess. When we got back to the apartment, Elder Mijares couldn't find the keys, so we started to backtrack. Oddly enough, though, first I and then Elder Mijares thought we should check our car trunk (we had gotten some cards out of the trunk before we left the apartment), but we didn't go back until Elder Mijares thought to check a picture we took of him at the beach, and he didn't have the keys in the picture (he usually wears his keys on a little belt clip), so we went back and--sure enough--the keys were in the trunk. I kind of wish we'd listened to the prompting sooner, but I guess we had to learn. In the evening we helped out with the Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra Christmas Concert, and that was pretty cool.
On Sunday we knocked Elder Mijares's last doors, we watched the First Presidency Devotional, and we taught Leo.
Well, it's been really weird knowing I'm only six weeks away from what Elder Mijares has been experiencing, but I'm also a bit excited to find out who my companion will be. We'll find out shortly, I guess.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, we have transfers on Wednesday. Elder Mijares is leaving, so I'll be with one of the zone leaders tomorrow.
As for the week, starting on Tuesday, we tracted a whole bunch. We decided to do twenty-four hours of contacting for Elder Mijares's last week, so most of our days were pretty much just tracting. On Wednesday we tracted, and then on Thursday we had a car-free day, so we did some street contacting after we planned.
On Friday we had our normal zone meeting, and then Elder Yuill wasn't feeling well, so Elder Mijares went out and worked with Elder Weber while I took care of Elder Yuill. On Saturday, we decided to street contact from our apartment to the beach. We had some decent sucess. When we got back to the apartment, Elder Mijares couldn't find the keys, so we started to backtrack. Oddly enough, though, first I and then Elder Mijares thought we should check our car trunk (we had gotten some cards out of the trunk before we left the apartment), but we didn't go back until Elder Mijares thought to check a picture we took of him at the beach, and he didn't have the keys in the picture (he usually wears his keys on a little belt clip), so we went back and--sure enough--the keys were in the trunk. I kind of wish we'd listened to the prompting sooner, but I guess we had to learn. In the evening we helped out with the Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra Christmas Concert, and that was pretty cool.
On Sunday we knocked Elder Mijares's last doors, we watched the First Presidency Devotional, and we taught Leo.
Well, it's been really weird knowing I'm only six weeks away from what Elder Mijares has been experiencing, but I'm also a bit excited to find out who my companion will be. We'll find out shortly, I guess.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail December 1, 2008
Everyone:
Well, this has been a pretty quiet week. I'll go ahead and get into the details:
Tuesday of last week we did some street contacting, and while doing so I started to feel really weak. We came back to the apartment and I took my temperature, and it came out at 102.7, so we stayed in the apartment the rest of the day. I was feeling better on Wednesday, though, so we got out and tracted for a bit, and then Elder Yuill called and said he was pretty sick, so I stayed with him while Elder Mijares and Elder Weber did some more tracting. Too bad we couldn't have coordinated and both been sick on the same day, eh? I did appreciate the rest, though--I still wasn't feeling 100% on Wednesday. For that matter, my nose still hasn't cleared up since then. Oh, well.
On Thursday, we did our weekly planning, we went and kept some people in a convalescent home company for a while, and then we had our Thanksgiving dinner. We went with Sister Paris's family. Sister Paris is Samoan, so... there was a lot of food. Not only was there turkey, we also had pork and pot roast. It was really, really good.
On Friday we got back to work with some tracting and street contacting. On Saturday I was on exchanges with Elder Haws in my area, and... you guessed it, more tracting and street contacting. I can't say much of anything exciting happened during all of this.
On Sunday we had our church meetings and tracted and street contacted more.
Well, I think that's pretty much it. I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Stay thankful!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, this has been a pretty quiet week. I'll go ahead and get into the details:
Tuesday of last week we did some street contacting, and while doing so I started to feel really weak. We came back to the apartment and I took my temperature, and it came out at 102.7, so we stayed in the apartment the rest of the day. I was feeling better on Wednesday, though, so we got out and tracted for a bit, and then Elder Yuill called and said he was pretty sick, so I stayed with him while Elder Mijares and Elder Weber did some more tracting. Too bad we couldn't have coordinated and both been sick on the same day, eh? I did appreciate the rest, though--I still wasn't feeling 100% on Wednesday. For that matter, my nose still hasn't cleared up since then. Oh, well.
On Thursday, we did our weekly planning, we went and kept some people in a convalescent home company for a while, and then we had our Thanksgiving dinner. We went with Sister Paris's family. Sister Paris is Samoan, so... there was a lot of food. Not only was there turkey, we also had pork and pot roast. It was really, really good.
On Friday we got back to work with some tracting and street contacting. On Saturday I was on exchanges with Elder Haws in my area, and... you guessed it, more tracting and street contacting. I can't say much of anything exciting happened during all of this.
On Sunday we had our church meetings and tracted and street contacted more.
Well, I think that's pretty much it. I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Stay thankful!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail October 27, 2008
Everyone:
Well, we get transfer calls tomorrow. I can't imagine they'll move either of us, but you never know.
As for our activities this week, on Tuesday we helped Maria Luisa and her sisters with their English, we tracted and street contacted, and we went back to some people who said to come back, but they weren't there. On Wednesday, we street contacted and tracted and taught some good lessons, although we didn't get any return appointments. On Thursday we had our typical weekly planning, we tracted, and Elder Mijares did a baptismal interview.
On Friday I was on companionship exchanges with Elder Stoddard. He actually just arrived in our mission--he was serving in the Torreon Mexico mission (the elder from my MTC district who went there was his zone leader, interestingly enough) but got sick and had to go home for a few weeks, and then he was sent here--so he's still getting used to LA. We street contacted for a while, finally contacted this referral near the beach we've been trying to contact (and he wasn't really interested), and I answered a lot of his questions about the mission here. Which reminds me, I've heard from Elder Bird now. He's doing a lot better, but the missionary department told him it'll be at least six months before he might be able to return to the mission field.
On Saturday, we attended a couple baptisms of people Elder Mijares interviewed, we invited some people to the Ward Trunk or Treat, and then we went to it ourselves and helped clean up afterwards. On Sunday, we attended a couple more baptisms after church, talked with the Eliches, who are a part-member family, and talked some with the Lisseys, who are some of our ward missionaries.
Today we had a zone breakfast with some members that apparently do this for the zone at the end of each transfer.
Well, I can't think of too much else to say right now. The Church is true!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, we get transfer calls tomorrow. I can't imagine they'll move either of us, but you never know.
As for our activities this week, on Tuesday we helped Maria Luisa and her sisters with their English, we tracted and street contacted, and we went back to some people who said to come back, but they weren't there. On Wednesday, we street contacted and tracted and taught some good lessons, although we didn't get any return appointments. On Thursday we had our typical weekly planning, we tracted, and Elder Mijares did a baptismal interview.
On Friday I was on companionship exchanges with Elder Stoddard. He actually just arrived in our mission--he was serving in the Torreon Mexico mission (the elder from my MTC district who went there was his zone leader, interestingly enough) but got sick and had to go home for a few weeks, and then he was sent here--so he's still getting used to LA. We street contacted for a while, finally contacted this referral near the beach we've been trying to contact (and he wasn't really interested), and I answered a lot of his questions about the mission here. Which reminds me, I've heard from Elder Bird now. He's doing a lot better, but the missionary department told him it'll be at least six months before he might be able to return to the mission field.
On Saturday, we attended a couple baptisms of people Elder Mijares interviewed, we invited some people to the Ward Trunk or Treat, and then we went to it ourselves and helped clean up afterwards. On Sunday, we attended a couple more baptisms after church, talked with the Eliches, who are a part-member family, and talked some with the Lisseys, who are some of our ward missionaries.
Today we had a zone breakfast with some members that apparently do this for the zone at the end of each transfer.
Well, I can't think of too much else to say right now. The Church is true!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail October 8, 2008
Everyone:
Well, as is obvious by now, we went to the temple today, so that's why I'm e-mailing today rather than on Monday. But, to bring you up to that point:
On Tuesday of last week, we tracted for a while, worked on inviting some part-member families to come to church, and we taught David Lindsey, who is a less-active. I have a feeling he's not really going to go anywhere--just the kind of guy who's nice and likes visits but doesn't really want to change his lifestyle.
On Wednesday of last week, we tracted for a while, and again tried to contact some part-member families and less-actives. On Thursday we had our normal weekly planning, tracted, and... yep, tried to contact more people. On Friday, I was on companionship exchanges with Elder Hoffman (since my companion, Elder Mijares, is a district leader, I'll be going on exchanges several times this transfer). We had district meeting, tracted, and taught David again.
On Saturday, we watched General Conference in the Palos Verdes Stake Center. In between sessions we tracted a bit. On Sunday we watched the rest of conference, tracted, and tried to contact a couple of referrals down near the beach that we got recently.
On Monday, we tracted and tried to contact all those people again. While tracting, we actually taught a lesson in Spanish (which is rare in this area) to two sisters named Maria Luisa and Beatrice. Hopefully they'll be good investigators. On Tuesday we didn't have as much luck tracting, but we did have interviews with the mission president in the morning, and in the evening we talked with the Reeds, who are a part-member family that seem like they could be good.
Well, I think that's everything. Keep Conference in mind--it was really good. Hope everyone took notes!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, as is obvious by now, we went to the temple today, so that's why I'm e-mailing today rather than on Monday. But, to bring you up to that point:
On Tuesday of last week, we tracted for a while, worked on inviting some part-member families to come to church, and we taught David Lindsey, who is a less-active. I have a feeling he's not really going to go anywhere--just the kind of guy who's nice and likes visits but doesn't really want to change his lifestyle.
On Wednesday of last week, we tracted for a while, and again tried to contact some part-member families and less-actives. On Thursday we had our normal weekly planning, tracted, and... yep, tried to contact more people. On Friday, I was on companionship exchanges with Elder Hoffman (since my companion, Elder Mijares, is a district leader, I'll be going on exchanges several times this transfer). We had district meeting, tracted, and taught David again.
On Saturday, we watched General Conference in the Palos Verdes Stake Center. In between sessions we tracted a bit. On Sunday we watched the rest of conference, tracted, and tried to contact a couple of referrals down near the beach that we got recently.
On Monday, we tracted and tried to contact all those people again. While tracting, we actually taught a lesson in Spanish (which is rare in this area) to two sisters named Maria Luisa and Beatrice. Hopefully they'll be good investigators. On Tuesday we didn't have as much luck tracting, but we did have interviews with the mission president in the morning, and in the evening we talked with the Reeds, who are a part-member family that seem like they could be good.
Well, I think that's everything. Keep Conference in mind--it was really good. Hope everyone took notes!
Elder Samuel Stephens
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail June 30, 2008
Everyone:
Well, we had transfers on Wednesday. I'm back to just covering Downey 1st with one companion. His name is Elder Bird, and he's from Orem, Utah. I've been joking around a bit with him about how I'll just go over from BYU and pester him after the mission.
As for our week, Tuesday was a very strange day. Elder Chadwick and Elder Gathro were helping with moving everything out of Elder Gathro's old apartment because they were closing it (Elder Gathro is in a different apartment now, but still covers Bell Gardens). While they did that, I was with Elder Otis and Elder Roark, the bike Elders in our district. Fortunately I had the car, which they appreciated greatly, so I didn't have to try to keep up with their bikes on foot. In the evening we made preparations for transfers. Elder Chadwick went over to the Inglewood/Hawthorne area (If you want to know where that is, a map is probably better than any discription I could attempt).
Wednesday was spent in getting several different elders settled into their new companionships. We also tracted for a bit and had our normal correlation meeting.
On Thursday we had weekly planning, we tracted, and we stopped by a couple members and less-actives to introduce Elder Bird. On Friday we had our zone meeting, we helped some neighbors of our district leader (who lives in our area) move apartments, and we gave a blessing to the non-member friend of one of the members of the ward because she was in the hospital after falling down and breaking some bones. That was an interesting experience, especially given how thankful she was for us coming over. We also visited Lir because she had been ill.
On Saturday we decided to try a bit of an experiment by walking to all of the places we wanted to go and talking to people in the street on the way. Elder Bird ended up with some blisters on his feet, so we decided against doing quite so much walking in the future. We did, however, do some tracting and teach Rosie (who is still doing great).
On Sunday, we introduced the revised Downey 1st Ward Mission Plan during the 5th Sunday combined Priesthood/Relief Society meeting, tracted, and had dinner with the Bishop, which ended up turning into a conversation about people we might be able to visit.
Well, I believe that's everything. Elder Bird and I get along very well (he's another fantasy/sci fi guy, so I may actually drop by his house after we get back home. Mariana would be interested to know that he also likes to draw.), and we're hoping to be able to do some good here.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, we had transfers on Wednesday. I'm back to just covering Downey 1st with one companion. His name is Elder Bird, and he's from Orem, Utah. I've been joking around a bit with him about how I'll just go over from BYU and pester him after the mission.
As for our week, Tuesday was a very strange day. Elder Chadwick and Elder Gathro were helping with moving everything out of Elder Gathro's old apartment because they were closing it (Elder Gathro is in a different apartment now, but still covers Bell Gardens). While they did that, I was with Elder Otis and Elder Roark, the bike Elders in our district. Fortunately I had the car, which they appreciated greatly, so I didn't have to try to keep up with their bikes on foot. In the evening we made preparations for transfers. Elder Chadwick went over to the Inglewood/Hawthorne area (If you want to know where that is, a map is probably better than any discription I could attempt).
Wednesday was spent in getting several different elders settled into their new companionships. We also tracted for a bit and had our normal correlation meeting.
On Thursday we had weekly planning, we tracted, and we stopped by a couple members and less-actives to introduce Elder Bird. On Friday we had our zone meeting, we helped some neighbors of our district leader (who lives in our area) move apartments, and we gave a blessing to the non-member friend of one of the members of the ward because she was in the hospital after falling down and breaking some bones. That was an interesting experience, especially given how thankful she was for us coming over. We also visited Lir because she had been ill.
On Saturday we decided to try a bit of an experiment by walking to all of the places we wanted to go and talking to people in the street on the way. Elder Bird ended up with some blisters on his feet, so we decided against doing quite so much walking in the future. We did, however, do some tracting and teach Rosie (who is still doing great).
On Sunday, we introduced the revised Downey 1st Ward Mission Plan during the 5th Sunday combined Priesthood/Relief Society meeting, tracted, and had dinner with the Bishop, which ended up turning into a conversation about people we might be able to visit.
Well, I believe that's everything. Elder Bird and I get along very well (he's another fantasy/sci fi guy, so I may actually drop by his house after we get back home. Mariana would be interested to know that he also likes to draw.), and we're hoping to be able to do some good here.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Samuel's Mission E-mail June 23, 2008
Everyone:
Well, transfers are this Wednesday, so we'll have to see what happens. I don't have my planner with me right now, so I'll have to see how much of what we did last week I remember.
Tuesday, we tracted for a while and we had our English class. On Wednesday, we had our correlation meetings with our wards. We've been revising the Downey 1st ward mission plan to include more specific, measurable actions. That's so important to have in a ward mission plan--if it's not specific and measurable, there's a 90% chance nothing at all will be done about it. It also needs to include things that the general membership will do, and not just the ward as a whole.
On Thursday we had our weekly planning, as usual. On Friday we had zone meeting and we taught Rosie one of the recent convert lessons. She's doing really well, despite the distrust her father has for the church. He was apparently baptized at some point but is rather disaffected with it right now. Apparently he believes someone is making a profit off of it.
On Saturday we did some service for the Taylors, as well as visiting several other members as part of a program we're doing to make a ward directory for the missionaries that will help with missionary work. On Sunday, Elder Chadwick and I taught the Downey 1st priest's quorum. We also did some tracting with one of the youth in Bell Gardens.
Well, I think that's it. I don't think anything else major happened last week. Today we had our zone "Olympic Games", which were fun.
Elder Samuel Stephens
...The time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream...
Jacob 7:26
Well, transfers are this Wednesday, so we'll have to see what happens. I don't have my planner with me right now, so I'll have to see how much of what we did last week I remember.
Tuesday, we tracted for a while and we had our English class. On Wednesday, we had our correlation meetings with our wards. We've been revising the Downey 1st ward mission plan to include more specific, measurable actions. That's so important to have in a ward mission plan--if it's not specific and measurable, there's a 90% chance nothing at all will be done about it. It also needs to include things that the general membership will do, and not just the ward as a whole.
On Thursday we had our weekly planning, as usual. On Friday we had zone meeting and we taught Rosie one of the recent convert lessons. She's doing really well, despite the distrust her father has for the church. He was apparently baptized at some point but is rather disaffected with it right now. Apparently he believes someone is making a profit off of it.
On Saturday we did some service for the Taylors, as well as visiting several other members as part of a program we're doing to make a ward directory for the missionaries that will help with missionary work. On Sunday, Elder Chadwick and I taught the Downey 1st priest's quorum. We also did some tracting with one of the youth in Bell Gardens.
Well, I think that's it. I don't think anything else major happened last week. Today we had our zone "Olympic Games", which were fun.
Elder Samuel Stephens
...The time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream...
Jacob 7:26
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Samuel's Mission E-mail June 16, 2008
Everyone:
Well, this is the last full week of the transfer, so we'll have to see what happens with our trio and areas Wednesday of next week. As for this last week:
On Tuesday, we tracted for a good while, met this interesting less-active guy in Bell Gardens named Adolfo, and visited a couple of other people. On Wednesday, we had splits, so Elder Roark was here with Elder Chadwick and I. We helped one of the Bell Gardens ward members get ready to paint her house, we tracted some more, we visited Jose Cabrera, and had our correlation meetings in the evening.
On Thursday, we had weekly planning, we visited Cynthia, a Downey 1st ward less-active, and some other people. On Friday, we had our district meeting, tracted a bit, and visited a few people.
On Saturday we were on splits with Elder Otis. In the morning we did some tracting, and then later on we worked on some posters for our English class. We also had dinner with Rosie in her house and got to meet her father. He seemed like a good guy. He never admitted to us that he's a member, though.
On Sunday, Elder Chadwick and I taught the Downey 1st ward relief society. We tracted some in the afternoon, and we taught the Taylors more of the new member lessons.
Today we don't really have much going on.
Elder Samuel Stephens
...The time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream...
Jacob 7:26
Well, this is the last full week of the transfer, so we'll have to see what happens with our trio and areas Wednesday of next week. As for this last week:
On Tuesday, we tracted for a good while, met this interesting less-active guy in Bell Gardens named Adolfo, and visited a couple of other people. On Wednesday, we had splits, so Elder Roark was here with Elder Chadwick and I. We helped one of the Bell Gardens ward members get ready to paint her house, we tracted some more, we visited Jose Cabrera, and had our correlation meetings in the evening.
On Thursday, we had weekly planning, we visited Cynthia, a Downey 1st ward less-active, and some other people. On Friday, we had our district meeting, tracted a bit, and visited a few people.
On Saturday we were on splits with Elder Otis. In the morning we did some tracting, and then later on we worked on some posters for our English class. We also had dinner with Rosie in her house and got to meet her father. He seemed like a good guy. He never admitted to us that he's a member, though.
On Sunday, Elder Chadwick and I taught the Downey 1st ward relief society. We tracted some in the afternoon, and we taught the Taylors more of the new member lessons.
Today we don't really have much going on.
Elder Samuel Stephens
...The time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream...
Jacob 7:26
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Samuel's Mission e-mail May 12, 2008
Everyone:
Well, this transfer is just about over. Probably both Elder Chadwick and I will stay here, but you never know...
Anyways, starting with last Tuesday, we did some tracting, street contacting, and contacting less-actives, like we usually do (and I think we did that every day this week, so I won't mention it for the rest of the week), and we also visited Feliz and Fidel Cabrera. Feliz is a member in one of the Spanish wards here, and Fidel is her husband who is not currently a member, so we talked with him for a while.
On Wednesday, in addition to the usual we did our service at the care home. On Thursday we planned, and on Friday we had our district meeting.
On Saturday, we went to a ward member's funeral, and then we had a lesson with Rosie. She feels good about June 1st as her baptismal date, and is still progressing very well.
On Sunday we had church, and since it was Mother's Day we got to call home! And then today, a member in Palos Verdes who has a very large house with an indoor bowling alley and so forth invited our zone over for our preparation day activity.
Elder Samuel Stephens
Well, this transfer is just about over. Probably both Elder Chadwick and I will stay here, but you never know...
Anyways, starting with last Tuesday, we did some tracting, street contacting, and contacting less-actives, like we usually do (and I think we did that every day this week, so I won't mention it for the rest of the week), and we also visited Feliz and Fidel Cabrera. Feliz is a member in one of the Spanish wards here, and Fidel is her husband who is not currently a member, so we talked with him for a while.
On Wednesday, in addition to the usual we did our service at the care home. On Thursday we planned, and on Friday we had our district meeting.
On Saturday, we went to a ward member's funeral, and then we had a lesson with Rosie. She feels good about June 1st as her baptismal date, and is still progressing very well.
On Sunday we had church, and since it was Mother's Day we got to call home! And then today, a member in Palos Verdes who has a very large house with an indoor bowling alley and so forth invited our zone over for our preparation day activity.
Elder Samuel Stephens
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