Monday, September 28, 2009

A few days ago on Friday we went to home for the night and saw that two of our tires were completely flat. At first we thought our tires were slashed. But then we realized that we just ran over some screws. It was late but the other Elders in our apartment both knew how to work on cars. They were kind of excited to stay out and work on the car a little. We just put on the spare and put air in the tire so it could get to Pep Boys. They just pluged the tires so it wasn't that expensive.

We had 4 investigators at church. They told me 5 minutes before the Gospel Doctrines class that I would be teaching. But the class was really small so I didn't feel intimidated.

We are cycling through a lot of investigators-- picking up and dropping a lot of people. It's like we are getting a lot of work done and going nowhere at the same time. But we are pretty busy so that's good.

Thats all,
Elder Meiners

Monday, September 21, 2009

This week was pretty good. We had stake conference so not that many investigators came to church on Sunday (because it was English) but next week should be better. We have a lot of investigators but they are all at the make or break point. Either they are going to be really good and progress or fall off. Which makes it really easy to work hard, because there is a lot to do.

We play softball every week with old people. Last week I was four for four, and this week three for three. Maybe next week they won't put me on the bottom of the lineup. It's pretty easy because they are all like 60 years old and the holes in the field are pretty big. Somehow we've still lost both weeks.

love,
Elder Meiners

Monday, September 14, 2009

We just had a baptism on Saturday, that was exciting. There is a less active father and the wife was just baptized. The kids haven't been baptized but they've been coming to the first hour of church. There were 3 investigators at church. And various others that didn't come. There is a lot of potential here and there are so many Spanish people here.

Everyone talks down Hemet. But they are crazy. There is so much that's about to happen here. Its pretty exciting.

Elder Bustillos is Mexican, but he lived in Utah. He doesn't know where in Mexico he's originally from because his dad is adopted. I am as Mexican now as I'll ever be. It's the end of the summer and I'm pretty dark. In the past week there have been two bilingual people who after I spoke spanish to them asked me if I spoke English too. Another person said I looked full Mexican (but I really don't). So I guess I'm doing a good job of blending in with the culture.
Thats all.

Love,
Elder Meiners

Monday, September 7, 2009

I was talking to another missionary when I saw him at a temple trip. He said "Its on fire in Hemet right now." I asked "Oh how hot is it? like 115 degrees", "No, its literally on fire". That's where I am now-- in Hemet. I hear its really hot, but how hot can it get in September? I am now with another spanish companion Elder Bustillos. So this area should be really good. It's really spanish. Im excited to make things happen here.Not much to report other than transfers.LoveElder Meiners