Week 87: Referrals Referrals Referrals

So funny story... a few nights ago I prayed to my Heavenly Father and asked him to help me develop more humility... Well my prayer was answered. I'm getting transferred... to the largest biking area in the mission. Yay!! I'm really sad to leave Pleasanton for real though. It has such a special place in my heart. Just like Del Rio, I feel like I'm leaving home. 

I went on an exchange this week in the San Antonio 1st Ward and played connect 4 with an old man in a nursing home, conducted my first baptismal interview, and had a lesson that President Fitzgerald joined! It was pretty cool. 

On Thursday we got bashed by a guy named Todd. We met with him when I first got to Pleasanton and we were finally able to meet again. When we sat down for the lesson, he went to the other room and came out with a list of "questions". AKA a bash list. So instead of us sharing a message about Jesus Christ he went down his list and criticized everything about our church and the Book of Mormon. He wanted scientific proof for everything and I told him that's not how faith works. He's honestly a nice guy but yeah that wasn't very fun. He really wants to meet again though so wish Elder Scott and his new companion good luck!

Some other super exciting things that happened this week was: 

- Volunteering at the San Antonio foodbank with the district

- Having a family home evening fireside with the Rosa family and their non-member friends (they cook the best food known to man)

- Visiting a member's airfield/museum

- Asking the Johnson boys to write a letter to their mom expressing their desire to be baptized here and now

- Getting so many media referrals. Some of them don't respond to us or they don't remember putting in the request but some of them are cool. We stopped by one of them after dark and it was honestly super freaky cause we had to walk down this long driveway but he let us in! He told us how he was wanting to get closer to God so we ended up telling him about the Book of Mormon and then all of a sudden he changed his mind and decided he didn't want anything to do with us because the Book of Mormon is different than his Bible. We tried explaining how both books support each other but he still didn't want to listen. He then kindly escorted us out of his house. :)

John 14:15 says, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." Recently we have been teaching a lot of our friends the commandments. While pondering how to best help them understand why we need to follow them, this scripture popped into my head. It's short but it's powerful! If we truly love and trust our Savior, then we will do what he commands. Simple as that. My invitation to you is to stop making excuses for why you cannot keep the commandments and think of ways you can accomplish what the Lord has asked you to do. It's possible with His help. 

Love y'all! 

Pics

☆ Leroy

☆ The Jensens

☆ Exchange with Elder Marshall

☆ Quilts with Sister McHorse

☆ The District

☆ Elder Hoyal and I posing on the truck

☆ San Antonio Foodbank

☆ Fabian

☆ The Swaims

☆ Other random pics