Kirkland Week 5

Exchanges with Elder Furness

I can't believe it’s already week 6! This transfer has gone by so fast, and it's almost over! Well, I hope we don't get any big changes, there's a good chance I stay with Elder Jeronimo since this is only his second transfer here. We'll be crossing our fingers!

It was weird knocking doors for something other than the gospel

It's been a great week. A bit different, as we visited three district meetings with the STL's, went on two exchanges, and did a huge service project most of the day on Saturday. It was pretty busy, but pretty fun! Exchanges were awesome, I was able to go with Elder Furness, who came in with me, and who is serving in the Montreal Mandarin area. Sadly, I wasn't able to go to the Chinese area, but we did have one lesson in Chinese nonetheless! It was really weird, but super cool. It was so nice to catch up with Elder Furness, and awesome to see how he's changed since the MTC. I also was able to go on exchanges with Elder Luna, who was in my district my first transfer in Zarahemla. He's going home next week which is sad! It was fun to be with him and catch up though!

Exchanges with Elder Luna

We had a cool little miracle last week. we went to go teach CJ who we've been teaching for quite some time. He plays video games a lot, which frequently distracts him from reading and saying his prayers. When we got to his room, he said through his headset, "Hey guys, I'll be gone for a little bit, the Elders are here." We asked him if he had explained to them who Elders were, and he said, "Oh he knows, he's a member in Idaho." Apparently, CJ had been playing with this member named Joe for years but never mentioned him to us. We asked if Joe would like to join us for the lesson, and he agreed. We then had Joe throughout the whole lesson testify and share his experiences THROUGH the Xbox. It was very interesting! Apparently, he has a goal to get sealed to his wife and two kids (who are active) in the temple, but he hasn't gone to church or read his scriptures in years. Then, since CJ has had troubles reading as well, we made them promise that they would NOT play video games together until they've prayed and read the Book of Mormon, and to check with each other whenever they log on before they start playing. It was a very strange but cool miracle!

Food Drive on Saturday

It's really amazing to see all these miracles; it helps me always remember that this is God's work, and not ours. It really is true!

Well I hope you all have a great week, I love you so much!

Elder James