Hey Family!
Well I am here on the Peninsula! The new area is different, but I love it. So, me and my companion Elder Anderson (from Alberta Canada) cover 2 wards. We cover the north part of the South San Francisco Family Ward, and also the San Francisco Singles Ward. The part of the South City ward, covers the very bottom part of San Francisco, and the Singles Ward covers the whole Peninsula! (including downtown) So our area is huge! We live in South San Francisco (which is a totally different city than San Francisco). The city is pretty crazy. Most of the time we are working in our family ward area, but we go downtown every once in a while. The first time I went downtown, it was crazy awesome! Wow, it was like my dream come true (you know me, and tall buildings!) We took BART in from Daly City, and in San Francisco BART is all underground, like a subway. We have a car in our area, but we also have a pass that lets us ride BART, buses and the rail cars in the city. We came out of the Bart station, and there were tall buildings everywhere! SF is a very busy city! The Church owns a teaching office in the financial district, in an office building, and we meet people there to have lessons.
So the work here is going great! Currently we have 6 people with dates to be baptized! I have met most of our investigators and they are all awesome. We have been working with a guy in the singles ward, named Mark. He lives in the Sunset District, which is right next to the ocean. (By the way, you know the song Ocean Avenue by Yellow Card? The Ocean Ave, that they are singing about is in my area!) Anyway, Mark is awesome. He has a date to be baptized on June 11. He is a recovering homosexual (the first one that I've taught). He has such a great testimony of the restored gospel, and now just has this one last hurtle to overcome before he is baptized. He wants to do what is right, but has a problem excepting that homosexuality is wrong. He knows and understands the importance of being baptized and wants to be sure he can keep the covenants he will be making, before he does it. He is great.
We are also teaching a girl named Amy, and a guy named Jimmi. They both go to the singles ward, and both will be baptized in June. In the family ward that we cover we are teaching some cool people as well. We are teaching this black family (a single mom and her 11 year old daughter) and they both want to be baptized, but we think that they might be a little crazy. They aren't really willing to learn, and every time we try to have a lesson, she always preaches to us (she is southern Baptist). So we are not sure why she even wants to be baptized, but I have never taught anyone as crazy! They are way cool, and I love them, but we want to make sure that they are accountable to be baptized. So this area is doing well! I'm learning what it takes to be a Zone Leader. My companion Elder Anderson only has 2 transfers left, and has been a Zone Leader for almost a year. He is a great missionary. He is kinda shy and quiet, but he is great! I'm excited and thankful to be his companion.
San Francisco is sooooo cold! It has been in the lower 50's this past week! There is almost always a 30 degree difference from SF to the Pittsburg/Brentwood area. Mark Twain said "The coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in San Francisco!" Yup, its cold here. Also the houses here are crazy! They are all connected to each other! All of the houses in the city are all attached to each other, and the hills here are outrageous! The city is built on hills! Sometimes when we are driving around I'm afraid that the car wont make it up some of the hills here! I'm also glad that I'm not driving, because people in the city are crazy drivers! So since I cover the whole San Francisco area, I have a little bit of every thing - nice parts, average parts, ghetto parts, really ghetto parts, and gay parts. The city is very diverse!
I'm grateful to have the gospel in my life and have the opportunity to share it with others - full time! I LOVE the scriptures. We are so blessed to have a living prophet, and the knowledge of the FULLNESS of the gospel! What joy and peace, come from living the gospel! It makes me so happy to know what I know. I know that Heavenly Father has a Plan for us, and that it is through the Savior Jesus Christ that all things are possible. Wow, we are blessed! I love you all so much! I hope that you have a great week!
Kenna - Did you disown me too?! I haven't heard from my favorite sister in a while...
Dad - It is always good to hear from you, I love you!
Mom - Wow, I was surprised that you got released from being RS president. I know that you did an AMAZING job! Your the best. (and I'm serious!) Oh, and I have not yet received my debit card. And it wont be a problem if my shoes get here in a few weeks, I can wait. I love you!
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