Plan of Salvation

Hey everyone how have the past few weeks been? It has been a little tough, but also rewarding here.

To start, unfortunately in our area, we don't have much at all going on... so that means Elder Schulz and I just knock on doors, just about all day long. The few times we have had a good conversation with someone and they told us we could come back, they haven't been home at the time we set to meet with them again.

Luckily we have had success at the MCRD. This past Sunday, a recruit I have been teaching, recruit Burke, was baptized along with another recruit. They were both confirmed members of the church in sacrament meeting right after the baptismal service. After sacrament, I met with recruit Munn, with whom I set up to be baptized this coming Sunday. Although we are not seeing much success in our individual area here in National City, we are able to get the success we are looking for with the soon-to-be marines.

Other than that not much has happened this week worth mentioning. We have biked up a lot of hills and knocked on a lot of doors. Yesterday we drew the plan of salvation in a parking lot at the park by our apartment so we could do something other than knock on doors at 1 in the afternoon, you know, the time when everyone is at school and work. But that's about all.

Love you guys! 

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Translation of street sign: Leave if you can

The MCRD is awesome!

Hey everyone how is it going?

This week has been a lot of knocking on doors and wondering the streets. The area I am in is a biking area, and there are a LOT of hills. We don't really have many people to visit, and most of the ones we are visiting are moving in the next few weeks, so it is kind of tough to find things to do other than tract.

But that's okay, my companion Elder Schulz is hilarious and we make it a good time!

Something you all may have seen from facebook is that someone I met in El Centro was baptized! His name is Joseph Smith (yes i know) and he is awesome! We met him at the college IVC out in El Centro and he was mainly taught by the other elders, but we attended YSA events and I got to know him well and help answer doctrinal questions he had. Last Wednesday he messaged me on facebook and invited me to be there for his baptism! It was such a cool experience to be there for him and see some of the missionaries I'm friends with as well as members I got close to in my short time there. It was also interesting to get out of the car and feel like I was at home (it was 115 degrees).

Then of course, as my email subject line tells us, I am now able to go onto base at the MCRD and teach the recruits! I had an amazing first week! I was introduced to two recruits, Recruit Munn and Recruit Burke. Munn was being taught by some sister missionaries before he left, and told me he really wants to get baptized, and Burke has been going to church since he was two and isn't baptized because his birth mom wouldn't allow it. So long story short, I am teaching two recruits that will probably be baptized in the next few weeks! It was an awesome first Sunday there!

I hope you have all had an awesome week! I love you all and hope to hear from you soon!