A Royally Grand Week...and a new Companion !!

Hey mom. So this week was soo crazy!!! It's going to be very spotty on this email because I have had so many great things happen. I am only going to write about some days to fit it all in. 

Elder 007 ?? (thank you Bridgette Viola :) )

First, about 20 minutes ago I went to Ross to get a belt and some lady walked up to me and told me she was buying my belt for me because she has a daughter in Chile and wanted to help me out :) 



Cool update I have for all of you back home is this...Elder Gregory and I are getting a new companion on the 27th ! There is a young man who is 16 (we think he is disabled and not able to serve a full 2 year mission). He is going to come and work with us as a full time missionary for 2 weeks. He is only with us for 2 weeks but he is getting a real call and the whole deal. He is going to sleep in our apartment and teach with us and just be a full time missionary for 2 weeks. We were told 2 weeks ago, but I kept forgetting to tell you. I will get lots of pictures of this young man. President (Felix) has trusted us to take care of him and I promise you we will, so updated will come next Monday. He lives about an hour away from Simi Valley and we are picking him up on the 27th. His name is Elder Peterson :) 

Kevin's pet rat, Winston

Monday was just sports and shopping and stuff. 
Tuesday we had our Book of Mormon class and there was a girl there with some really intense questions. Two brothers from our ward answered her questions but it turned into a huge discussion and stuff I had no idea about, so the two brothers just led the way. It was pretty intense though. 

Wednesday I was on an exchange with Elder Wickern in the YSA (Young Single Adult) ward and it was really fun. I went to Institute and that was just a blast. It is like Seminary for big people. It was just a riot. I loved it so much. I am going everyday when I get home !

THURSDAY!!! was crazy!!!! So we had a General Authority come and talk to us. It was in Thousand Oaks and was from 10:00am to 5:00pm. It was all day and he taught us soooo much!!! He told us how to get more baptisms and how to get more lessons. He also changed a lot of the rules we use for teaching and he made some requirements for lessons more intense so it is going to motivate us to work way harder. 
He also taught us how to get continual baptisms and he really laid down the law on how to work harder and he told us our mission is too low in baptisms. It sounds bad but he said it way better!! 
NEAR THE END HE BORE HIS TESTIMONY AND OH MY WOW!!!! When he bore his testimony I actually teared up. It just hit me like a train with the spirit. He just plainly said in a very quiet voice, "I KNOW that Jesus lives". It was so amazing and I got to shake his hand. It was just powerful. He had power in his hand shake. SOO COOOL !!!!

Lovely Dust Mask 

Friday was good. We went to do service at a members home and well, we were doing drywall. We were shaving it down and smoothing it out for painting and we had to wear masks because of the dust. No lie, we were WHITE after we were done. I did not get a picture :( But we are doing more this Friday so pictures to come. It was very fun. It was the kind of service I needed to get all of my energy out for this week. It was a fun day. 

Elder Gregory

Saturday I was on an exchange with elder Gaylor. Really the only cool thing, well crappy thing, that happened today was we went and saw Tim. He is the man that is a major hoarder. Well, we are NEVER going back inside his home, for the health of us. It was really bad, with flies and other stuff. We made it a goal to try to meet him, just not in his home. We'll try to meet him elsewhere. 

This week has been Royally grand!!!
Well mom, it is that time. I love you soo very much and I am soo blessed to have you all as a family and have you all support me sooo much!!!

I love you, mom, so very much. 
DAD...HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, SHORTY. KEEP BEING SMALL AND KEEP BEING AWESOME. Keep working towards the Temple as well. 
Scotty, hey man, miss you very much. 
Shel, love you sooo much. Miss you. 


Love you all back home. Hi to my favourite Gregson Family, Chapman Family, Armsworthy and Stevens families. 

Hello to my Ockey, Groom and Viola families and everyone else supporting me here. Love you and miss you and I'll talk to you soon.  

Care Package from home

Looking sharp in a Little Red Corvette