Bowling, Early Morning Hike...and A Heart Felt Testimony

This week has been crazy. I have made some real changes this week. 

Monday was good. We had breakfast with the Morris' (his favorite family, I think). We had waffles, and they were very good :) Then for sports, we went BOWLING. It was so much fun...it was 10 pin and oh man such a blast. I got smacked the first round, but pretty high up in the last two, but that is besides the point. It was freaking fun!!! That night, my companion and the two Elders who live upstairs in the same complex went to a park so those 3 could burn shirts because all of them hit their 1 year mark last week. They all burned shirts as a fun way to celebrate. That was kinda cool and weird to see, but fun. 

Missionary out 1 year = burning of white shirt

Tuesday was pretty cool. We went on another hike with Collin. It was so cool. We did not get all the way up because it is like a 40 mile hike and there are about 100 different branch offs from the main path, but we hiked deep into the back mountains. It was cool and the trail was an old Indian trail so apparently the higher up you go, you can see old Indian drawings in the rock. I did not see any, but it was still very cool up there. 

Collin 

After that hike, we went and did some service at the dog shelter and got to hold week old puppies. It was cool, they were just little balls of energy. 
We went to the Morris' to talk to them about a less active they know really well and talked to them about how to help her. We ended our day with the Book of Mormon class and that was cool. It was pretty sweet as it is going pretty easy now. No really crazy comments. 

Simi Valley Sunrise

Wednesday was cool. We went to the less active member's house (the friend of the Morris') and it went pretty well. We set up a time to come by and help her out and maybe just get her back to church. 
We had dinner with this really cool family. They are sweet and we joked around all dinner just like our family. It was the coolest dinner. 

Thursday a really cool thing happened. We have a member that we've been meeting with, but he is starting to lie to us. We know he is lying because we followed up on the things he said he was doing, so that is our new challenge. 
The sports night we started was awesome. We had 5 non-members there and it was just a good, fun night. 

Friday we had a meeting and this is where it all changed. 

Elders Comin & Routledge

So we had a zone meeting on The Restoration and it has inspired me to be a better Elder, to work harder and to teach better. The meeting got so intense and the spirit was so strong. I think for the first time in 7 months, I really know why I am here on a mission. The restoration is THE BIGGEST THING to happen to this earth in all of history (besides JESUS CHRIST COMING HIMSELF!!). The gospel is as true as it gets and for the first time, I think I can really make a strong difference here. I FEEL POWERFUL. I feel the Lord with me, I really do feel like a servant of our Lord, Jesus Christ!! 

Last night I prayed about the truthfulness of this gospel and I got it. I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS TRUE!! God would not have led me to a false church. I know he led me to this church. I know he led us to this church because it is true. I know that we have bashers because the devil can not stand us here doing work for the true church. 
Saturday I was on an exchange with Elder Gibb and we taught the restoration to this guy AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I think I taught it with JUST the power of the spirit alone, the first time I testified and I, myself, could feel the power behind it. MOM, DAD, SHEL, SCOTT AND EVERYONE ELSE BACK HOME, I know this is true, I am NOT DOING work in California for a false church. I am doing work for a real church and for GOD AND JESUS CHRIST!!!

Hike up the Indian Trail 

I love you and please keep reading and praying and keep being SO AMAZING. I love you all and I thank you all for your support. You are my moving and driving force out here. I love you and I'll talk to you soon !!!