Transferring to Oxnard, saying goodbye to Simi Valley

MOM !!!! I AM LEAVING SIMI!!!

But it is okay, I have some great memories to share with you, and something our mission president's wife always says is "Be happy you have been apart of it and not sad it is over"

Elder Routledge & Plummer

I am a little sad but so excited to go to....OXNARD 1ST WARD!!!!
I can not wait and I am going to be follow up training, ya, so I am a little nervous about that, but it is going to be cool. This weekend has been almost only goodbyes. My new companion is Elder Plummer. 
Hey, I got an email from one of the youth in my last ward. He is getting his papers ready so that was sooo cool to hear from him !! This week was crazy, well pretty good, I am going to jump around everywhere today because, why not ? 

This week was good. Monday for sports we went bowling again because we had no ideas on what else to do. We also had a lesson with Collin & Anna, oh and because I am leaving I am going to see if I can come back to see them get baptized. The cool thing is I am only about 45 minutes away, so still pretty close. 

Oxnard is the Southern part of the mission. Everyone tells me it is like the best place in the mission and the sketchiest as well, so we'll see if I can pull some crazy stories haha ;-). Anyways, back to Collin & Anna's lesson. Anna's two little sisters (which are our ages) joined us for the lesson and showed some interest so maybe in due time we can get the whole family baptized, then sealed. That was just a cool little miracle.

Sister & Brother Morris

Tuesday was good and yea, I am ending the paragraph above like that hehe. 
Tuesday we did some dog service and all that fun stuff. Tonight we had a pretty good Book of Mormon class.

Wednesday was a sick day. My comp was in bed all day so I just read books. I started 'Jesus the Christ' so yea, that was cool. In one chapter I think I gained 10 IQ points. Like it is insanely deep doctrine and wording, but I love it. 

Thursday we had our weekly planning session and we pretty much wrapped up the transfer with stuff we learned. It was cool, then we had a pretty crazy sports night.

Ruppert Family

Friday we had a really amazing last district meeting. We all said what we learned this transfer and we had Elder Hamson (the 7'3" Elder) talk to us as he goes home in 3 days. He told us what he has seen work for him while on his mission and he gave us some powerful tips. One of them was 'Teach by the Spirit and not by your knowledge'. Pretty much saying don't try to be a know-it-all and teach everything, instead just go with what the spirit tells you. Then he told us to refer back to the Apostles and Jesus at the last supper when he tells them, "one of you will betray me" and instead of them all pointing fingers they all say "is it I?", so he said fix your own life before judging others. It was just a crazy powerful meeting. 
Then Friday night I got my call to train, which nearly gave me a heart attack. 

Bishop & Family 

Saturday and Sunday were all goodbyes and getting pictures and all that fun stuff. They asked me to give a 5 minute talk/testimony because I was leaving and the told me 30 minutes before I went up, so in panic, I told them dad's conversion story haha. I can always count on dad haha. 
I would've told them ours but I have already done that in my last talk. 
Well it was a good week. 

Dad I love you old man. Keep writing even thought I don't reply. I still read your emails and love them :)
Scott and Shel, I love you both so much and wish you a safe, great week!!!
Mom, love you. Talk to you next week and say 'hi' to the family for me!!!

Elder Routledge