Halloween Fun and A Baptism !!!

Mom and family. Okay dad, Scotty, Shel and more family. This was the best week by far, but before that, hey I got to thinking you should see if you can get dad's Patriarchal Blessing. That would be so great for him and it would really help, I think. This week was great !

Monday we went and carved pumpkins in our apartment and I put mine on my head after, so that was fun. We also...we did it !! We ate the CAROLINA REAPER!!! Mom, I must say that was the hottest and most pain I have ever been in, but it was so worth it because now I have eaten the hottest thing in our entire family and survived. It was so much fun, even almost puking my guts out...be positive :/ hahah It was hot but after about 20 minutes I could actually talk again, don't worry, I am all good now :-D

Tuesday was grand. We saw a lot of people. We did gardening this morning and I learned some things. One being I am NEVER having a garden when I get home, it is too much work. It is like a full time job. We also had a few lessons with a few different, recent converts and that was pretty cool. Then we had a nice, fun visit with this great family and we got their cat to go nuts on a laser and we tried a dog collar and that kinda hurt, even on the highest setting that was nothing compared to the pepper haha.

Elder ?, Anna, Collin, Elder Routledge

WEDNESDAY !!!! BAPTISM OF COLLIN AND ANNA!!! It was the craziest, but coolest, thing to be back in my old area, very weird but so cool. I was so excited to see them and I found out that morning I was baptizing them and that I was giving a talk and I think I did okay on both. It was so great going into the waters with Collin. It was just like seeing the fruits of our labours come to pass and I know baptisms are not everything but it was pretty great. And we got Kenna (girl) and Josh (boy) baptisms this next week. The work is so great. 

Collin & Anna's Family

Thursday was good. We had some really nice planning and we also had a cool dinner with the Cobbs, a part member family that resembles our family. That was good, and then we went by Kenna and Josh and went through the baptism interview questions. 

Friday we had a pretty good district meeting and Pres showed up with donuts so that was a nice surprise. He sat in our meeting and that was cool, we had a good talk and I gave a discussion on prayer, it was just a good meeting. We also had a lesson with this guy, Joey and that was cool. Last transfer he walked into the mission office and asked to be taught and they lost contact with him and we just met up with him. He is pretty cool. We have another lesson this week and we'll see if we can get a date set up. We also met this new investigator named Jessica this week and she accepted a date for Nov. 28. Oxnard is just such a humble area. 

Saturday we had a nice lunch with one of our less actives. We just visited and ate some food, it was pretty great. That night we went to the Trunk or Treat as the Blues Brothers and man, that was fun. We got lots of candy and everyone was head over heels for what we wore. It was just a fun party and Kenna and Josh came with their very less active parents :)

Sunday was good as well. Both wards were great, Ward 1 had their primary presentation in which Kenna and Josh were both in and again, their parents came so that was very cool. They are great. 
I will never speak bad about 3 hours of church again, I swear, 3 hours is so great!!! We also had a dinner tonight with a member, gave a blessing tonight and just enjoyed the Sabbath. 

I love being a missionary, but it goes by just so darn fast (nope, nope it does not ;-) ). OH!!! I also saw the Morris' this week when I went back to Simi!!! They are doing great, but it turns out Sister Morris had a heart attack. She is doing better but it blew me away (This couple fed Elder Routledge 2 or 3 times a week and sometimes that many times in one day!) 
Okay, I gotta go, but I love you all so much. Thank you for your support and we'll talk next week. MUAH MUAH

Elder Routledge

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