Transfers, service....and SKYPE!!!

Uhhh this week has been just a crazy week for us and it has been pretty good, I won't lie. A lot better than last week. 

Elder Gemar
& Routledge

First off, Elder Gemar is being transferred, which I am very sad about. I think he has been one of my favourite companions. (Of course, he has said that about a couple other comps as well lol). I am happy to be staying in Camarillo. 

Monday we went and I got about 4 more fire patches. I have 2 more to get in this area and I got a 9/11 ONE FROM THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPT AND THAT WAS SOOO COOL!!! It was so amazing and it is a really nice patch as well. We also had zone activity where we played basketball, some volleyball and passed a football. It was pretty cool. 

Working out with his roomies 

Tuesday we had a nice family history session. I need to get a good, maybe 5 minute story to share that has some exciting parts and even short, but has more details. I need it because the conference I am supposed to share a story in is coming up in a few weeks. 
We were also walking around one night and ran into this Baptist kid. He was loud, like the Baptist preacher, but very nice. He invited us to one of his bible studies and we're going to go tonight, so that was cool. 

Wednesday was good. We did service at our food share out in Oxnard and that kept us busy. We also did some stuff on Mormon.org, and I found some deep doctrine talks just for me to read and learn. We also taught a lesson to a part member family and the non-member daughter is getting baptized soon here, so that is cool. 

Thursday was fun. We just did a lot of weekly planning and got our area all ready for those coming in our area, so for me and my new companion. 

The family that fed them on Mother's Day <3

Friday we had a really powerful district meeting on some of the attributes of Christ and how we receive personal revelation, so that was cool. We also had a good testimony meeting to end the transfer. 
We had a nice lunch with the Hernandez family and ended with a lesson with our investigators.

Saturday we saw people, contacted people and had a nice dinner with a big Samoan guy who took us to get Chinese food so it was cool. 

Then Sunday was good for the most part hehe ;-) 
It was so perfectly awesome!! You know all about the big sacrament meeting and us laughing. (He shared with us over Skype about how he and his companion got the giggles during a sacrament meeting and were trying very hard to not laugh out loud....He's grown so much since he's been gone, so it's nice to know he IS still the same, goofy boy that left us 16 months ago...)

Skyping !!! 

After we hung up, we had smores with them so that was cool. I never cried, and I found this time was a lot easier for me. I think it comes from knowing you're being taken care of so well and I DO miss you. I am just not missing you. I'm not sure if you got that, or if that makes sense, but don't get me wrong. I do LOVE AND MISS you, but I just know you're all dong so well, so I have no need to worry. 
I love you all so much. You're all doing great and looking so good. 
Muah to you all. 
Muah and I'll talk to you next week. 

I love you, my family, with ALL of my heart!!

Elder Routledge