A Temple Trip, a Huge Bean Bag, a Broken Door....and his Buddy.

Well, freak. This has been a busy week and email session haha. It was a fun, crazy week, so this email, hopefully, should be long. We'll see though. 

At the LA Temple

So Monday we had a short P-Day because we went to the Temple this week. We did have an awesome lesson with Nancy and her non-member friend. We taught her the second lesson, but I don't think she is all that interested, but it was a good lesson for the most part. 
One of our investigators, Curtis, gave us a love sac...so a GIANT bean bag chair that we have had a blast with all week. It is so great. We also went to the Lassen's for an awesome pool party and BBQ. We could not go swimming, but did a lot, so it was fun. 

It's HUGE !!

Tuesday I was on an exchange with Elder King and I had a real life check with him. So, we had two great lessons, one with Jeanie where we set her a baptism date for July 2nd and one with Kellie and she said baptism was not out of the question and is working towards a date pretty fast. It was a great day. 
Elder King told me that I talk about home too much and need to stop. I tried this week to focus more on the work and we had a riot of a week, so I am going to try to keep my thoughts of all you to me and inside. To be more concentrated. 

Wednesday was good. We went to the LA Temple and I got some more things. The Temple was so good. I just loved it. We also had Baja Fresh (a food place). It was good and a good day. 

Thursday we did our weekly planning and it was so good. Oh my, then...we went to the store and I bought glasses haha and the chain of events that followed at this gas station was crazy....
So it got robbed by these two guys and.....just kidding (NOT funny Elder Routledge!!). At the counter the lady called my companion, "ma'am" by accident and he was like, 'what the heck' and as we were walking out the door started to close on him. He just kept moving forward and put all his weight into it and broke the door off the track and kept walking. He said he did not see it and I thought he did it on purpose but he didn't and I started laughing so hard and everyone looked at us and the broken door. We had no idea what to do, so we just left. Man, a fun day here. (oh boy...sigh)

Friday. We had a pretty great district meeting today. We all committed to find 1 new investigator this week and report how awesome that investigator is doing next district meeting. It was cool, and the excitement we needed. We also had a nice, good lunch with Nancy and that was fun. 

Elder Routledge & his buddy, Kenna

We had a great dinner at the Bell's home and had a lesson with Curtis and Pauline at their home and taught them about tithing and they were like, "Yeah, we'll pay it. That's easy", so that was pretty cool. Not usually the reaction we get.

Saturday I was on an exchange back in Oxnard, so we heard gun shots all day, saw lots of crazy stuff. It was a good blast from the past. I miss Oxnard. (Gun shots??? I don't think I miss Oxnard!!). 
We had a great day where we walked down by the beach, not on, and talked to a lot of people so it was cool. We also go to see Alicia and her kids and I am actually gong to their elementary grad on Wednesday. I got permission to go, so that is cool. 

Sunday was a good, old Sabbath day. We had our lesson with Brother H and we are already seeing so much growth in him and he is so excited to be feeling the spirit again. We had dinner with the Carriy's and they invited the Fife's, from my last area. Their daughter was the one that went to Spencer Helton's mission, Sister Fife. That was cool to see them again. 

Well Mommy, dadddy, and shelbbbbeeee and Scotty 2 hottie. I miss all four of you. Say hello to my other family and peeps. Have a great week. Muah Muah. I love you all so much. Be safe, Believe in God and have fun this summer. 
MUAH

Love your brother and son, Elder Routledge