Transfer 4 Week 6 June 6, 2012

   And it came to pass that in the 6th week of the 4th transfer that Elder Gonzalez received transfer calls!!! And it came to pass that the Spirit of the Lord (or the Mission President, same thing really) has called him to stay and serve in the Half Moon Bay Ward! As for his companion.....It hath pleased the Lord to allow, for the first time in 6 months, Elder Gonzalez to actually keep his companion, Elder Mares. (Not really much of a surprise)

So as the summer season starts, Elder Gonzalez and Mares have seen the wilderness of Half Moon Bay intensify (it got to a blistering 82 degrees :p) as the creatures known as children/teenager have been released from those cages that have school written on them. And as the creatures accumulate to the beaches, they find themselves stuck in the traffic storms, even on weekdays!

As they began this week they failed to have much success and had lots of canceled appointments. But as it neared the end of the week they did not lose their hope and continued to press forward in the great work. And it came to pass that the Lord blessed them for their faith and persistence. In a matter of days they found 4 new investigators and were able to call them to repentance (also known as teaching them and inviting them to live the gospel). And thus we see that the Lord will bless those that keep their eye single to the glory of God and continually press forward.

I'm not sure if the above account was what the Lord meant when he said the we should continually treasure up the words of eternal life, but I do know that it is quite fun to tell stories in Book of Mormon language. I am really happy that i finally get to keep to keep a companion for more than 6 weeks. We truly had a miraculous week as we put our trust in the Lord and went to work. Sadly, none of our new investigators came to church, but we think that a couple of them are truly interested and will really want to progress in the Gospel.

We found out who are new mission president will be. President and Sister Meredith from Payson, Utah! They are currently in the MTC and will be here by the end of the month. They were serving a mission on the east coast when they got a call from the First Presidency. So they will be serving for 4 years! Can't wait to meet them!

Last P-Day I went to China Town in San Francisco! One of the craziest places I have ever been! We must've had at least 5 crazy people stop and talk to us. Every corner has a store and they all sell the same things. Some lady was passing out some poster about the Chinese black market and then we had Elder Kwok with his knowledge of Cantonese order food for us at the restaurant we ate at.

That’s all for now!!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Luis Gonzalez