Transfer 12 Week 6 May 6, 2013

We got transfer calls this weekend!!!!!!!!  At the end of 9 months in Oakland I still not want to leave and Elder Watkins was positive I was leaving. I wasn't quite sure what to think.  So the Spirit of the Lord has called me to.............................................................................................................................................................(drum roll please)............................................................................................................To stay in Oakland! My new companion will be Elder Villa from Ecuador!  He has been out just as long as Elder   Watkins.  

 

On Monday we had a FHE lesson with a less active we had helped return to activity.  The father will be receiving the Melchizedek priesthood soon and soon after that they will be getting sealed in the temple!!!!!!  It made me so happy!

 

At district meeting we had our stake high councilor over missionary work.  He talked us about how the ghetto is the best place for baptisms!!! It made me so excited for the work!

 

Wednesday was a windy day which really got my allergies going.  I had a headache from sneezing so much.  But as we were walking down International Blvd we saw all these flyers for a protest.  And sure enough later that night we were we told to stay away from the Fruitvale Bart Station.

 

Below the temple there is a Cerebral Palsy Center.  We were asked to help with a gardening service project.  We were told that it would take 2 hours but were pretty much done after an hour.  And then a whole bunch of sisters missionaries showed up and shared the credit for the work.

 

Our apartment gets super, super hot.  We did our weekly planning and it was so miserable.  I wish we had air conditioning. 

 

Saturday I was on exchanges with Elder Bradford.    We were tracting in West Oakland and we found this crazy weird apartment complex.  In one building there was apartments 1,2,3, 4,10 and 13.  And the other building had 7,8, and 11.  I'm still confused. 

 

Sunday we had our eternal investigators Los Carrada come to church.  Elder Watkins and Hill taught them with Bishop and he was just straight up with them and asked them what is keeping them from getting baptized.  And all at once all their concerns came out.  They had problems with baptisms for the dead and gay marriage and plural marriage and kinds of crazy things.  But they were resolved and they came to church!!!!!!!

 

That was our week!

 

Sincerely,

 

Élder Luis González

 

3 Nephi 26:9