June 3rd, 2024 - 41st Email - Ive been in indio as long as I was in victorville

Hey

So this is the last week of the transfer

Also our last saturday transfer because our mission was told to change the day to wednesday lol

Anyway it's june which is lowkey crazy

We got 91 baptisms as a mission in may which is hype because it's the most baptisms we've gotten in a four-weekend month (which is a big deal because most baptisms happen on the weekend, I didn't even realize having less weekends would be a thing to even consider since not very many months have five but march did and in march we got 98 bappys)

Also elder jones was a bozo lol (just kidding he's awesome we still get along great) and knocked over a bowl off the table and it shattered which was pretty funny but also not

Bowls have been scarce lately especially since theres five of us in the apartment so after he broke that one I was just like "that's it im buying more bowls" so i called the housing coordinator (my favorite guy elder avarill) and he told me i could buy some bowls and get refunded so we pull up to walmart and it's a green walmart so all they had were these $0.50 plastic bowls so not very fancy but they work and now we dont really run out anymore so w

So we got our friends Ana and her son Iker on date for the 9th plus our buddy boy old pal richard it's super cool cuz I've been teaching them since I got here and now they're finally deciding to get baptized but I'm probably not going to be here so thats sad but its ok we chillin because theyre getting baptized thats the important part and seeing them all progress in the time I've been here has been such a blessing

Although we've been getting to some isaiah chapters in the book of mormon with ana and I don't know how to explain to her what's happening because I don't really get most of it myself lol

We had a lesson on wednesday where we had a member coming with us but then the lesson canceled and the lady told us to call her instead so we decided to go to the member's house and have her with us when we did the lesson over the phone but then the lady never answered so we hung out with the members for the last little bit of the evening and got to know them which was super fun and heard her husband's conversion story which was sick and really cool

On Thursday we exchanged with the spanish elders in palm desert which was fun

But it was zone council that day so we went out for our district lunch to the one and only daves hot chicken (which was fire and overly expensive as always) but then when we exchanged I quickly learned we were getting dinner from a member that just buys us in n out so I got daves and in n out in the same day and I'm probably super fat now or something

Also what's weird is I've been on four exchanges to that area and three of the four times have been with that exact member and they bought us in n out all three times

Back in our area while I was up in pd apparently they had a noche de hogar (family home evening) and they were doing an activity based on lehi's dream and apparently it was hecka weird

Like they fr had a rope acting as the iron rod and everyone was blindfolded and they had some other people screaming at them (trying to distract them from the "iron rod") but for new friends (especially the people that came in late lol) were hecka confused so I'm glad I didnt have to deal with that

But yeah Im super happy ana iker and richard want to get baptized this coming week and just keep em in yalls prayers and maybe that I'll stay here for another transfer too so I can see the baptism but at the same time maybe I want to leave before it gets up to like 120 degrees lol it's already getting above 100 every day

On saturday the other elders and the hermanas went to the temple with some recent converts so we stayed behind and had dinner with this older couple that were so funny (the wife is actually from piura peru where my dad served for a little bit on his mission) 

But theyre the funniest the wife is super expressive and she's saying stuff like "all missionaries should have cars we need to protect them" (i agree) and the husband's just like chilling like "eh" the entire time they're like exact opposites

We even asked if they could go to a lesson with us and the wife was like yeah but the husband said "no lol" and then she gave him the nastiest stink eye of all time and then he said "we actually have to do something (i forgot what it was)" and then she was like "oh wait yeah sorry" it was the funniest thing of all time i ate three hamburgers at their house so after daves and in n out Im probably insanely fat

Met this guy named rocky yesterday pretty cool name

Uhhhh what else

We hit our standard of excellence (weekly goals) as a zone for new people and member presents for the first time in like 3 months so lets go

Uh yeah that was my week

Love you guys bye

Oh wait almost forgot pictures

-we got a foosball table (the other elders found it next to the dumpster)

-a roly poly (havent seen one in a while)

-idk what that bug is on the top of that stick