It seems like it has been like a million years since you've heard from me so I guess I'll give you a synopsis of these past 6 or so weeks!
In Weaverville we started teaching this man named Robert Tschögl and he is so solid! He got introduced to the Gospel by his Girlfriend who is a member in the ward. I guess she pretty much told him that she wouldn't seriously date him unless he was baptized so that made us a little hesitant but in our first lesson with us he made it very clear that he recognizes that something is missing from his life and he is doing this for himself, so that was a major relief!😅 We also had a super crazy miracle where we finally were able to have a lesson with the Hainsworth's and as we were talking about Prophets they asked us how they could be baptized and then the next day Jason made it to Church! Also that same day we had a lesson fall through so both Elder Gardner and I felt impressed to go and visit this less active member and so we made the trek out to his home and he was there and let us right in! He told us that he was praying 3 days earlier and that after he finished praying, he knew that we would be coming by soon! It was so incredible.
A couple weeks back we had transfers and the day finally came...I have been transferred! I loved Redding so much and it will always have a great place in my heart and I'm just so very grateful for the past 6 months there! I have been transferred to Rocklin 1st and 6th Wards and I'm companions with Elder Batchelor! We served for 2 transfers together up in Redding so we know each other quite well. He is from Idaho Falls and has been out for 8 months. He's a stud and loves to work. What's awesome is I'm only like 3 minutes from my 1st area in Roseville! But the work here in Rocklin is very challenging. It is a very wealthy area so people here aren't the most humble and receptive to the Gospel, but there is definitely work to be done! Some of the highlights so far I guess have been: As Elder Batchelor and I were trying to visit someone who had interest we saw their neighbor doing yard work outside and so we thought we would ask her if she wanted help and she told us it wasn't a good day so we just kept talking and then one thing led to another and we invited her to church and so fast forwarding to church that Sunday, we went to her house and reminded her of church and she asked us to wait for her to change so she could follow us to church so this lady (Sherry is her name) came to church and she loved it! We had our first lesson with her and it went okay but we were able to learn more about some of her concerns so we can know how to help her out moving forward.
But that's pretty much about it. I'm loving my time serving the Lord and while this has been the most challenging 11 months of my life, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! I love and miss you all and I'd love to hear from you!💙
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