Hello Friends & Family,
Let me explain a few things about Moreno Valley...
Thanos Tie Thursday:
Every Thursday everyone wears purple ties, and we change the group chats to purple and everything becomes
Thanos themed. That's pretty much all that is involved in Thanos Tie Thursday.
Donkeys everywhere:
There are actually herds of wild Donkeys here. At first I thought it was a joke, but then I found alot of donkey poop
in diverse places (much of which is in the Church Parking lots), and then I saw a herd. They just roam everywhere here.
We have yet to tame one, but that should change soon...
Ponchos:
There is a Spanish mall here. One store in particular has all the missionaries business. I'm not sure how it started,
but all the missionaries decided to buy matching ponchos (not exactly the same, but same style).
They are incredibly comfortable and quite good for disarming unsuspecting missionaries.
Our fridge has broken and all of our food inside has gone rogue. We are making calls and trying to get it fixed ASAP!
Also our sink handle completely broke off, so no water it fridge.
There are 2 trainees in our zone this transfer, and we decided to introduce them to our Deaf zone leader... me!
Elder Jones for about a week thought I was Deaf. We only saw him about 3 times, so it wasn't hard to give that
illusion. However when he was in the same room as me, I would only use ASL. There was a few times he showed
up that I didn't expect, but I happened to be joining an ASL social, or actually talking to someone Deaf and it worked
and wasn't sure how he would
do with a "Deaf" companion. We gave up the act at zone Accountability when
President Watson came into the room,
I just started talking much to the amusement of everyone who knew about the
joke, and to the baffling of Elder Jones.
I apologized afterword, but he seemed to enjoy the joke!
Elder Campbell and I are teaching a few people (I still haven't met all of them yet)
and had an appointment with our
friend Erica. It was a very spirit filled lesson and we read through Ether 12:27.
We then felt that we should invite her
to be baptised and started to set up a goal for her baptism. In the middle of
doing so, Elder Bryce and Robinson
pulled up to the church, and Elder Campbells phone (the one we were using to call Erica) connected to their car's
bluetooth. The other Elders (now hearing our call) were confused and decided to hang up the phone as we
extended the invitation. 🤦♂️
We immediately called back, and Erica still wanted to be baptised thankfully! Febuary 26th!!!
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-Elder Vance