Tuesday 1-24-12
Today we had our zone leader counsel down in Torrance - my last one ever. It was a really good one though - President talked alot about the Atonement - the last 4 or 5 times he has taught out of a book by Tad Callister - it seems like a book i'll have to read when I get back for sure. We ate with the Guarnero's - they are such a nice family. We read 3 Ne 14 with them - they loved the part about Christ teaching repentance. Mariana basically dumped us. That wasn't cool - her boyfriend doesn't really like us coming over i'm pretty sure. Bummer. We are doing so much fishing.. It's been good.
1-25-12
We did service at Fireside again - it was a pretty perfect day. I got to take my favorite lady down again - Erna. She says she doesn't remember me every week - but I know that she does.. somewhere in that head of hers. She's awesome. I got a nice package from mom and dad today - they always send good stuff. More fishing today - more bold-ness. We had a lesson with a part-member family. The husband isn't a member - we watched The Restoration - he wasn't being very cool - saying that his wife only got baptized because of the tradition of her family, etc. right in front of her. It made me kind of upset - I just bore my testimony to him pretty boldly - it was alright. We saw Hector for a minute but he was too busy watching some soccer game...
1-26-12
We drove up the mountain in Malibu today - along the ocean and up the canyon. It was so so nice. It was a really nice day and we just sat on a picnic table by a stream and did weekly planning. It was a good couple of hours. We had dinner with a couple members from the singles ward at the Himilayan restraunt again - they called and wanted to feed us. We gladly accepted. It was so good - I gotta take the family there. We talked to a couple of formers on the doorstep for a bit - they were interested and said they would come to church this sunday!
1-27-12
We had our district meetings today - we presented ' G Series' to the zone - our new goal for february. It's to follow the Standards of Excellence by following Gatorade's system of Prime, Perform and Recover. They liked it alot. We dressed up like coaches and yelled at everyone. It was alright - we got good feedback. We got some lunch and then did the same thing at the next meeting. We ate dinner with the Barrios - the grandpa is visiting and isn't a member. We left them with The Restoration dvd and they comitted to watch it. The evenings have been tough - we have no one to teach and no one likes a knock on the door at 8:30 pm...
1-28-12
We went through the area book today and found some formers and got going around noon. We met with Hector first - our ward mission leader came with us. We had a good lesson out of 3 NE. 11. He's just nervous to get baptized - his wife isn't on board. His son was in the pinewood derby this evening - we went to support him. He didn't win any races - BUT he volunteered to say the opening prayer and lead the audience in the pledge of allegiance. It was pretty cool. He's a good kid. More finding - now formers were home. Rough times without a teaching pool.
1-29-12
We had an early meeting this morning - church started and we got a new bishopric - they'll be awesome. Bro. Ramos called me during church to say that he and his wife had their baby last night. We went to the hospital to visit them. They promised to name the baby Samuel - after me - if it was a boy. It was a girl though so they named her Andrea. Close.. They were so so happy. It was a really great experience. We tried contacting more formers without success. We really really need to find some people that are ready to be baptized.
That was the week - it went well - pray that we can find more people to teach! I love you all and will talk to you soon
Love, Elder Cottrell
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