Tuesday 5-17-11
Today we woke up to more rain. Not so fun when your area is huge and you're riding a bike. It was cold for a while but the sun came out. We talked with some Dutch people that are less-active. They're super old and really funny - just gotta come back to church. We fished a street and when we got done with the last house, 6 police cars came flying down the street and the 'ghetto bird' (police helicopter) came flying in as well. One of the officers asked us if we just got done knocking doors on that street.. "yes.." we said. "someone called us and said they heard "talking" outside of their house.. could that have been you?" ... "uh.. yeah".. "Oh ok, don't worry about it, this happens all the time. Be careful, this is a gang neighborhood.. " ... "ok, seeya.." That was fun. We just found out that one of the 'promising investigators' we had is now in jail. Bummer. We ate dinner with the Lee's and then went back to the apartment to get out of the rain - we turned the bathroom into a sauna.
5-18-11
The days are going by pretty quick - we're super busy riding our bikes for sometimes an hour in between appointments. We talked to T.A. - it's hard to see him struggle to talk when he wants to so bad - the words just wont come out. We tried to teach him the Word of Wisdom again - he really needs to quit smoking. Elder Allred had his first Elote - the corn on the stick. He loved it. I'm sure we'll have a few more of those this transfer. We talked to a whole grip of people today that weren't interested. The whole area is African American - it's tough but there ARE a few black people in the ward. That's good. We talked to a guy for a super long time on his porch. He is a basketball coach and even coached some kids that are in the NBA. His son is in the draft this year - Aaron Hill. Watch for him. We had a lesson with Billy from Alabama. We taught the restoration again - she's really got a tough memory problem. I hope we can work past it cause she's got alot of potential. We ate at L&L with sister Kanalu - good way to end the day.
5-19-11
Today we planned and then went to 'feast and feast' at the El Camino singles branch. We did alot of fishing afterwards. We ran into some Samoan members that fed us cheesecake - nice. We talked with Vesati - she bought us some bread from the 'bread truck' that comes around every thursday. She's about 24 and is thinking about serving a mission. I hope she goes - she is just kind of lazy right now. She's got a solid schedule and is afraid of change I believe. We ate dinner with Sister Smith - it was her brothers birthday. He turned 91. Ancient. We sang happy birthday and had a "Sunday Dinner" - roast and potatos - it was the best.
5-20-11
We had fundamental trainings today - one of the things they are really focusing on is 'pausing' during lessons. After the investigator asks a question or after we do, we are to pause.. and let the spirit work. It's super awkward sometimes .. real awkward. But it seems to help so we'll do it. Billy forgot about our appointment so we visited a former that said we could come back - bonus. We visited another former that let us in and talked to us while she cooked pork chops. She was really nice but we could tell something wasn't all the way there in her head.. She's been to church once and so I asked her if she'd go again this week. She thought about it for a minute and said "well, yeah." I sure hope she does - she'll go to the singles branch and we just found out we aren't over that branch anymore - so I hope she goes. We ate and had a lesson with James - he's getting super excited to be confirmed and receive the priesthood on Sunday. He'll be a great help for the ward.
5-21-11
Judgement day... didn't happen. Surprise surprise.. There was a Galaxy soccer game going on today at the Home Depot Center and we had to ride past to get where we were going. It took forever because of all the people trying to get in there for the game. We contacted a referral. She really just wanted someone to talk to... she wasn't interested. She managed to talk straight for 1 1/2 hours - including a tour of her home. I was actually kind of impressed. Glad we got out of there though. We visited some less active members and another member. There is a lady here that is 81, has 1 eye, is single and fosters 8 adult handicapped people - has fostered 26 and 9 bioligical kids. She's nuts - a very very hard worker. We ate dinner with some philipino's - they were awesome. They want me to try 'balut' ... a duckling... dead... still in the egg. I don't think so.
5-22-11
Today was a pretty good day at church - still trying to get to know the members. We spent most of the day after church at a baptism Elder Allred had - he taught her and then she moved. They forgot to fill up the font so we were there waiting for a good while.
It's been a good week and i'm glad the world didn't end.
Hope you all have a good one - I love you
Elder Cottrell
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