July 6, 1988
What a week it has been!
On Thursday (June 30), we went up to San Jose to get the car inspected, but there is a sensor light that comes on when the car has gone 30,000 miles, which ours has done. California law does not a allow a car to be tested for emissions while the sensor light is on. We left the car with the mission mechanics and drove back down to Seaside in a different car.
When we got back to Seaside that afternoon, we went to finish tracting Noche Buena Ave. We did not finish, however, because we got in a door and had a two hour discussion with Robert and Regina. Robert is in the Army, assigned to Fort Ord; Regina will be having their first baby in the next month or so. Both are Born Again Christians, as we spent the two hours just answering their questions, though we did manage to teach a few of the first discussion principles in with out answers. We gave them each a copy of the Book of Mormon and committed them to read it.
We then hurried home, because we had team-ups that evening with the stake missionaries. I went with one to see some friends of his, and we placed two copies of the Book of Mormon with them.
We finally finished tracting Noche Buena on Friday Morning, after four days. We got in one door and gave a BoM discussion, placing two more copies with two teenage boys that expressed interest.
We got in another door on Saturday, and got all they way through the first discussion before we found out that we were teaching a member. She is, however, less active, so maybe we still accomplished something.
On Monday, because of the Fourth of July holiday, we had our P-day. We had a Zone activity up in Prunedale; first a service project, and then some touch football. That night we went to a member's home in the hills of Pacific Grove to look down on the fireworks in Monterey.
Leaders meeting was on Tuesday, and Elder Friend spent the day in Salinas with the companion of the district leader up there. I spent the day with Elder Victor. We were up in Marina, visiting members and contacts. At one place he left the keys in the ignition of the car but, fortunately, forgot to lock the driver's side door. At the rest of our stops, I reminded him to take his keys with him.
Wednesday was a normal proselyting day. We had a district study in the morning with the zone leaders. After that Elder Friend and I went on team ups with the ZLs. Elder Mac and I started tracting a street and at the first door we met Nancy. She said that she knows some members and has been to some Relief Society homemaking meetings. We gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon, and place another copy further down the street.
Elder Mac is highly motivated in his service to the Lord, some might use the words "gung ho." At one point in our conversation, he expressed how happy he was serving in the Lord's army. I said that I was not serving in the Lord's army, but in the Lord's navy, instead. He didn't seem to know what to make of that. Just me being me.
Later Elder Friend and I went back to finish the street. After that we did another street and place a third copy of the Book of Mormon for the day. We talked to a Born Again who said something rather unusual. She believes that there are, in fact, commandments that we need to keep.
For those who haven't been counting, we place eight copies of the Book of Mormon this week. Anchors aweigh, my boys, anchors aweigh. That's the weekly update.
Love
Douglas
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