We finally did get an email from Elder Tonini today (not quite sure how he was able to email on a day other P-day but that's just the dad in me coming out). He managed to find some new pants at Ross so hopefully they will last longer than the last pairs. As is typical, his week was full of ups and downs. First the "ups':
...The ups were that we taught a lot of lessons and
found TWO new families to teach! The Ruiz Family and the Sonya and Elias Family
(we don't know their last name yet, we haven't asked). They both are really
neat families with a thirst to know more about what we teach about. Sonya's sister
is dying from cancer and they are going through a lot of family drama so they
have been super busy. The Ruiz family is super cool and the kids love us! We had more bomb lessons with Victor (two with
him) and with Jessica and Demitirus. We also found this girl name Elaine and
she is super interested in the Church. We have been teaching her and she is
really progressing well. Overall, things are going really well! Oh and we also taught Mary again! Come to find
out, her daughter Tammy got baptized about three weeks ago!
And the "downs":
... I have been sick for three days and I broke my bike. I stripped the crank arm and where it screws onto. I can't save it, I need a new one. I am going to take it to the shop and see what the damage will be. On top of that happening, I got super sick on Saturday and I haven't gotten any better...
He also shared an experience that he had about not using his time wisely which cost them a valuable teaching opportunity. As he described it: Chambers chastised me pretty well, which I am super grateful
for because now I will never forget those feelings of disappointment in myself.
Raena called the bike shop where we bought the bike and the owner (who is a member of the church) went to Drew's apartment and picked up the bike. The damage was only $65 so not too bad. Sure beats having to pay for a fender-bender had he been driving a car!
Elder Andrew Tonini grew up in Houston, Texas and is currently serving a full-time, two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Riverside, California. He returned home on February 24, 2014.
Showing posts with label time management. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
email: April 30, 2012
This has been a crazy week for me. It was transfer week so we knew that Elder Faka'Osi was leaving us so that was sad to see him leave. I am so burnt today from playing disk golf all day today. We played 36 holes of it; I can say that I am officially addicted to it. I am actually pretty good at it too!
We rode about 67 miles this week but we have been teaching a lot lately it seems. Jessica and Demetrius that we have been teaching came to sacrament meeting and stayed for all three hours of church! They are so solid though, we have an appointment with them on Wednesday so hopefully we will have a good lesson with them. We invited them to be baptized so hopefully they will accept it. Mary, our other investigator, is slowly progressing. She is having doubts about things because her daughter is taking the discussions as well but she has stopped talking to her completely. She started to blame it on the Mormon faith but then she realized that it has to be her and not the teachings of the church. She loves us though, she drops stuff of to us all the time!
I am learning a LOT about using my time wisely. It is weird that every hour of my day is planned. As a 19 year old kid, that is crazy. However, it is a good learning experience to learn how to do that. My mission president puts a huge emphasis on using time wisely so I am making it a priority. I love being a missionary even though it is really hard sometimes.
One funny and scary story though before I finish. Elder Chambers and I were riding home from an appointment with a less active kid that we teach. It was almost 9 when we left his house so we rode home in the dark. As we are riding down the street, we see this huge white dog that started to zig-zag between us when we rode up to him. Suddenly, he takes off after me! He's nipping at my heels, chasing me down the street. I was pounding the pedals as hard as I could! Finally I rode enough to where he gave up but I rode almost a quarter of a mile before he stopped chasing me. I was kinda CRAZY but we laughed about it afterwards. The scary story is that I almost got ran over by a car on Wednesday night... Luckily, I have a good bike so I stopped before she hit me. It was late at night and she didn't see me when I went through the intersection. The lady was NOT happy. I didn't care because I was so happy about our BOMB lesson with Jessica and Demetrius when we invited them to be baptized!
Love you!
Your missionary son
We rode about 67 miles this week but we have been teaching a lot lately it seems. Jessica and Demetrius that we have been teaching came to sacrament meeting and stayed for all three hours of church! They are so solid though, we have an appointment with them on Wednesday so hopefully we will have a good lesson with them. We invited them to be baptized so hopefully they will accept it. Mary, our other investigator, is slowly progressing. She is having doubts about things because her daughter is taking the discussions as well but she has stopped talking to her completely. She started to blame it on the Mormon faith but then she realized that it has to be her and not the teachings of the church. She loves us though, she drops stuff of to us all the time!
I am learning a LOT about using my time wisely. It is weird that every hour of my day is planned. As a 19 year old kid, that is crazy. However, it is a good learning experience to learn how to do that. My mission president puts a huge emphasis on using time wisely so I am making it a priority. I love being a missionary even though it is really hard sometimes.
One funny and scary story though before I finish. Elder Chambers and I were riding home from an appointment with a less active kid that we teach. It was almost 9 when we left his house so we rode home in the dark. As we are riding down the street, we see this huge white dog that started to zig-zag between us when we rode up to him. Suddenly, he takes off after me! He's nipping at my heels, chasing me down the street. I was pounding the pedals as hard as I could! Finally I rode enough to where he gave up but I rode almost a quarter of a mile before he stopped chasing me. I was kinda CRAZY but we laughed about it afterwards. The scary story is that I almost got ran over by a car on Wednesday night... Luckily, I have a good bike so I stopped before she hit me. It was late at night and she didn't see me when I went through the intersection. The lady was NOT happy. I didn't care because I was so happy about our BOMB lesson with Jessica and Demetrius when we invited them to be baptized!
Love you!
Your missionary son
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