I'm here in Cali everyone! I am loving it here so much! I'm serving in a city called Temecula. it is super gorgeous! (even though most of my time is spent down in the ghettos) I'm super happy because there is a walmart in my area, which means I've been able to buy mountain dew. I missed caffiene! My companion doesnt like it though lol. The mission president is awesome! He and I get along very well. Once we got here, we ate Cali burritos, which are the most delicious things ever. Then we went to the church to meet our companions. My companion is named Elder Farnsworth. Sorry, I dont have a picture. Just imagine Leonardo Dicaprio from the great gatsby with bad teeth and thats him. He has been an amazing trainer. We both got put into Temecula for our first time, also known as white washing. We have gotten lost so many times. And since we dont know anyone, investigators or members, we have been driving evrywhere. We have taught a total of 2 lessons... lol We have a lot of appointments set up for this week though.
Our first lesson was with a woman named Elizabeth. To start out, we ask if she has any questions. you will never guess what her question was... "So do you have multiple wives?" For real? Polygamy question in my first lesson! I looked at my companion and let him take the reigns haha. That lesson turned out to be a big question/answer session so it wasn't that good. Second lesson was with a 13 year old from Venezuela. We taught her the first lesson and she said that if she reads and gets an answer, she will get baptized! Yeah, thats right. I extended the invitation. Contacting has been great! We were contacting last night and we walked past a baptist church and the people INSISTED that we join them.... Yeah, we went in and sang a few songs. The spirit definitely wasn't there but guess what? We planted a Book of Mormon... In a baptist church. HOLLER! The best food that I've had has been carne asada tacos with beans and rice. Every meal has had beans and rice... definitely mexican style here. The time has been flying super fast. It seems like I've only been here for a few hours but its almost been a week! My companion says it gets a lot faster and I trust him! It's going to fly by!
The language is going very well. We went to the Spanish branch yesterday and it was a party. I understood like 80% of what was said. Not bad! The branch was very impressed by my spanish. They thought I knew like no spanish at all. I SHOWED THEM! anyways, I'll be back on next Monday to report on my second week! Les amo mucho! No espero ver ustedes!
Con Amor,
Elder Atwood.
With Herman Bush
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