June 21, Temecula

 We set a baptismal date for this guy named Todd.  He has tattoos all over him loves to smoke and drink. He's a way cool guy though. We had a lesson yesterday with him and he finally just said "K I'll give it a shot. I'll read and pray every day for one month.  If I don't get an answer, then I'm done."  So we told him OK.  Then, we set a baptismal date for him. He said "K, cool."  It was so sweet!!!  That's just one of the cool things that happened this week!! 

6/14/2011, Temecula

Thank you guys so much for everything that you have done!!! This week in the mission has been good.  Elder Sharp is the district leader now. We didn’t get transferred this transfer.  Only one Elder got transferred and another has finished up his mission, so, he’s going home tomorrow.

Some things that have been interesting this week? Um, well we stopped by this house and found out that the dad was a preacher for his job.  Yeah, we didn’t know till we sat down and he wouldn’t let us talk at all.  We were there for about an hour.  We were stuck.  Yeah it wasn’t that much fun at all. He said the Book of Mormon isn’t true at all.  Then we said, ”Have u read it?”  He said, “no” then that was it, basically.  I finally had enough with the guy telling us that we were wrong and everything. So I just interrupted him and bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon.  I said we could be here arguing all night but we aren’t going to go any where because u won’t read the Book of Mormon.  “How will you ever know it’s true?”  So, then we got up and walked out of his house!  That’s just one of the many experiences I have had this week!  How’s dad doing?  Love ya tons.  Here are some picts 

6/7/11 Temecula

The mission is going good!! Its been the hardest thing I've ever done, just because I don't feel worthy to be out here some days.  Other days its been a blast!  Its weird.   


That's way cool to hear about Joe!  You'll be a great missionary!!!


One cool experience I had this week was when we went over to a members house.  On the way home we stopped by a house out by the Indian reservation. The family is way cool way nice and knows alot about the church.  We talked to them for about an hour and have a return appointment.  When we were biking home the dogs that live on the Indian reservation got out and were chasing us.  They're so stinkin fast!!! I couldnt believe it!! They finally gave up and turned around.


It's so cool out here.  Temecula is a pretty town,  really homey and country like.  Every one is really nice, most of the time!! 


One cool thing I found out when I was on exchange, was that Metal Mulisha's compound is in Temecula.  We could see them riding their dirt bikes and flying through the air.  It was pretty dang cool!!!  It made me want to ride mine.  Oh yeah, mine's not working.  Ha Ha, dang it!!! 


The weather down here is always sunny.  It's only rained twice so far!!!   Its been pretty dang nice!!! The mission is fun!!! 


This last Sunday, we had one of our investigator family's come to church.  Every one in the church wanted to welcome them in.  They loved it!!  The oldest daughter (11 years old) stayed for the whole time and went home with members that live right by them.  It was so sweet to see how the ward welcomed them in and made it a good experience for them!! 


Well g2g love you guys!!  
Thanks you guys for all the support u guys have given me!!! 

Temecula, May 31, 2011

One cool experience happened just last night.  I was on an exchange with another Elder named Elder Kim.  We got back to the church to switch back with our regular comps.  Then me and Elder Sharp went off to dinner at a members house.  It was way good!!!  After that we went tracting and found this 21 year old sitting out front of his house. He has been having problems with his family and didn’t know what to do.  So, we talked to him and taught him a little about the Book of Mormon and how it can help him out with these problems and to pray about it.  It was really cool. You could tell that the kid was struggling in life and needed help.

After that, we had a feeling to stop by a members’ house to find out what members lived around them. They invited us in and to eat with them so we did.  We talked and had a great time there.  Just before we were getting up to go, the wife asked us a question “DO U EVER FEEL LIKE YOU’RE INSPIRED?"  I said “yes.”  Then she asked, “Do you Elders feel like you were inspired to come over tonight?”  Then Elder Sharp told her about our day and why we choose to come over there. Then she said last week, when we met with the family, we taught a lesson about Alma. That next Sunday she was giving a lesson in Relief Society and it ended up being about Alma and what we taught her family. She said it gave her good confidence in teaching the lesson. Next she said she asked her husband for a blessing earlier that day, but the husband was out of oil.  Then we showed up at the house. The spirit was soooooooooo strong!  It is one memory I will always remember for my life.  The lord truly does put you in places you need to be in. It was so sweeettttt!!! That’s just one of many of experiences I have had lately.

May 24, 2011

This week we had zone conference.  On Monday we woke up at 5 a.m. to be there on time.  I wasn't such a big fan of that.  It was way too early!  But, it was really, really good!!!!  We stayed there till 4:30, came home, went to dinner at a member's house, then had lessons till 9:30 that night.  It was sweet!

Today we went to the temple.  It was so cool!  The temple looks like a castle!  It's sooo pretty!  It's about an hour's drive from my mission.  We just got back from the temple and now I'm emailing you.

Elder Sharp and I got a baptism date!  It's for one of our investigators named Blonka.  She's getting baptized on June 30th.  It was pretty cool.  We walked in the first time to meet her and the spirit was way strong, saying "Invite her to be baptized" SO WE DID AND SHE ACCEPTED!!!!.   She had the lessons for about 6 months from the other elders that were here, but they never invited her to be baptized, for some reason. It's weird.

The mission is going good.  Elder Sharp is a way cool guy.  He's always doing what's right and has a way strong testimony.

We received a few emails from Jarett this past Tuesday, which is his P Day. He says he just bought a K2 bike and is in the best shape he has been his entire life!

Jarett also found out that he can only send and receive letters from his friends via the post office. He cannot receive emails from friends (only family). Therefore, he asked that we post his mailing address.

Friends, you can write Jarett at:

Elder Jarett Jolley
California Carlsbad Mission
451 West Bobier Drive
Vista, California, 92083-1906

Below are a few quotes we received from Jarett this past Tuesday. Enjoy!

"The family is changing so much i cant beleive that Jason and Brooke are going to have kids that nuts!!"

"This week has been pretty crazy... the first week we contacted 187 people!! this week however has been pretty slow... not that many people have been outside. I guess they saw us last week walking around haha."

"One cool experience I had... Me and my companion were walking to a dinner appointment when we saw a family outside so we went over and started to talk to them about the gospel and we made a return apointment. The next time we where heading over we got a call from the dad(ROD) asking if we could come later that day and if it was all right if 4 other adults came to listen. We said yes but we both were thinking it was their preacher or pastor they were bringing over. So a "bible bash" it was going to be.
When we showed up at their house we found out that Rod had invited his WHOLE family over to hear what we where saying. It was so sweet! they all liked what we where saying and we invited all of them to church this sunday. So about 12 investigators are coming to church with us this sunday!!!! yea its so sweet!"

Happy Mothers Day!!!

We received a call from Jarett today!    He used Skype, so we could see him, but our microphone didn't work, so we used the phone to talk to him.  We hope to have the kinks worked out by Christmas.  He's in Temecula, California.  His companion is Elder Tyler Sharp - who just happens to be from SLC, and he graduated from Hillcrest one year ahead of Jarett!  They had classes together in high school and they're buds.
We got to wave to Elder Sharp on Skype.  He looks and sounds great!