I have gained a testimony about writing in a journal

     So my studies up to date are Isaiah 18, Alma 15, and Alma 62(Spanish) It’s still coming along.

      So something pretty crazy happened this past week. One day we were riding this past week, Elder Heredia full on crashed twice in one day. The first time, he didn’t notice a higher curb, so he goes off of it and completely does a front flip and was lying on the ground. The second one was even crazier. I was riding behind him and we were cruising down a hill to get to an appointment. Then Elder Heredia tries to get up on to the sidewalk, but hits the driveway thing wrong. All of the sudden, I see him flip over and his bike starts sliding on its side for like 10 feet, and he flies off. His head goes through a bush, while he is tumbling in circles like four times. Then by the time he gets out of the bush, his helmet comes off. So his head was in the bush getting scraped up while his body is tumbling and going crazy over the sidewalk. Of course I was freaking out. hahaha I gave him some room to breathe and tried to help him as best as I could. His hand hurt really bad. We thought it was broken. We went to the urgent care this past week and the doctor said it was a sprain. They said the radiologists will check the x-ray better and call us within the next few days to see if it’s broken. His hand/wrist/forearm are still hurting pretty badly. We are keeping him in our prayers. So that was our interesting tid bit this past week.

      San Diego is still doing well. The weather is good. We had a couple random days of freezingness and then it went back to hot toasty days for biking.

     So we were still unable to get Daniel to church this week.  He said he isn’t going to rely on his son anymore for the ride, and that he wants a ride from someone in the branch.  So we are going to set up a ride for him this Sunday.

     This past Sunday though, we got one investigator, Abel, and a less active, Luis Gutierrez, to church.  So church was still a success.  I also gave the opening prayer in Sacrament meeting again.

     I also have been speaking more Spanish this week, and I have been leaving my comfort zone a little bit.  So I feel like I have progressed a lot more in this past week.

     I’m sorry this isn’t a great letter.  I guess I’m not really in the mood set for writing right now especially since I burned the inside of my right ring finger while cooking.  So it is hurting quite a bit right now.

     A lot of good has happened this past week, but when there is the most good there is the most evil.  So we were doing good work, but we have also gotten a lot of opposition too.  We had more people from their cars cuss at us, and say messed up things to us.  We even had someone throw a slice of bread at us.  We also had a lot of rejection.  We had lots of different interesting talks with people, when we contacted people on the street.  People ignored us completely, a person called us a cult, and some people were fine talking with us until they found out we were Mormon.  So many people are ignorant about our church.  A cult is two or more people together in a religious group that believes in a higher being.  So we are a cult, and so are every other Christian church.  It’s just sad to see people reject us.

     For the good though this past week, we contacted some good people on the street, had good lessons, and our companionship has grown a lot.

     Transfers are coming up next week, so any of our companionship could get moved, and we could get someone in their place.  I’ll let you know next week if anything happens to our companionship.

     I’m not sure if I have told you all yet, but I have been writing in my journal everyday so far on my mission.  I didn't believe I could do it, but now I’m in such a habit.  It is neat that I will be able to look back at any day and know basically what happened that day.  I have gained a testimony about writing a journal.  Yes, there is room for improvement to write more in detail, but I am getting better at it.  Now I am realizing why it is important to write in a journal.  I wish I wrote in my journals more before my mission.  I am definitely wanting to continue this habit after my mission.  I want to challenge all of you to write in your journal at least once a week, maybe more if you can.  In the future, you and your future family will wish you had.  So that will be my challenge.  Oh, and also be as detailed as you can.

     Thank you for everything. I really appreciate the emails, packages, and support. I love you all so much and I want you to know that you are in my prayers all the time. I pray for you daily. Stay strong and do good.