Well this week has been interesting, Hard, fun and tiring
all in one! Where to begin..... well lets talk about your weekend! Wow am i
going to mission going to the cabin this summer. Those pictures just make me
feel at home all over again. Im glad mesa gets out the week before so that we
always had that 4-5 day weekend up at the cabin to start the summer off. in
Utah school gets out this week. In California, they still have 2 weeks left....
lame right but thats why i dont live here :) well i am right now but we do the
same thing everyday of every week. and its great! Anyways Looks like you
all had fun up there and enjoyed the cool weather. I cant say that its been
that cold here, in fact it never will i think. but this week has been super
nice here in southern CA. Basically the hottest it got was 75 and the coolest
it got was 60. it has been cloudy for 4-5 days now, for at least the most
part of the day. Its been super breezy and almost chilly sometimes. What
can i say living 4 blocks from the beach is nice! Anyways we did splits twice
this week! yeah so i was hardly in my area. my companion kept getting confused
which day it was and who he talked to with which companion. he would tell me
that we are going to got to this house and i would ask who? and he would say we
contacted him on Wednesday....and then he would put 2 and 2 together and then
remember i wasnt with him that day.... anyways it was fun. Palos verdes is
super nice down here but when your down here you get cut off from the rest of
the mission. you have no idea whats going on around other places, and we have
no contact with any other missionaries other than the 3 companionships from our
district. ITs just great! But yeah now to missionary work
** and **- we found out that they are not really
interested at all.... they have been avoiding us all week. We think they got a
little financial help from the church and since then they have had no
desire or time to meet with us... We find them once in a while in the street or
talking to other people in the apartment but we have not sat down and taught
them since the week before last. Sad. their baptismal date was dropped because
of time and at this point we will probably have to drop them soon. Its super
frustrating and tiring... **- stopped progressing. She didnt come to
church, she finally told us that she really hasnt been praying or reading. She
"likes the church" but i dont think she really understands what its
all about. She wants to know for herself that these things are true, but isnt
doing the things that would allow her to feel so. Grrrrrrr. this week has been
super frustrating to say the least. We only had 4 lessons compared to the 10-12
we had before. its like none of our investigators want to see us :( anyways we
got our 20 conversations everyday this week except last Monday so we will do
better today :) Yesterday Elder Acosta a local 70 came and visited our branch.
it was super good, the spirit was so strong and of course, no investigators at
church.... He just talked alot about how we can just be better, how this is a
hard generation but that the gospel is truly on the earth again and its here
for each and everyone of us. He has a very strong testimony. so that was super
awesome. Then next week ELDER BALLARD is coming to LA and we are having a
missionary conference just with him. It will be awesome. I just cant wait to
listen and learn from him. Its just a blessing to be on a mission. people ask
us all the time, Why? Why did you live for 2 years? what made you come? what is
it that you are trying to get out of this service? And i tell them because I
know that God Loves his children, that through Jesus Christ we all can recieve
strength and peace in this crazy world. I tell them that it doesnt matter what
we might be losing or how hard it is when people reject us. we know this
message can bless our lives Even if people dont want to hear us, give us
fake addresses or numbers, yell and cus at us for 20 min, The truth will keep
going. We are not here to tear down peoples faiths, were here to
strengthen thier faith and come closer to Our Heavenly Father and His Son. That
is what i know! That is why im here. And even though it is hard, that it is
frustrating, stressful, tiring, and sometimes seems worthless, its completely
worth it.
Thanks for all your support. Thanks for the pictures and i
hope you all have/had a great weekend up at the cabin! Keep up the good work
and have a great week! :) Enjoy your summer!
Love
Elder Hollingshead
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