Hello Everybody
So, as I'm sure you've all noticed, the new transfer has started. It began today, and I'm still here in Lake L.A. with Elder Huskinson. As far as stuff in missionary work, we didn't get a whole lot done. We tried a lot to meet with our investigators, but some of them just didn't want to. It was disappointing, but we did start teaching the non-member daughter of a member family. We're hoping that we see something good with her, but I'm not too sure how keen she is on changing. We'll see, though. We've only taught her once so far.
So, I'm still doing good. My address hasn't changed from what it has been since I got here, but if you don't know it, here it is again:
Elder Marcus Keith Shepherd
41056 168th St. East
Lancaster, CA 93535
If you still want to send me stuff, that's perfectly fine. I love hearing from you guys. Email is good, but letters are sometimes better (Especially considering how I haven't gotten one for like over 3 months). But, you can send it by email if you want.
Anyways, nothing too big has been happening, so take care everybody.
Elder Shepherd
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
What a crazy week...
This has been a really crazy week
The main reason for that is because of something that happened on Wednesday evening. I'll get to explaining that in just a while, but it's really weird.
Anyways, the area has been good. We're still working hard and finding new people, however, we're no longer sure that our main investigator, Margarita, is as solid as we thought she was. She came to church four weeks in a row just before I came here, and she was in dire need of money for her house, because she was being threatened with eviction. So, we asked the church to help her out, and we did. With a fairly good sum of money, too. But, ever since then, she hasn't come to anything church related. We're kinda thinking she wasn't as ready as we thought, but she's still really good. We'll see, though. We're thinking of dropping her. As far as that, we haven't had much progress with anyone else. We're working really hard, no doubt, but it's still not going much of anywhere yet. We're still hoping, though.
As for me, I'm starting to see some change in my body from P90X. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in last week's email, but I'm still way tired. I did the Chest and Back workout this morning, and I killed myself. I'm hurting so much that it's almost no longer funny. But, this stuff happens, so we'll see what goes on.
Anyways, I bet you're all wondering by now what it was that I thought was so weird. Here it is. We were passing by an old investigator's house, and they were prepping for something. We went in and talked with them, trying to get a first lesson in, which we thought was good, since they said that more people were coming over after that. So, we skipped our dinner and stayed, expecting to teach a lesson. No. Other people show up, and we soon find out that this is a church meeting in their own house. We didn't want to be rude, so we stayed. Then, they decided to get really crazy. Music, dancing, and a sermon that I couldn't understand and that made almost no sense. Then, after a while, the pastor invited all those who wanted to accept Jesus Christ in their lives and be saved to come forward. A few people did, and then he turned straight to us, and asked us the same question. We were both thrown off, and a bit hesitant. He asked again, and Husky said yes in a bit of a confused tone. They pulled him forward, and then they motioned for me to go, so I did. In this little circle, they told us to recite a set prayer. After the prayer (which I simply mouthed, not saying anything), he prayed again, placed his hands on one guy, and then other people came in and did the same. Then they did it to Husky. I looked at him, and I could tell he felt awkward. I was almost laughing it was so funny. Then, they did it to me, and I was so weirded out. The pastor said I was going to feel something strong. I felt something very awkward, as he and others placed their hands on me. It was so weird. Then they left me, and went to the next. I retreated to Husky's corner, and said, "Dude, I think they just baptized US!" We laughed. It was such a weird night. It was so crazy.
Anywyas, that's what happened, and it went straight into the journal. I'll remember that for a while. Anyways, to all those who read these, take care, and also, since this is transfer weekend, don't send any mail until next week. I may not get it. But then again, I haven't received a letter in months, so that's hardly a problem.
Love
Elder Shepherd
The main reason for that is because of something that happened on Wednesday evening. I'll get to explaining that in just a while, but it's really weird.
Anyways, the area has been good. We're still working hard and finding new people, however, we're no longer sure that our main investigator, Margarita, is as solid as we thought she was. She came to church four weeks in a row just before I came here, and she was in dire need of money for her house, because she was being threatened with eviction. So, we asked the church to help her out, and we did. With a fairly good sum of money, too. But, ever since then, she hasn't come to anything church related. We're kinda thinking she wasn't as ready as we thought, but she's still really good. We'll see, though. We're thinking of dropping her. As far as that, we haven't had much progress with anyone else. We're working really hard, no doubt, but it's still not going much of anywhere yet. We're still hoping, though.
As for me, I'm starting to see some change in my body from P90X. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in last week's email, but I'm still way tired. I did the Chest and Back workout this morning, and I killed myself. I'm hurting so much that it's almost no longer funny. But, this stuff happens, so we'll see what goes on.
Anyways, I bet you're all wondering by now what it was that I thought was so weird. Here it is. We were passing by an old investigator's house, and they were prepping for something. We went in and talked with them, trying to get a first lesson in, which we thought was good, since they said that more people were coming over after that. So, we skipped our dinner and stayed, expecting to teach a lesson. No. Other people show up, and we soon find out that this is a church meeting in their own house. We didn't want to be rude, so we stayed. Then, they decided to get really crazy. Music, dancing, and a sermon that I couldn't understand and that made almost no sense. Then, after a while, the pastor invited all those who wanted to accept Jesus Christ in their lives and be saved to come forward. A few people did, and then he turned straight to us, and asked us the same question. We were both thrown off, and a bit hesitant. He asked again, and Husky said yes in a bit of a confused tone. They pulled him forward, and then they motioned for me to go, so I did. In this little circle, they told us to recite a set prayer. After the prayer (which I simply mouthed, not saying anything), he prayed again, placed his hands on one guy, and then other people came in and did the same. Then they did it to Husky. I looked at him, and I could tell he felt awkward. I was almost laughing it was so funny. Then, they did it to me, and I was so weirded out. The pastor said I was going to feel something strong. I felt something very awkward, as he and others placed their hands on me. It was so weird. Then they left me, and went to the next. I retreated to Husky's corner, and said, "Dude, I think they just baptized US!" We laughed. It was such a weird night. It was so crazy.
Anywyas, that's what happened, and it went straight into the journal. I'll remember that for a while. Anyways, to all those who read these, take care, and also, since this is transfer weekend, don't send any mail until next week. I may not get it. But then again, I haven't received a letter in months, so that's hardly a problem.
Love
Elder Shepherd
Monday, May 16, 2011
I am flat-out tired...
Hello everybody
As the title to this email said, I am dog tired all the time now. I'll explain in a bit, but for now, here's a quick recap of what's been happening.
One of our main investigators has gotten a baptismal date. She's super ready for the gospel, and I'm getting really excited for her. However, We've hardly been able to meet with her, and so we need to really up the number of times we're meeting with her...especially since the date with her is this Sunday. It sounds impossible, and it probably won't happen, but we'll move it back a bit and keep trying. She's super ready. Also, we are working with a family that is super ready as well. We went over there last night with a young man from a member family, and we talked over there. The sad thing was that, they have a Wii, and the two kids were playing Bubble Bobble. I don't know how many of you know that, but that's a really fun game. We got talking on the subject of video games (my natural element) and I found out they had a game called Super C (Contra) on it as well. They fired that one up just to show me. I was dying sitting there in the couch. That is such an awesome game. They offered to even let me play it. I turned it down, naturally, but I still was really tempted. Anyways, we talked with them last night, and they are finally starting on that we're asking them to change, which is good. A lot of people out here think that we're only going around to teach the Bible. We're asking a little more than that. So, I think I need to work it into what we teach. Anyways, we were talking, and we asked them if they'd be baptized into the church. They said yes. We didn't set a specific date, but they said they would. We're going over there tonight, and they're going to feed us dinner (taquitos de papas = Potato taquitos), and we'll teach them a lesson. I'm super excited for them. Also, we found a former investigator from over a year ago or so, and she's also super ready. She blew off the missionaries originally, saying she wasn't ready, but she seems to be ready now. We taught the first lesson, walked out, and did some good mental backflips. It was awesome. Also, I did exchanges on Thursday, and I have to say that that was easily the most boring day of my mission. The elder I was with is super boring. I'll spare his name, but it was awful.
Anyways, as to why I'm so tired all the time. If you all remember correctly, about four months ago, I said I was going to start doing a workout program called P90X. I did it for about 9 days, and quit. I was so disappointed in myself. Well, I'm doing it again, but the greatest thing about it this time is that I'm doing it with Elder Ulloa. I'm getting more into the routine of things. I've been doing it for 8 days, and I'm feeling pretty good about myself. I've already felt some good improvements, so I'm happy. I'll probably continue. But, P90X workouts each consist of about an hour. It's exhausting to get up at 6:15, pound myself for an hour, and then go out at 11 and work until 9. I'm tired a lot. But, I'm feeling really stronger now, so I'm happy.
Anyways, that's about it for this week. Take care everyone, and please keep sending me emails.
Elder Shepherd
As the title to this email said, I am dog tired all the time now. I'll explain in a bit, but for now, here's a quick recap of what's been happening.
One of our main investigators has gotten a baptismal date. She's super ready for the gospel, and I'm getting really excited for her. However, We've hardly been able to meet with her, and so we need to really up the number of times we're meeting with her...especially since the date with her is this Sunday. It sounds impossible, and it probably won't happen, but we'll move it back a bit and keep trying. She's super ready. Also, we are working with a family that is super ready as well. We went over there last night with a young man from a member family, and we talked over there. The sad thing was that, they have a Wii, and the two kids were playing Bubble Bobble. I don't know how many of you know that, but that's a really fun game. We got talking on the subject of video games (my natural element) and I found out they had a game called Super C (Contra) on it as well. They fired that one up just to show me. I was dying sitting there in the couch. That is such an awesome game. They offered to even let me play it. I turned it down, naturally, but I still was really tempted. Anyways, we talked with them last night, and they are finally starting on that we're asking them to change, which is good. A lot of people out here think that we're only going around to teach the Bible. We're asking a little more than that. So, I think I need to work it into what we teach. Anyways, we were talking, and we asked them if they'd be baptized into the church. They said yes. We didn't set a specific date, but they said they would. We're going over there tonight, and they're going to feed us dinner (taquitos de papas = Potato taquitos), and we'll teach them a lesson. I'm super excited for them. Also, we found a former investigator from over a year ago or so, and she's also super ready. She blew off the missionaries originally, saying she wasn't ready, but she seems to be ready now. We taught the first lesson, walked out, and did some good mental backflips. It was awesome. Also, I did exchanges on Thursday, and I have to say that that was easily the most boring day of my mission. The elder I was with is super boring. I'll spare his name, but it was awful.
Anyways, as to why I'm so tired all the time. If you all remember correctly, about four months ago, I said I was going to start doing a workout program called P90X. I did it for about 9 days, and quit. I was so disappointed in myself. Well, I'm doing it again, but the greatest thing about it this time is that I'm doing it with Elder Ulloa. I'm getting more into the routine of things. I've been doing it for 8 days, and I'm feeling pretty good about myself. I've already felt some good improvements, so I'm happy. I'll probably continue. But, P90X workouts each consist of about an hour. It's exhausting to get up at 6:15, pound myself for an hour, and then go out at 11 and work until 9. I'm tired a lot. But, I'm feeling really stronger now, so I'm happy.
Anyways, that's about it for this week. Take care everyone, and please keep sending me emails.
Elder Shepherd
Monday, May 2, 2011
Another week, I guess
Man, there is nothing to report on from this last week
I literally mean that there is nothing. Last week wasn't really that great for us, so I don't have anything new to update with, really. I would try to tell you all about something, but I just can't think of a whole lot.
One thing was that we spray-painted our planners. One of the elders I live with, Elder Ruiz, has been really good with spray-painting, mostly space pictures, and he's showed us how to do it. It's really cool. I did it to mine, and it looks really cool. It'll be on the next card I send home, but that won't be for a while.
Really, that's about all I can think of. I'll try and have something more meaningful for next week.
Elder Shepherd
I literally mean that there is nothing. Last week wasn't really that great for us, so I don't have anything new to update with, really. I would try to tell you all about something, but I just can't think of a whole lot.
One thing was that we spray-painted our planners. One of the elders I live with, Elder Ruiz, has been really good with spray-painting, mostly space pictures, and he's showed us how to do it. It's really cool. I did it to mine, and it looks really cool. It'll be on the next card I send home, but that won't be for a while.
Really, that's about all I can think of. I'll try and have something more meaningful for next week.
Elder Shepherd
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