another week down, as well as a transfer. i am on my way to a new city! i am still in santa rosa, but tonight i head out to bolivar! its apparently been booming, this area. i cant wait to go out there. i am going to be with a new comp. i dont know him, but i think he is about as old as elder L in the mission. the weather here is super hot and dry. it hit about 105 last week. it is tough to sleep due to the heat but somehow i sleep anyway. my clothes are alright for now. maybe a new pair of pants. i am down to one set of work pants. i dont use my suit pants to work. plus i need to dry clean them. they are super dirty. bolivar is apparently the same amount of heat, only more humid, so i think i will be losing a few pounds out there! we dont really do any service here. no one asks us for help. we offer but no one accepts. o well. toay is great. gonna miss it but glad i can move on. yesterday in sacrament, a couple bore their testimonies. they are best friends of the last guy we baptized, who by the way, i couldnt say bye to. he was traveling on sunday. in their testimonies they thanked me for having taught their friend and about how grateful that i was the missionary who taught him. it made me feel good that i saw someone genuinely affected by my efforts.
the new investigators, we had no luck. we taught them lesson one and after that, we havent been able to find them since. we got another fecha though. his name is j c. he is a bit hard to understand.and he doesnt understand us either. so safe to say its hard to teach him. he doesnt understand our questions. but i know he can learn. he prays to a virgin every day though, so that is a problem. and he doesnt pray like we do either, he offers recited prayers. so a lot of work is ahead of elder L. well, i love you mom. and next time you hear from me, i wil be in bolivar!
love, elder jones
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