Wow, it's been a good week. First of all, I don't have much time today, but here I go!
We have a few awesome investigators here. One of them is Cole Knapp. He's 28, and just moved from the Bakersfield area. When he was there, he took all the missionary discussions, but never was baptized. He was even interviewed! So, right now, we are continuing to teach him. He struggles with the Word of Wisdom also, but he's coming along. Yesterday, he came to church. We are continuing to invite him to activities and other fun things. :) He's a real sincere guy, and he desires to follow God.
Also, another one is Natalia. She's 20 years old, and Natalia was born in Hawaii. She is currently living with her mom, after her dad became really violent due to his alcoholism. Natalia feels really good when she helps others and serves. We talked with her mom on Saturday as well, and she burst into tears as she began to talk with us. Her mom has relationship issues with her current boyfriend as well, and she told us all about it. As missionaries, sometimes we feel like therapists, but I think it just shows that they trust us(?) ;P
The last one is Conner. Conner is originally from Washington, but he moved to Oxnard after meeting a girl through online gaming. He moved in with her, and her parents just kicked him out of the house (thank goodness!) He lived there for about a year, and he works at Target and met Guadalupe, a recent convert, and that's how he came in contact with the church. He's really sincere, and desires to know if the Book of Mormon is true. Unfortunately, with his eviction, he's going to be moving back to Washington at the beginning of April. He is fine with meeting with missionaries once he gets back up there though.
So, that's our investigators. We are doing our best to find. (Oh yes, the finding stage, how I missed you.) To do this, we meet with members, and are doing our best to establish relations with Oxnard College and Cal. St. University of Channel Islands. Again, our area is big. We cover Oxnard and Camarillo, but the ward extends to Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore and Santa Paula. It's the biggest YSA ward in the mission. I absolutely LOVE it here. Camarillo is perhaps the most beautiful city that I have ever been into. Oxnard has it's good parts too, but for the most part, Oxnard is just as beautiful as the name sounds. Camarillo has about 62,000 people, and Oxnard has about 180,000 people. It's pretty urbanized, with a few fields and agriculture here and there. But yes, Mom, I'm safe!
We had our Mission Leadership Council this week, and we have ANOTHER one on Friday, except this one is special. Elder Brent H. Nielson of the 1st Quorum of Seventy is coming, and he will be presiding at our MLC. No pressure. Other than that, it's been a great week!
I love you all! This church is true, and it brings happiness beyond measure when we live the commandments of God. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Harper
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