Week 77

Hey hey hey from the LBC!
We basically had a week with about 10 years amount of rain that came down in 3 days. It was really interesting this week to work as our streets turned to rivers and lakes formed at intersections. Then Surf City (Huntington Beach) turned into twister city and Long Beach turned into a shower. Basically the Lord had to wash this place with water before he cleanses it with fire. That is my belief or he is softening the ground for a big earthquake so it can break into the ocean.

Well sad but great news.... the baptism we were going to have is not going to happen this Sunday. But the only reason is because he said he wants his family to learn and go to church. He does not want to do it alone. So of course we said "ya who else do you know" and we should be teaching more people of his. His name is David Grajera, he speaks spanish and is way humble and nice. We love teaching him because we do a good lesson on the Gospel and then teach English and eat real Mexican food. It is funny because Elder Black doesnt like chile peppers and so we always have to tell him to eat more so he can speak spanish better.

Other great news is that some families in old areas that i had taught and found are slowly but surely getting baptized as time goes on. It is great to see that because it helps me realize some promises in my patriarchal blessing are coming true. Also i dont know if i told you but i am doing translation for Sacrament Meeting now...... let me tell you that is super hard when you got a Polynesian, a 13 year old white girl, and they all speak english either super machine gun like or super mumbly and hard to understand. Half the time i just make it up and keep to the theme of the talk. But ya pray because I always just laugh with all the latinos that just know what im tyring to say and what the speaker is really saying and so we just laugh it off.

Have a good week love you all.

Elder Jimmie G Watkins