Week 34:  First and Last Week in the Atascadero 1st Ward [March 19, 2018]

This week has been pretty good. It was a little crazy with transfers. We were supposed to transfer on Tuesday, but because of the rain that we've been having it had to be moved to Wednesday. It was good to have another day in Templeton. We were able to get two new potentials and find a part member family to teach. 

After we had transfers we had a lesson with an investigator named Judy who has a baptismal date (which is a first for me). It went well and she seems ready. 

One of the things we've been doing in this ward that I haven't done much of is member lessons. At one of them when I was saying the closing prayer a helicopter flew above us and the son got really excited and yelled "HELICOPTER!"  When I finished he was crying because he missed it. When we were shaking hands with them he didn't want to shake my hand because it was my fault he missed it. 

Our district meeting was a little weird. We have 12 people in our district and only 5 people are the same so it feels a bit like I'm in a different district. 

We are teaching one of the member's sister which is going really well. Before I came here the Elders did a member lesson and taught the restoration. Afterward the brother mentioned that his sister was not a member and they were able to start teaching her. We taught the plan of salvation and at the end she said, "I wonder why not everyone believes this!" She's pretty solid, but she will be moving in a few weeks so we're doing all we can while she's here. 

I was able to meet Jeff and Heidi, one of the families we're teaching. Jeff has a baptismal date for the end of April and it sounds like we could set Heidi with one that day too since she wants the family to be baptized together. 

St. Patrick's day wasn't too eventful. I had to borrow one of Elder Jarman's green ties since I didn't have any. We also went to a party with a bunch of other members which was good because I got to meet more people. 

Sunday we also found out that we'll be combining with another ward so it was my first and last week in the Atascadero 1st ward. I'm curious to see how everything goes. 

For all the areas I've been in, this one has the most work. I'm excited to see where all this goes. 

That's all for now. Until next time, 

Elder Jason Riches

Pictures

1.Me saying goodbye to cowboy. 

2. Us congratulating Judy on passing her driving test.