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Anyways this week has been pretty good Elder Horrocks and I. We had a good Thanksgiving. So, if you remember correctly from last week we had no one sign up for us on the dinner calendar. We were planning to use the gift card and the money that his mom sent him and head to the Cheesecake Factory that night. But that day we got a call from the Senior couple (The Haws) and they invited us to a Thanksgiving lunch with them and a couple of other missionaries. The food was delicious and we got to see some of the people who were in our zone from last transfer there too. However it was really hot outside that day (the car read 97 degrees) so after we ate all that Turkey and then went out proselyting it was hard to stay awake. Eventually though we burned through the turkey really quickly because of how much we were sweating. So around 8 O' clock we decided to head to the Cheesecake Factory. We get to the mall parking lot, park, and then head up. But everything was closed in that mall. We were pretty bummed out so we went back down to the car. We thought that it was free parking but as soon as we put the ticket in the machine it told us we had to pay 3 bucks. So we just went to this mall place to just pay 3 bucks. So now we were really kinda frustrated. Anyways we decide to drive back to the apartment and look for restaurants on the way. All of them were closed except for one. So on Thanksgiving night I had a delicious quarter pounder jalapeno cheese burger with fries and a milkshake from Carls Junior. It was delicious and we had a good time.
The coolest thing happened on Sunday night. First, a little back story: One night when me and Elder Costello were on exchanges we were about to head back to the car and call it a night, but I saw this tall black guy sitting outside with his dog and decided that we better talk to him. So we start a conversation with this man and he turns out to be an awesome person. He is from Congo and speaks 3 different dialects from there. Then he moved to France when he was a little bit older so he learned French and then he moved to California in order to finish his schooling. As of right now he is trying to learn Spanish. Just an all around ambitious man. So as were talking to him he says that he has to go but he would love to hear our message another time. Now, to Sunday evening: Elder Horrocks and I were wondering if we should either had back to the apartment and eat dinner or try and visit someone. I for some reason thought we should try and visit this man (his name is Denis). So I called him up and he didn't answer so I thought well maybe we should just go back to the apartment and eat. But then we get a call back from his number and he said we could go and visit him. We show up to his apartment and he invites us in. Turns out he had read and studied the entire pamphlet and then gave it to his girlfriend to read and study. So when we told him about the Book of Mormon he was extremely excited to be able to read it. He told us that he would take notes and mark it so that we could discuss it a lot next time. We're going to put him on date the next time we meet with him and probably hand him off to the English elders.
So other than that we also got a member to come to church with us. His name is Jose Chavez. We put him on date and gave him a baptismal calendar. He is a super solid dude and loved his experience at church. We are going to just make sure that this guy can stay on date because we really are trying hard to get a baptism. But for some reason it's been a difficult past few weeks as far as putting people on date.
As of right now I'm studying Mosiah 11,12,13 where it talks about King Noah and the wicked priests but also about Abinadi. Something that I've noticed about the way Abinadi teaches is that he is very bold and does not fear what man will think of him. One of my goals I set this week for weekly planning was to be more bold when I extend an Invitation and who better to learn from than from the prophets who wrote the Book of Mormon. So as of this week I am going to try and be more like Abinadi when I invite people to do something. And just like it says in PMG unless you invite people to change they most likely wont.
Spanish is coming a long nicely. I can understand a lot of what people are saying, and I have almost all of the conjugations down. As of right now I am studying sentence structure and vocabulary so I can explain and elaborate on different aspects of each lesson.
I hope you have a good week. Les amo,
Elder Gibbons
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