Hey guys,
I’m now in the California Santa Rosa Mission. As many of you seem to
know already at this point, this week has been very, very hard for me. Probably
one of the hardest of my life. I've been challenged and pushed in limits I'm
not quite sure if I have. I'm learning more than anything to put my trust in
the Lord and push past these giant barriers which tower over my head. But I'm not
going to write more about that here.
Almost a week ago I arrived here in northern California .
Let me tell you, this is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to!
Much further north in my mission, (the boundaries go all the way up to the Oregon
border) are the Red Woods which I'm anxious to see. I'm not sure if I ever
will, but currently I'm in the heart of Santa Rosa
which is beautiful as well. Because there are so many re-assigned missionaries,
I'm actually in a missionary trio. All 3 of us were reassigned and in the same
group of missionaries who arrived last week. My companions are Elder Hakanson
and Elder Buss. Both of them served in Guatamala before Santa
Rosa , so we all know Spanish. But none of us know the
area that well. And none of us really know how to actually use technology in
the mission (which is the only thing we can do in this moment) so we're just
kind of floating around at the moment trying to figure out this weirdness. Also,
we have a car which is a new thing for us. It’s supposedly the best and newest
car in the entire mission, so that’s pretty rad. And instead of just having one
giant room that is the kitchen, living area AND bedroom (like in Peru ),
we have a REAL apartment with several bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms, a kitchen and a
living area. So overall it’s been more relaxed here than Peru .
Except for the food - We have to cook our food ourselves. In Peru
we had it brought to us each day. I'm not too good at cooking. But one day we were
invited to a fish fry. And hopefully when quarantine is over, we can eat at
church member’s homes more often. Anyway, it’s been interesting getting two perspectives
of the mission field…. foreign and the states.
I made a Facebook account as well which is weird. I never
used Facebook before and now it’s a critical way of finding people. We have
talked with a few people this week and we called one guy and were able to speak
in Spanish with him. So all in all, it seems to still be an effective way to
work once we figure it out.
- Elder Dyal
Trees behind the church building
Elder Hakanson, Elder Dyal and Elder Buss
Three Amigos
Goofing off with Elder Hakanson
Saw this Model T on the freeway
Fish fry dinner
First phone call with family on P-day
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