Preparation Day Basketball and Service

We had a great preparation day.  We played some good games of basketball and we did this other game that was one v one, which I enjoyed a lot because I made a lot of lucky ridiculous shots until I got worn out.  For service we cleaned up a shed and helped cook breakfast for someones birthday.  Nothing exciting to report bike wise, I am just amazed at how my companions legs are rock hard because he bikes in such a high gear and goes at least 15 mph whenever possible.  I did go on exchange with Elder Harolds, my district leader at the time, and he kept telling me to bike slower.  We have not had rain in a while now, but we did get caught in a storm back when I was serving in Riverside.  We have a good start to stay busy, but we always need to be finding more.  We have about 9 less active families we try and see each week and we are still trying to visit the other names that no one knows who they are.  We also have pages of potential investigator forms from 3-5 years ago when you needed to knock doors for at least an hour a day.  We were able to have some great lessons with Gene Sanders last week and he is moving forward in his faith.  We committed some other people to reading and prayer so we hope they will be successful.  We had transfer calls on Saturday and after 7 months, Elder Toombs will be serving in a different ward.  He is already greatly missed here, he has so much love for the people here.  We had a ward barbecue on Saturday with a slip and slide and an egg toss activities.  There was a great turn out from the ward and also Linda, one of our investigators came and 2 less active families.  The members were super excited and full of friendly energy.  I made cookie dough today and we made it into a shake with some ice cream.  It had to many chocolate chips in it, but it was still awesome.  Charity is the pure love of Chirst and such a powerful thing, I keep trying but I don't think I will ever comprehend the amount of suffering the Savior went through for me and everyone else, because he loves us.  "Pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ." and you will be blessed with a heart full of love and opened eyes to help those that you love

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