Week 33- September 25

Well I am in Orange County in Ledera Ranch by Mission Viejo. This is a really interesting area. I really dont like orange county. there is a lot of really rich people. The area I am serving in feels a lot like Disneyland all the houses are so close together and and everyone basically lives on top of each other. It is so crowded. The ward is pretty cool, but the people here are just so different. I really miss Temecula and the members there. My new companion is Elder Satuala from Bountiful, Utah. He is tongan. His parents came from tonga. He is an awesome Elder. The area that I am serving in is a part time car part time walk or bike. This is going to be really good, because I have the feeling I am going to loose some weight here. It has been really tough getting to know the new area. All the addresses her are really weird and all the weird street names, I think it is going to take me a little while. Being a district leader is going to be pretty exciting, but I am nervous. So far it hasnt gone to bad. Tomorrow is my first real district meeting and its going to be interesting on how that goes, with me giving trainings and all that fun stuff.

That is so awesome that Brother Anton sent that picture. I really miss all of the families in Temecula. The weather here is pretty much like it was in Temecula, pretty warm, but its not to bad. I really dont mind the warm weather. The New shoes that I have are really great they feel a lot better than the other ones, especially with all of the walking that we are doing.

   That is so crazy that the Cross country season is almost over, it feels like it just started. Thats awesome that he went camping! I wish I could go camping, that sounds fun right about now. But thats okay being a missionary is pretty fun. Thats so crazy that st george is already coming up! It is so bizzar how fast time goes, it feels like we were just down there last year. Thats awesome that Austin and Christian went to the dedication.Is christian planning on going up to Canada for the open House or dedication? I believe thats in a couple weeks if I heard right.  I have heard about BYU, but thats ok its a great year to miss watching football, also baseball. Both of the teams I like are doing pretty bad. We hear about all that stuff all the time.

 

  So this morning we went golfing again. The golf course wasnt to nice but it was fun to go. The golf course was basically a little chip and putt course so I never pulled out the driver. It was a pretty good game of golf but not as fun as it was with Brother Natter. I definitely am going to come back here and do a little bit of golfing when I am done. The people here are not very nice at all. I was so shocked when I first got here and started walking around, everyone was pretty rude. Nothing like the Friendliness of Temecula. But hey it makes for some good stories. I have been so busy since I got here I havent had time to do anything. I am still unpacking all of my stuff. We have been getting up at 5;30 to have a little bit more time but it feels like there still isnt enough time to get everything done. One of my responsibilities as a district leader is to interview people to be baptized, and Saturday I was able to have my fist one. The lady I interviewed is 30 years old and she is from brazil, she speaks very little english so we had an inturpreter there in the interview. It was a pretty cool experiance to sit down with her and see where her testimony was it and she is super solid. It was funny because during the interview I felt like I was talking to the interpereter instead of the lady but it was a good interview. I am already liking this assignment it is going to be really fun. Everything is going well!

 

Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER