Week 20 (Rosamond)

This week again was not especially unusual, but Elder Wood reports that it was good overall. It's gotten a little warmer there, so he occasionally is able to take his coat off, but there are also cold spells. They also had some days with a lot of wind, apparently hitting up to 40 miles per hour.

The missionary work continues to go well in their area. They found 3 new people to teach this week; I believe his companionship has found at least one person every week of his mission so far. I asked for updates on the people he's talked to me about. There isn't really one on JC, but Luis (the former drug addict) who has decided that he would like to learn a little more about the church and has decided to read the Book of Mormon. Hopefully he will enjoy it!

They also had encounters with inactive members of the church. One was very sad; they went to visit someone and it turned out her husband had just died unexpectedly that day. She was obviously very sad, but it sounds like she did appreciate having someone there who was willing to support and listen to her. Another member has just moved to the area;  he was apparently recently baptized, but is now living with his girlfriend. Elder Wood thinks he just didn't get the message that the church really advocates for marriage before living together.

We didn't get any photos, but apparently for their Preparation day today, the district went to a golf course and used the driving range. Elder Wood took some swings, but confirmed that he's definitely not a golf player and prefers miniature golf on the whole.

Quite a few fun photos this week!

Showing how windy it was that day

So windy it knocked the street signs off their pole

Not really a bird photo - someone they visited had these wooden decoys (the unpainted one is apparently from Egypt)

Sticker on a car for the Mojave Desert Beach Club :-)

They tried the new flavor of Pepsi ("Peepsi" he thought it should have been called). He said it was fine - he wouldn't buy it again, but it wasn't horrible.

Bird photo - he spotted a great horned owl (well camouflaged in a tree)

One more bird photo - Canada geese