Week 81 (Kern Valley)

To get the transfer news out of the way - nothing happened. All 3 of the elders in Kern Valley are staying there for another transfer. Elder Wood is happy to be there, he's enjoying the people and the work, although he complains a little about how far away it is from everything else - at least an hour's drive, and usually they have to spend the night at another apartment since it's too far to drive back. Today, for example, they had driven to Tehachapi to meet the rest of the district for their Preparation Day activity, they were going to spend the night there, and then tomorrow will drive to Bakersfield for another meeting and grocery shopping, and then drive back to their apartment. Lots of driving!

He was pretty happy with the progression of various people that they are teaching. The family with children that they met last week hasn't been able to make it to church yet, but they still meet with them often. Someone else that they contacted recently is also continuing to meet with them. She had met with the missionaries previously, but not for a while, and is quite interested to continue talking and learning more. A third friend, Patricia, is meeting with the missionaries regularly, but hasn't been able to come to church yet due to various appointments. She is moving relatively soon, though, to a place that is closer to the church building, so they have hope she'll make it to church soon!

The weather in Kern Valley (and elsewhere in California) is starting to warm up; Elder Wood says they're "getting out of coat season", although it does go up and down throughout a given week, so it's not quite fully spring yet. Kern Valley is also about 10 degrees cooler than Bakersfield, which he thinks he'll appreciate once it starts warming up for good.

Apparently this is the entrance to an old Christmas tree farm, which burned down, so this is all that's left

Bird photo #1: Ducks

Bird photo #2: A crow

I forgot to ask what this is, so you'll have to make up your own caption