Some good missionary work and service were accomplished this week in the Kern Valley area. Elder Wood reports that they have been spending some time connecting with inactive members of the ward who don't attend very often. One of them has committed to coming next week, now that another member has promised to give them a ride to church.
This week the elders also did some service for their friend Deanne. She had a booking made for her AirBnb listing, so they volunteered to do some yard work for her to get it into shape for the upcoming guests. Elder Wood and his companions have also volunteered to spend some time each week at the church's local Family History center. Spending time there working on their own family history helps out the volunteers who staff the center, since it's wonderful for them to have more attendees. Elder Wood says that he's found that most of his personal family history is already recorded fairly far back, but he can always help with indexing new names and records for others to view and connect with.
In activities today, the missionaries enjoyed a pancake breakfast put on by the ward. Elder Wood reports that the pancakes were fine, although he thinks he could have done better (but for a small number of pancakes, not the 100+ that needed to be made and cooked for the ward breakfast). He was also happy that one of the ward members brought a friend to the breakfast, and that friend seems interested in talking with the missionaries and possibly meeting up with them sometime soon for gospel learning and questions. The elders stayed in their own area today, with no drive elsewhere, but they are going to Techachapi tomorrow for district council and exchanges with the district leader there. It sounds like they generally leave their area, whether for Preparation Day, councils, or activities, about once each week.
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| Working on the yard for their friend and her AirBnb |
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| Bird photo #1: A corvid |
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| Bird photo #2: A rooftop bird |
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