It was a great week in San Gabriel and a great week for missionary work!
Monday we had a noche de hogar and had some members bring some of their friends that were not members. It was really great and we did an activity and lesson on albedrio I mean agency! While this was happening I was with Elder Vance. We had to wait until Wednesday to get our companions (trainees). Tuesday we did some contacting and did our WalMart booth and gave the sisters the car. So now every day I am riding the bike and we usually ride between 20-30 miles per day. We are still teaching lots of lessons and it's really good therapy. It makes you happy and keeps you awake! The WalMart booth was really good and we found some really prepared people but they didn't speak Spanish sadly. We did it at an hour where there were not very many Latinos so next time we will do it a lot better and know what to expect. We also had some lessons that day.
Wednesday we had a meeting for the trainers and trainees. We started by being separated and they told us that the trainers are who they look for first when they are doing transfers. They look for the best of the best missionaries and who is obedient and can help these missionaries be ready to train by their 3rd transfer. They said the best kind of trainers are those who can have their trainees replace them and do a good job of training as well. So that made me feel really good to know that! They also talked about the 12 weeks program and that we need to let our trainees help us with the work and then right before the meeting ended we got our companions. We picked up my companions bike and we went to work. We got rides all day Wednesday because my companion has to borrow a bike from the mission. He is from Mexico and it is too expensive to ship a bike internationally. The bike they gave him was bad so we just asked members all day for rides. We also walked a little bit and we had some lessons it was a good day.
Thursday we switched the bikes and had district meeting and the new bike worked and was a good bike. We also had some lessons and it was a good day overall.
Friday we had a 6 hour meeting for trainers and trainees. We talked about a lot of stuff like how we as trainers were called but we need to also be chosen and do the things to deserve that title. We also had a Q&A with President Becerra about how we could train better. President Becerra's son who just came home from a mission gave us some instruction too. It was a great meeting and I learned a lot of stuff! Then we biked and had some lessons it was another good day.
Saturday it was 105 degrees and hot! We did weekly planning and studying now we study for 3-4 hours a day and we taught a less active lesson.
Sunday was a good day. We had great church meetings and we had some lessons. We did some service and scheduled some more appointments to teach some new people. It was a good day! So we are doing really great over here and I am excited because my new companion Elder Carvajal (car va hall) is pre-trained. He is probably going to teach me more things than I will teach him but it is going to be great! Oh also something funny that President Becerra keeps saying when missionaries are disobedient. He says the Lamanite in me just wanted to go over there and bash him on the head! It is super funny! Anyways, I love you all and I hope your having a good week!
Love, Elder Reisner
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