October 26,2015

This week it felt like we were just spinning our wheels. It was hard to meet with people. Javier didn't show up to church yesterday because he got sick, and last week he didn't show up because his car wouldn't unlock. Satan just don't want that kid to come to church. We'll get him, though. S'all good. Sister Cruiz is progressing as well and comes every week. She just needs to get a witness for living prophets. 

Anyway, have a good week.
Cody

Elder Calvert Quote for the week. 
"There are only two people in the world that rock a middle part in their hair. Do you know who those two are, Elder Greenburg?"
"No, Elder Calvert. Please tell me. Who are they?"
"Jesus Christ and Brad Pitt. No one else should even try."

Elder Ferrin bought a huge Zebra portrait for $5 at a yard sale. It's tight

Dat smolder, doe. 

Two in one... Yeah, I'm a slacker October 19,2015

This week was blah. I had zero motivation to do anything. It was a long week for me. Javier and Briana didn't come to church and we don't know why. It sucks when someone isn't as gold as you thought at first. But we're going to keep going and trucking on. 

This friggin' dog house has a solar panel. #CaliLyfe

This one is filthy, doe. It has a hot tub. #Dawgs 

Moonlight huunies

Elder Mecham...that's just...I don't even know. 

Macky Derald Ferrin. My boy Ferrin. 

The jerks I live with (Ferrin, Mecham, and Calvert) found out I hate the Christmas season. Jerkwads. 

We were playing Hearts last night and Elder Calvert just gets up and leaves in between hands and just decides to get in the tub and eat his fried chicken. I...just...whatevs

Hey, guys. This week was kind of a hard one. We had to end up giving our golden investigator to the YSA Elder's because he's single and 19. That sucked, then we had Stake Conference so not a whole lot got done, but we're pushing through. Sometimes you just have the thought, "The only way that we're going to baptize in around here is if I burn this place to the ground and start doing baptisms for the dead. Whelp...better get the matches." But you just keep going. I hit twenty months yesterday. That was weird. On November 1st I'll have 100 days left. Crazy. 

Keep it tight

Calvert Quote of the Week ( For the record, Cody really does LOVE Elder Calvert)

So...Elder Clavert ...He's a goof and says really goofy things.
Case in point:
We were just talking and I said, "If I train next transfer, I'm going to make my Padawan Learner share a bowl of cereal with me. That's some comp unity!"
Then Elder Mecham said, "Nah, we should all do that as an apartment. We'll get one big bowl for all four of us to eat out of."
Elder Calvert then said, "Screw that! I'm just going to have a cereal orgy."
"Elder Calvert, what is a 'cereal orgy, pray tell?"
"Duh, it's where I take like six different cereals and throw them in a giant bowl and eat them all!"

"Elder Calvert...did you live under power lines as a kid?"

Hey, all. We have transfers this p-day and I haven't been transferred. I am staying in Corona for a least 6 more weeks. Conference was great. I met Elder Rasband about this time last year when he came out and called a new stake presidency in Moreno Valley, and that is super cool that Jared was interviewed by Elder Renlund. Cool story: We had a lesson with that kid that we found last week after he was lost by other missionaries. We asked him to be baptized and he said, "Just tell me when and where". What can we gather from his words? When the Lord comes to us and asks us to do something, do we say, "Lord, how hard is this going to be? How long do I have to do it?" Or do we say, "Lord, just tell me when and where. What else can I do?"
My new companion is Elder Calvert from Riverton, Utah. 
Love, 
Cody 

"'Twas I, but 'tis not I."

I asked why he always looks so thrilled in photos... his reponse? "I'm so over group photos" Love this kid of mine!

Sept. 21st and Sept. 28th

September 21, 2015


We found two new investigators this week and they're on date for October 17th. They're a part member family. The Aunt and Grandma are less active and they called us last Monday to come over and see them. So we went over and saw how they were doing. The Aunt Melissa suffers from depression and hardly makes it to church, and the grandma Dephina is morbidly obese and doesn't come to church much either. But we met Javier and Breanna, Dephina's grandkids and started talking to them. We set a return appointment and came back and started talking about baptism and Breanna says, "I've always wanted to be baptized, but my mom just hasn't ever done it." So we said, "Would you like to be baptized?" And she said, "I'd love to!" and we asked Javier if he wanted to as well and he said, "Yeah. I would. I was baptized when I was younger, but I feel like it didn't count." So they're on date. That's pretty much it. 


September 28, 2015

This week was really good. We went over to a Part-member family who has been worked with a ton in the past and was kind of dead in the water. So we went over and she was like, "I want to start over and really get involved." And now she's progressing towards baptism. Then Elder Frost and Denning talked to a kid at a bus stop and the bus came right as he was about to give his info. So we were like, "That sucks. Better luck next time, dude." and then we were contacted some old potentials from a year ago and this kid answers the door and is like, "I know you guys. I talked to two of you guys a couple days ago." And we're like, "Huh? Not us." and we found out that it was Denning and Frost, and we found him! We're going over on Wednesday. This week has been good. We just hiked a mountain and it hurt. A lot. Ouch. 

Peace.

Cody and Elder Vang Hiking.... Don't even ask what Cody is doing.....

This week we're starting to see things turn around. We've gotten a few good referrals from some missionaries and some member. We're just going to work hard this week and show the Lord that we want to do his work. We're going to the Temple tomorrow. It's a nice change of pace. We're getting those dumb TIWI black boxes in our cars this week. Eso joto. Whatevs. We're just going to roll with it. Keep killing it out there. 

Hey, guys. This week has been pretty crazy. We've been without our car since Friday night. We couldn't email yesterday because of Labor Day, and we had a Zone Meeting this morning, then we had to take our car to Riverside to get work done on it and we'll get it tomorrow morning. We just haven't had a minute to come in to a library today. It's been super hot this last week. We played softball with a less active family in one of the wards here in Corona. I hit the ball and it went straight into the pitchers elbow. I felt really bad because I thought that I shattered her elbow. But it didn't break, and I feel less bad because she was being really bratty. Haha. We've been working and doing what we could without a car and we've just been going through formers. We're getting little black boxes put in our cars that tell the mission president if we speed or drive like idiots. That's going to...suck. Haha. You can't drive in California without being kind of an a-hole. I feel bad for Utah when I get home, because I'm just not afraid of driving around in the city or high traffic areas. Anyway, we're just trying to staying busy and get stuff done. 

No transfer this time!

We had transfers. Elder Vang and I are staying together for at least one more. After that he'll probably leave and I could possibly train. That would put me at about 22 1/2 months, and then I would leave somewhere for 6 weeks. That would be fun, but it sucks to be put into an area for only 6 weeks and know it. It makes it hard because if someone hasn't come after 3 weeks, there is no way to baptize before you go home, so it's really hard to not die. I'm glad with the way that transfers are working out. I'm happy to be with Elder Vang for at least one more transfer. The work is slowly picking up. We're organizing a blitz in our area and a lot of the members are really excited about it. They were asking how they could help and how it all works. They're going to try to match the number of missionaries that come so that we can split rather than just jumble up companionships. I really like this ward and the people are great. I really like Corona.


Cody

I'm not sinking, I'm just kicking it at sea level.

This week was tiring. No joke, I got home last night and slept from/ went to bed at 9:30. I spent 6 hours in meetings yesterday alone. That was crazy. Then we had crossfit this morning. That hurt. But I got to go to Riverside. I want to finish my mission there so bad. I miss Riverside. I had so much fun there. That's like my home. It's a shipwreck, but it's my shipwreck. The sister's in my district are baptizing like crazy. If they keep it up, they'll be baptizing every week for a month straight. That's really good. We're kicking it hard here and working where we can.

"Change the way you act, not just the way you think. Change the way you live, live the way you claim. Words are just words, until they're put to work, and it will be actions, not words, that change this earth."



Cody

Screw That! I'ts HOT!

Only 6 months to go!

6 months to go. I still feel like I've been out 6 months. Dang. Whatev. We're going to kill it and then peace out. I feel like that's how your mission should end. Just be there one day, then not the next. Set people to be successful in the gospel and then disappear. No glory, nothing to brag about. Do your job, bring people closer to Christ, keep in touch, but disappear when someone blinks just a second too long. Anyway, that's this week. We went to a minor league baseball game on Friday. It was cool. It was in Lake Elsinore, and a ton of missionaries were there. It was good to see everyone again. 
Cody
"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people." - Warren Buffet

Got antsy and did some stuff today. 

Saw a baseball game on Friday. It was cool. Tons of members from Lake Elsinore and Wildomar. I miss them. I saw a ton of missionaries as well. 

Sometimes I don't shave until like 5:55 on p-days. I just wish you guys could really appreciate this shot

We call him Baby Face Smith. Because he's got a booty, doe.

Looked in the back up camera on our Cruz and saw a pleasant surprise. I cut Elder Smith's hair.