Yesterday was a good day. We did what we do every Pday, played
soccer. So my cleats continue to prove to be a good investment. We then
went over to the LaBurge's for dinner and that was cool. They gave me a
sweet Newark hoodie. Sister LaBurge offered to make any cake I wanted. I
thought of the swedish almond one, but I figured she didn't know how to
make it. So I settled for an awesome peanut-butter cake. It was almost
as good, but not quite haha. I get another brithday dinner this week, on
sunday, but it is combined with Elder Howard, since his birthday is the
16th. Funny that our birthdays are a week apart.
This past week was more of the same. We are really
trying to find some new investigators. We really only have one. We are
going through formers, and part member families, and trying all we can
to find some new people. Hopefully that work will pay off. We've built
up the area in pretty much every other aspect. The ward loves us now,
there are a lot of less actives to teach, we get some weekly service
opportunities, and we can get all the contacts we need to reach our
goal.
The fourth was pretty fun. Newark has these huge signs
that say "Newark has ZERO TOLERANCE for illegal fireworks" that are all
over all the entries to the city. What a joke. It felt like a war zone
on wednesday. There were more illegals going up then I've seen in the
whole time in Plantation. There were average Joes shooting off Central
Park caliber fireworks. Newark is the only city in the Bay Area that
allows any type of fireworks. The rules are like back home, if it flies
in the air, it is no bueno. We didn't shoot any off. We just watched
one of the members blow stuff up. It was good fun.
Overall, a good birthday, and a good Fourth. Hopefully this week we can find some new investigators.
Thank you for all the mail and such.
-Elder Richards