California Week Three - Check!

Ya'll ready for this? (You would think I was serving in the south... ahahah)
 
1. We have been listening to this Trek CD... if any of you haven't hear do fit CHECK IT!! WAY good!

2. Sister Ence and I were out knocking and we decided to go into this apartment complex... we meet EVERY interesting people example 2 girls that looked very comfortable in one apartment, another example is a place with a "fire" pole in the living room... AWKWARD! BUT we knocked into a another apartment and we met Andy! We said our part and he said that he and his wife are new to the area and were looking for a church! HELLO!! Golden! But not really because that was last Monday and we have gone back but he wont commit to any time to meet for a church tour or anything... But don't you worry because we will still work on it!

3. Jan 4th was Sister Ence birthday so we went to lunch... guess where!! PHO!! Well it was called Pho Citi... LOVE IT!!

4. We had our first REAL church tour with an investigator! His name is Jacob. He met him while we were trying to get a hold of his mom and sister. He is 18 years old, just got out of jail where he had been for a year. He is finishing his high school up right now and then he wants to be an x-ray technician. When we give tours we invite the investigators to pay attention to how they are feeling during the tour. Right off when we were in the church he says, "I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm a gangster and i feel safe here. Like i don't have to watch my back." Little awkward but okay thats a good start! Then we were talking about the Book of Mormon being evidence of Joseph Smith and we asked him if he liked how we can have evidence to read and touch. He goes, probably not jokingly, "I don't like evidence." More awkward! Oh well. The Spirit was strong and the tour when good. We gave him a Book of Mormon to read, he didn't show up at church Sunday but we will keep going to check on him.

5. I had my first dog encounter... WHOA! This thing was HUGE and barked REAL loud and there was even a fence between us and i was still scared! oh well.

6. Yesterday Sister Ence and I decided we were going to extend 10 tour invitations that day... our norm goal is7 so it wasn't that big of a deal. They had to be real not just an invite for a number. We were knocking this street and jsut not much success. The people weren't very nice (shocker. I know.) but we only had a few houses left. We knock on the last door and we were about to walk off the porch when Carrie opens the door. She is this sweet 81 year old lady. We start talking and she ACCEPTED our tour invite!! We talked a little more and she wants to bring a friend! Even better! Then she was just saying how sweet we were and how she was glad we knocked on her door and that she knew a couple Mormons so the tour would be interesting... We are SUPER excited!! The tour is Saturday so I will let you know on Monday how it goes!

7. Also yesterday was our ward conference it was ALL about missionary work! I LOVED it!! Someone told a story about a family that put on the front door frame, "Now entering the mission field" I thought it was so cool! But then I was thinking about it more... and the mission field can be in your home too! Either way it was cool!

8. I'm SOOO grateful for those of you who write me!! It keeps me going!!

9. I will be sending pictures to mom so hopefully she can scan them or something so you can see about some on my adventures!

LOVE YOU ALL!!!
~Sister Arbogast