So first things first: I'm serving in the Ventura 3rd ward as my first area! It's a beautiful area. It's been about 75 degrees all week and nothing but sunny skies!! Of course there's the whole no water issue, but we try not to thing about that ;) We cover some really nice parts of town and it's absolutely beautiful. To give some perspective as to where exactly that is, we border Oxnard on our south side and it goes up about 10 miles I think. Then we're about 8 miles wide. I think. Don't quote me on that haha! But we're a big area, and we're on bikes! Woohoo! To be completely honest though, I like that a lot better. It's a lot easier to talk to people when you're walking or riding than when you're in a car. (By the way, I inherited a bike from an Elder who just went home. No need to buy a new one!)
Now for my companion! His name is Elder Collard and he's a pretty awesome missionary. He's been out for about a year and half, and he's from Huntingtion, Utah. He's pretty quiet and it took us a little while to hit it off, but we're getting along fine now. He's awesome. He's been in this area for a couple transfers now, and he seems a little discouraged because this is a pretty tough area. The last baptism was almost a year ago. But I think that's why I need to be here! Having a little greeny energy always helps!
Anyway, I'm doing really well!! I'm pretty much all settled, just still getting used to missionary life. I thought it was pretty funny, because just being in the Phoenix airport last week gave me a glimpse as to what to expect. No one would make eye contact with me haha! I thought that was pretty funny. As for the field, I haven't been yelled at yet, but I did get a door slammed in my face! So I'm getting the full missionary experience! Haha all jokes aside, I'm loving it. I love being able to go out and talk to people and help them see how the gospel can bless their lives. It's wonderful.
And I've already seen miracles. I'll tell you my favorite one :) So like I said, this area is kinda tough. People are pretty hesitant to talk to us and a lot do their best to avoid us at all costs. Investigators are kind of in short supply. So I've been praying day and night that we'd be able to find someone that's been prepared. With how big this area is, there has to be one of those "elect" that the scriptures talk about. So I've been praying hard that we'd be able to find them. Friday night we were walking back from a dinner appointment and we were trying to get to the apartment so we could take care of some office work. But as we were walking, I had the distinct impression that we needed to take a detour. So we did, having absolutely no idea why. As we were walking up the road, we saw a woman standing out on her porch. We waved, she waved back, and the next thing we know we're talking to her for the next half hour. She had so many beautiful questions that we were able to answer with simple gospel principles, and it seemed the more we talked the more she wanted to hear. We're going to go by and talk to her again in a couple days :)
And that's only one!! There have been a few more as well :) Basically, I love being a missionary. It's so great. Thank you all for all your prayers :) They help more than you know. Keep doing well and don't end up in the hospital anymore!! (Tori that means you.)
With much love,
Elder Rosenlof
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