Well Mike is still the closest one to baptism, but we postponed his baptism another week cuz he needs to be more assimilated into the ward. H works a lot and on Saturdays doesn't get off till 4 or 6am. So then he needs to sleep, and usually he doesn't wake up till after church. Last night we met with him cuz elder Izatt is leaving, and Mike said that it kinda sucks having to choose between sleep or church. 

 

   But his prayers are getting better and he knows he needs this in his life. He understands the gospel pretty well, he just needs to read more. He actually read like a handful of chapters in mosiah. And some verses made him think about what happens to sinners. But he needn't worry if he repents. So we explained that when he feels bad about doing things, he needs to pray and repent, and come to church to complete that process. Cuz a few weeks ago he didn't come to church because he had gotten into a fight with his dad, and felt sad and down about it, and that he didn't think he should go to church with those feelings. But we told him that's probably the best place to go when you need restitution. 

    

  We taught two other guys.. David and Anthony, David is from Trinidad, and Anthony is a vet and a boxer, or he used to box and teach it in Germany, but now he's a personal trainer. He's in super good shape, and he's maybe..around 50. We met him at the park, walking around with his kids. And David we found knocking in a black/Spanish area. Yes, all three of them are black. But not all the same country of origin. So David and Anthony are our new investigators as well. David lives in a house that looks really nice, even though it's over 100 years old. He's been restoring it and keeping it nice for a while. He's trying to sell it so he can downgrade. It looks small from the outside, but he says it's huge. But then again, he lives by himself.  He knows a member of the church who used to live next to him, and he even met with the missionaries like 10 years ago or so. He fed them Caribbean food and he's just super nice and friendly. Most people shut the door in our face before we say anything, but he asked us to come inside before we said anything! It was cool. And I needed to go no. 1 real bad but we couldn't go home, so after our talk I went to the bathroom at his house.  And I was thinking this opportunity would never come again. When do you just knock on someone's door, and they let you use their bathroom? Only if you're a missionary teaching The Lord's word.  #missionarylife 

      We've been using hashtags a lot lately. At first I don't know what they were or how they are used, but now it's cool. Like you can find every post that mentions that tag. And especially the church ones or the mission ones, if you click on that hashtag, you can see tons of missionaries posts about Mother's Day, Easter.. We recently did the #ipraywhen and took pics of people in the park. So I don't know if it's just the mission, but it think it's pretty cool that Facebook does them now. I think they started with twitter. 

      I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but maybe that just means people here. But elder Izatt is going to be assistant to the president! And he will finish his mission In that position. Only two more transfers.  

    So I'll be getting my 12th companion in my 13th transfer. I don't know how many companions is a normal number. Cuz a lot of people only have like 6 or so their whole mission. Cuz pres likes to keep people together for a while. But I guess I'm that exception. Except for hunter...I don't know what happened there. 

   But because he knows everything about transfers, he's telling me I should pack everything up, and I'm assuming (even though I don't like to) that I'm moving pads. But I don't think I will, or should, and the zone leaders didn't tell me to, but Izatt is telling me that they forgot to tell me. So I'm kinda torn apart now. The next AP is telling me to pack, and my zone leaders didn't say anything. But then again... Mistakes have happened in the past. 

    

  One time, forever ago, elder Kingsley was told he'll be staying in south shore. But then a few days later during transfer meeting, they said he's going to be in a different area. So he had to go back to south shore, which is like a two hour tour from the office. Then move to the new area. He didn't pack or anything because they didn't tell him to. 

   And also, when I was in plainview and I thought I'd be there for another transfer, they said I was staying when they called Saturday night. But then Sunday afternoon they called back and said I was out. But they haven't called back yet.  

    When they called they said only who's leaving the zone. They said One elder in Bayshore is packing but not leaving. And if Izatt is telling me to pack, I may not be leaving the zone again. But even if I do need to leave, I can pack later.  Agh it's so confusing! I don't think I'm moving, even within the same district, if so...I can move things around later, like that's what martinez did, just moved things here.    I don't know what to do!!!     I'm running out of time to pack, and I have a lot of stuff, like extra stuff. 

  But we will be leaving soon to go to the office and drop off Izatt for the stuff he has to do now: pick up new missionaries, do that stuff. 

       One thing I was thinking about is not packing, but if when in transfer meeting, they say I'm moving, I'll look at Izatt and go "oh, looks like you were right!" 

I gotta stop fretting about packing. If I do, and not move, I'll just know I can pack well.  If I do pack and I do move, then it won't be that bad. 

  But I don't know how much time we have today, we were invited to a BBQ at 11, and I don't know what the other elders have planned. Maybe Martinez still needs to pack.   

Uuuuuggghhhhhhhhh!     Maybe I'll just deal with the problem when it presents itself. 

Okay.... So......     We had gyros last Monday, they were the best I've ever had. And I've had a few from different places. And I also got sweet potato fries, which were good, but not as good as Guru's. Their sauce seals the deal. 

    We're having Elder S. Gifford Neilson come to our mission next month. He's the one that gave the talk "hastening the lords game plan" in October 2013 I think. The "exclamation point!" talk. 

     There's a frozen yogurt place out here that offers a cup that is only 4.88. No matter how much you fill it. So naturally the other elders had contests of how high they could stack it. Elder Izatt got like a foot on his. (12") and the guy at the counter is like 

"...I've never seen anyone fill it that much"

     So you can get like a gallon of froyo for $5!  Frozen yogurt is a big deal out here. There are so many places. We've been to a few and this "all you can fill" place is the best.   

     I'm done now. Have fun till next week. 

-elder peck NY.