Elder Shields in Carlsbad, CA

Hello everyone!   So transfer calls were this week, and I found out I am training again! I will be staying in Escondido Hills as well. I will pick up my greenie tomorrow night. And I am so excited!  We had some more service projects this week which was fun. It was super hot out tho and we got smoked by the sun.  I got to go to a new leadership training meeting that I was supposed to go to last transfer, but I missed because I was at the temple with Don and Kathy. That was way good! We read a lot from D&C 121, and talked about how to lead with love, and not abuse authority that we have been blessed with.  It has been tough to meet with all of the people we are teaching. David and Fabian and everyone else have been pretty unresponsive. We are just gonna have to work hard and find some new people to teach who are more willing to keep commitments.  I did find out that the Yabut twins are getting baptized this Saturday! So I will be making the tri...

Hey fam how are you!?  This week was super good! We were able to meet with David a few times and he is really excited about the Gospel! He is really nervous to come to church tho, he is pretty shy so it is hard for him to come to stuff where he doesn't know a lot of people. We will get him there for sure eventually!  One of our investigators Fabian came to church for the first time! It was pretty surprising he came but he said he had a good time. His daughter was being fussy so he only stayed for sacrament.  President came to my district meeting this week. I was super nervous for that but it went really well! A lot of good participation and preparation and it turned out alright.  That's about it, love you guys, Elder Shields The District Me and Bonds

Hey hey!  This week was awesome, I went on three exchanges and was involved in three different service projects so it was super busy!  First exchange was with Elder Kiehl who is one of the zone leaders, then I went on an exchange with Elder Daniels, who is an elder in my district. He was my zone leader back in Oceanside so I know him pretty well already. The last exchange was with one of the Assistants. His name is Elder Burbank. All of them were way fun! The one with Elder Kiehl I even got to learn a little bit of Spanish and try some Spanish contacts (because he is in El Norte, the Spanish ward here). And on the exchange with Elder Burbank we found a new person to teach named Glen.  The service projects included helping someone move a ton of mulch, moving boxes from a storage unit into a truck, and assisting with a garage sale, helping people load their car and moving stuff around and whatnot.  We had a chance to meet with David this week, he is progressing...

First off happy 4th of July everyone! I love America 🇺🇸 and am grateful for the sacrifices of our forefathers to bring us freedom! On the 4th we had to be off the streets at 6pm, so all the missionaries in the zone met at a church building in the area and played volleyball! It was way fun!  Mother nature sent us some great weather for the week! It only got up to 108 degrees!! Me and Elder Bonds were dying it was sooo hot, we were on bikes for part of it and man, it was a scorcher. Super fun tho.  Slow week as far as investigators go, didn't get an opportunity to meet with any of them.  Zone conference was this week, it was probably my favorite so far! We talked most of the time of Christ like attributes, what they are, how to develop them, why they are so important as missionaries, etc. We spent a lot of time talking about meekness specifically, how it is more than just humility, but the ability to be in tune with the spirit and to take correction.  Yeah th...

This week was an awesome week!  Started out good we picked up a super solid investigator named David, he has known a lot of Mormons but never learned about us and decided he wanted to, he has been reading the Book of Mormon and it is looking like he will progress well! We also had a lesson with a part member family, the Foreman's. The husband (the member) married a woman about 6 months ago who is not a member, she hasn't been very open, however, she does come to church with him. We had dinner with them on Friday and brother Foreman called us before dinner and told us we should be ready to give the first lesson when we come. It went well! She is still a little resistant but she is opening up. We might not meet with her for the next couple of weeks. But please keep them in your prayers.  We weren't able to meet with Joan or Josie unfortunately.  Rashida got baptized this week! I was able to go back down to Oceanside again to be there for that one. Elder Phillips got t...

First week in Escondido Hills ward. My new comp is Elder Bonds for those who don't know. Elder Bonds is from Gulfport Mississippi and he absolutely loves basketball. I love the ward already. The members here and really involved with the work and willing to help out. I am excited for what lies ahead in this ward.  Our only investigator with any potential is a lady named Joan. Bonds and his last comp, Elder Jensen, tracted into her about a month ago. She has a baptismal date for August 4th, but she has a few things that need resolving...she doesn't really understand the priesthood and that we are the only true church (this is just what Elder Bonds told me, I haven't met her yet).  We spent most of the week working with members and getting me introduced to members of the ward, mostly members of the ward council. We did find a new investigator named Josie while we were contacting in an apartment complex she seems way solid!  I also got to go down to Oceanside for Tammy ...

Happy Fathers Day Everyone!!  Want to give a shoutout to Pablo for being an awesome dad and being so loving and supportive of me throughout my whole life! Love you dad!!  So this week I got some news with transfers. I will be getting transferred to Escondido! I will be in the Escondido Hills ward and my new comp will be Elder Bonds! I will also be the District Leader over there. I am super sad to be leaving the ward when there is so much going on, but I am so excited for the new opportunities that await me in my new ward!!  This week was awesome though!! We spent some time doing baptismal interviews with the Seols and Rashida and the Yabuts and planning their baptisms, getting programs ready, etc.  We also had the chance to go to the temple with Don and Kathy to do baptisms for the dead with them!! That was so amazing! I got the chance to baptize Don and then Don baptized Kathy for her mom, it was such a spiritual experience! Kathy and Don loved it too! Kathy...