Pictures from Cali

Elder Christensen - Greenie - Elder Grover - Elder Reid

This is the district for Sacramento 7th Spanish Branch: E Garcia-Gomez and E Compton(new); Hna Romero (new) and Hna Ashton; E Grover and Elder Reid (new)

Elder Reid - Elder Grover - Elder Martinez - Greenie

 Elder Grover and his Greenie, Elder Reid

California - May 28, 2012

Dear Family!

How are you? I am good, just enjoying my time here with Elder Reid, we get along really well. We are both just kinda chill and we both played football so we get along really well. He was like a linebacker, so smaller and really athletic, which is awesome, haha! We don't have to talk about video games or anything, we can talk about sports, and of course our area and investigators. It has been good because he has the new missionary fire, and so we are getting lots of work done. I am hoping we will see the results in a few short weeks. We had a night full of miracles last night.  We had been focusing on hitting all our goals, and we still needed to recieve a referral and a contact, and it was Sunday night, so the last night of the week! We had selected a member to visit and we went to see her, we knocked on her door and her son said that he would get her, she was upstairs asleep. She came down and was like, "what is that smell?" She goes into the kitchen and her oven was on, and it had a lot of plastic contaners in there. She was like, "the Lord's angels (us) came and saved my house". (Miracle #1) And so we share a spiritual thought and then sing a song (I Need Thee Every Hour), then we ask her for a referral and she says, "okay, here is one", and gave us a referral for her friend, yeah! Then she was like, "I have some friends here in my apt complex, and I want you guys to visit them and give them a blessing because they are really sick". So we go over and contact the referral with our member and teach them a lesson. (Miracle #2) On our way back to our car her super less-active son asked us to help him get closer to God. (Miracle #3) Yeah, lots of good things happening here! We are having lots of fun.  I love you and hope you all have a good start to the summer!

Elder Grover

California - May 21, 2012

Hello Family, how are you!!!!

So first question, did you know that Uncle Bruce was living out here? Um yeah, well, he is and zi talked to him on the phone last night. He actually doesn't live too far away from were I work, he is pretty close. But yeah, he is helping the missionaries a lot in his ward right now, and they gave him my number. Hopefully we can go out to get something to eat or something, he said he would be willing to help me out too here in the area. Crazy huh?

Well me and my Greenie are doing well, his name is Elder Reid and he is from Sandy, Utah, haha! Remember how I was telling you on Mother's Day that I had never had a companion from Utah, well now I do, he came right after I told you guys that, haha, crazy huh? And he is like my first companion who has played football, he played for Alta high school, like where we played our championship football game, haha! So we can talk sports during lunch and stuff, it is quite nice to have someone to relate to. I think we will have a good 12 weeks, they do a new thing with new missionaries, so I should be with Elder Reid for 12 Weeks. We do this program set up for new missionaries, so there shuld be no transfers for 2 transfers (for me), which will be different, but I think exciting!

School getting out and everything, wow that sounds exciting! And it sounds like state track went well. Jade, remember at least you did your best and improved, that is something to be very proud of. I love you all so much, keep up the good work and know I love ya'!

Love Elder Grover

California - May 14, 2012

Dear Family, 

Thank you so much for the skype call as well, it was soooooooooooooo good to be able to see you all and see how much everyone is growing up; it is kinda' scary, haha, it will be so different. The time goes way too fast!

So we got transfer calls yesterday, and well, I am staying here and will be training a new missionary, nothing big right, haha! Yeah, so I don't know what his name is, I will find out tomorrow. The other news is that of the 3 companionships in my district, all are training, so that will be 3 new missionaries in my district, haha, how crazy huh? I am pretty shocked, it is pretty crazy! I am super excited, that means I will be here for 2 more transfers, yeah, and there will be no changes in the district next transfer, haha, it will be interesting, haha! I am pretty excited to see how it all turns out. I will let you know more in the upcoming week, when I know more, haha. 

The email adress for Elder Carlson is jesse.carlson@myldsmail.net.

I love you all, have a great week, and best of luck with the end of school.

Love ya,

Elder Jesse Grover

California - May 7, 2012

Sorry I had to e-mail a little sooner today, our schedule was changed for the day, things in a different place, and so we are emailing earlier than normal. No worries, I am here and alive and all is doing well, just here preparing for changes again, how on earth does time go by so fast? Yeah, it is really insane, I feel like I just got here, and now we have transfers next week! Yeah, and man, the time is just going by so fast, it is unbelievable! I am not prepared for how fast the time is going by, I am just trying to keep up with it all. I hope I can get all the necessary things done, I am trying my best, haha, just trying to spread the word. We haven't seen any baptisms lately here in the branch. but we got an inactive back to church, which was awesome for us. And yesterday he recieved a small calling, it was super awesome! That's like a big thing here to. it's kinda like a baptism helping someone to rekindle that testimony and to move forward. I am glad for the oppurtunity to see joy in all aspects of the work and to see people come closer to Christ. It doesn't matter how it is, baptism reactivation, bearing testimony, its all awesome! We have a lot of promise in our teaching pool right now, but lots of sadness as well.  One of our investigators was left by his wife, and another lady seperated from her boyfriend, but that was holding her back from baptism, so we are excited for her and her children and hope to have a baptismal service for them in the near future. Her name is Veronica Campos, and she has lots of potential! We have an appoinment tonight with her and her kids.

Mother's Day is on Sunday, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We get out of church at 4 here, and we will probably do calls at like 5, so most likely 6 at your time, maybe an hour either way, so everyone be there or be square, haha! Just kidding, I am just excited to see y'all again via Skype (blessing in the work), haha! I love you all so much, good luck with region and drill tryouts and life and with all that is going on, new babies, summer, graduation, work, and all of that!  This time of year is always so busy, so keep the things of God first and you will see blessings in every aspect of your lives!!! I love you all soooooooooooooooo much!!!

Les Quiero,

Elder Grover

California - Monday, April 30, 2012

Dear Family, 

Hey, how are you all doing? It is good to hear that life back home is progressing and going well. Yeah, graduation is coming up here quick, that is really awesome for Jade!  Tell him that I am excited for him and that he will do good in all things. Quick question, I heard a rumor that people can leave on missions at 18 now, is that real or just fake news? Hahah, my English looks so dumb, I just use words that work in Spanish, haha, that is funny, but it's all good. So I have some terific news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can skype home on Mother's day if you want to! Haha, only if you would like of course, haha, but if you would like, then you could send me Jordan's password and stuff, or just make me an account, as long as I have one to use - we can't set them up, that is the rule.  Anyway, I thought that y'all might be excited about that so you can see the handsome young missionary serving out in Sac Town, haha. I got an email from Elder Sharpe, and it sounds like he is doing good too, so the Lord blesses his misionaries - even the two of us, haha!

When is the baby due? There are like 2 of the members in my area here that are just about to pop, haha, they are due in like June. I saw how big they were and I was like, hahaha, Tamra probably looks like that, haha, little things to laugh about, it brings joy to the heart right, haha?

The work here is good, we are still just trying to find people to teach, it is hard to get people to church and baptized if we don't have anyone to teach, but we are hoping to see some miracles here in the next few weeks. Can you believe another transfer has just flown by? Yeah, it is insane, and I am the oldest missionary here at the farm; they were making fun of me cause I turn 14 tomorrow, no one else is over a year, i feel so old!  President Lewis said the church really doesn't give out extentions, so that is out of the question, but I will just have to do work when I get home.  Are there any Spanish families that have moved to Blanding yet, haha? I would have to do lots of tracting to be able to find them right, haha?

Well anyways, I love y'all! Keep up the awesome-ness and going to church and helping those that are not so active in the church come so that all those who have entered into the covanent can recieve the blessings and help them to find their testimony again.

I love you all so very much,

Elder Jesse Grover