Ramona Oaks: To Answer Your Questions

So just to answer your questions, we get to go to the temple for a session once every other transfer.  We can go whenever we want though if we want to teach a lesson there.  We live like 45 minutes away though so it probably won't happen too often while I'm in Ramona.  

I write in my journal nearly every night, if not every other night so no worries there Mom... :) 

I have been gotten letters so far from Ryan, McKenna, Leah, Amber Mann, Kyle, the Gundreds, Shanda, Rachel, Mandi and probably a few others but I just haven't had time to write anyone back because on P-days we have been doing really fun things like all day.  Last week we went to the Lighthouse overlooking the San Diego Bay and ate lunch at Lucha Libres which is a sweet Mexican place with a Luchador theme (it was on man vs food).  Today we are all going up to Julian (yeah like the pies are from)  and taking a tour of the Gold mines up there.  

I forgot to mention that we had a snow ball fight at MTEs because the Elders from Julian brought a cooler full of snow and were throwing it at everyone as they came in (Nothing like a snow ball fight in San Diego).  We were hoping that it would snow today up there but it is looking like it won't start until tomorrow morning so no sledding today. :( 

So this last Sunday we had Stake Conference and got a new Stake Presidency.  The meeting was really good and we heard from Elder Gay (of the 70) and Elder Packer who used to be mission president here in San Diego.  But the new second counselor in the Stake is Mitt Romney's son! SO GUESS WHO WAS THERE!?! yeah and guess what lucky guy (Elder) got a picture with him! :) So yeah that was pretty awesome!

Elders in Ramona, California and Mitt Romney

We have had a TON of success recently and in the last week we committed 4 investigators (Including the family mentioned previously and a part member wife) to a baptismal date! The work is really hastening and it is so exciting to be a part of it! 

Oh, and to answer the Revelation 22 stuff, I like to use is Deuteronomy 4:2, 3 Nephi 11:39-40, and especially Doctrine & Covenants 20:35 and show that Moses said the same thing.  The important thing to realize is that Moses was talking about the 10 commandments, John was talking about the book of Revelations and Christ was talking about his doctrine... and the fact that several of the Epistles in the New testament were written after the book of revelations helps too. :) I actually studied about that a few days ago and thought it was really interesting. 

I do enjoy the Mission call updates a ton! I think that Connor is about to submit his papers really soon so he should probably get his call in like a month or so.  Tell everyone I am sorry for not writing them back yet! I'll get there some day!

Love,

Elder Ethan John Rowbury