Week 38 in LA--My New Happy Place is the Church Building

So this week we had a focus on getting history on the church building we attend. We got some good information and I am excited to talk about it with people.

Monday we went to the Hollywood walk of fame, we walked around and saw some of the stars, there were a lot of people there. I also saw a sciencetology building and they talked with us on the street for a couple of seconds before they read our name tags. 

Tuesday we talked with a member in the ward who has been here 50 years, we asked him about the church building and we got some good facts. Like that the building was built in 1929 with the help of the members. It was originally built to be a tabernacle, like the one on temple square, the building was built before the Los Angeles Temple so it was the church's statement to the community that we are here to stay. It is made completely out of concrete and was painted white later. I have a bunch of other cool facts but I won't bore you with all of them this week. After we got all that info we had a lesson with a Less Active Sister and then we gave a chapel tour to our new investigator Clifford. 

Wednesday we had ward correlation and we had to do a split because our area had two dinners at the same time, I went to a Less actvies home while Elder Ashby went to the Bishops home. We then all rushed back to the church to have a ward correlation meeting. 

Thursday we had district meeting and we had to leave a little early to help a member move a mattress to his home. He was really happy about it, answer were happy to help him as he is older. We then just went proselighting and had fun. 

Friday we weekly planned and we discussed about the area, we also did some proselighting and Elder Ashby and to do some stuff at the church so that was Friday. 

Saturday we got to have dinner with a wonderful family, the food was really good and we were laughing the whole time, we had dinner with the other elders there so it was a hoot. 

Sunday we had a amazing time at church and we got blessings to help our area from our bishop. He used his keys and we felt the spirit guide us on where we needed to work. We had a BBQ with some members in the ward and we just had a fun time laughing and talking. 

Thanks for reading, 

Elder Cox (칵스 장로l)

Pictures 

1,2 are of the church 

3,4 are of my district this transfer 

5 is the Scientology building 

I also attached a video of me getting interviewed by Elder Ashby

Week 37 in LA--My Week For You

Hey everyone! My week has been full of fun and some good times. 

On Monday, Elder Yi and Siepel and I went to a place called the grove and had lunch, it was good. We then went to Griffith park and hammocked for a while and then had Korean BBQ (한국어). I am being taught Korean by the elders I share an apartment with. 😂

On Tuesday Elder Yi went to South Bay and me and Elder Siepel went and picked up Elder Ashby and we then drove Elder Siepel to his new trainer meeting. We then went shopping and dropped Elder Ashby's stuff off and we went proselighting and met some cool people. 

Wednesday we had ward correlation and had a great discussion about how to help the ward. 

Thursday we had just a regular day going and knocking doors and talking with people. 

Friday we did the same thing as Thursday 

Saturday we went and helped paint a school, and we then ended the night with tacos. 

Sunday we had church and there were super fluffy service dogs there--they were really cute. 

That's my week I hope you enjoyed it. 

Love, 

Elder Cox (칵스  장로) 

Week 36 in LA--Hey!

Hey so I am staying in Wilshire Ward and my new companion is Elder Ashby. He is super cool and goes home after this transfer. Elder Rawlings also trained him so that's pretty cool. I am doing great and everything is good. I will send some pictures later. I am not feeling like doing a weekly this week but I will do one next week. 

Week 35 in LA--My Week in Review

Hey everyone to start off here is a really good quote from an unknown source, "When you finally let go of the past, something better comes along."

So on Monday we hung out with the Farsi Elders Hatch, Kramer, and Wonmacott. We went to Little Toyko again and we also got some Ice Cream from the Grand Central Market in downtown LA. 

Tuesday we had a regular day knocking doors and having fun. 

Wednesday we had ward correlation and we talked about how to get the members interested in sharing the gospel, so we decided to show chapel tour videos after church as people were leaving from sacrament. 

Thursday we had another day tracking, talked to some interesting people and I hope that they will call us so we can share the gospel with them. 

Friday I got to be apart of a very spiritual lesson with Elias one of my investigators, we talked in depth about the Plan of Salvation and he was definitely feeling the spirit and I know that as when he prayed he was greatful for the spirit. 

Saturday my companion Elder Whitmore got mid-cycled to a new area, I don't know where but I am now in a trio for the rest of the transfer. My new companions are Elder Yi and Elder Seiple. Elder Yi is from Texas and Elder Seiple is from Salem, Utah. We went teaching on UCLA campus and we talked to a lot of college kids that were our age which was really cool. I felt really comfortable on campus and it was hot and fun. We had a member dinner with a cool family and they were good company. 

Sunday I went to church with Elder Vola and Montgomery as my trio is double covering ward's that meet at the same time, and it was an awesome day at church. We set up the TV to play the videos and we got a member to sit and watch and she asked if we could do a chapel tour right then! We were kinda blindsided but we said yes! So they came and we gave a super spiritual tour and we talked about eternal families and in the chapel the spirit was so strong that many in the tour were in tears. After that I went to another dinner with a nice young couple. The Lewis, they gave us Elders so much advice about after the mission it was awesome. 

Today is looking to be a good day as well so I can't wait to tell you about it later, thanks for reading my email this week and here is a scripture for you to do ish off the weekly from me. (I was trying to translate what that last sentence was supposed to say but I've got nothing--haha) 

"19 ¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:19,20 

Elder Cox 

Week 34 in LA--Mission Birthday

This week was pretty awesome so, I'll get into it for you all. 

So on Monday, I was with Elder Yi and Elder Park. We went to the USC Campus and ate some pretty good hot dogs, and played soccer on their soccer fields. We also went to Guitar Center in Hollywood it is so cool. Elder Yi and I played some guitars and stuff. 

Tuesday we worked a lot in the north and tracted some cool people but nothing came of it. 

Wednesday we had a good day and just had fun talking with people. 

Thursday we got to talk with some members and they said they would make me a cake for my birthday, which is on Sunday. 

Friday we talked with some crazy people on the street and got yelled at a bit but we didn't get discouraged. 

Saturday we did weekly planning and for dinner a member took us to a taco stand and we got some good Mexican food. But it got me sick. Oh well HAHAHA. 

Sunday we had a great day at church, we had to have a baptismal interview with a man who's birthday is also on Sunday. He passed and will be baptized on Saturday. Elder Yi who I live with also made me a cake, it was a great birthday. 

Thanks for reading 

Elder Cox

 

Week 33 in LA--Another Week in Paradise

Hey hows it going!!! This week has been great. so lets get started with my week!

So Monday we went to Little Tokyo and I saw some cool stuff. It was my first time there and it was super cool. Elder Whitmore my companion is trying 

to lose weight so I get to hang with Elder Yi and Park they are pretty cool guys. Elder Park is from  South Korea and Elder Yi is from El Paso Texas. 

Tuesday we just had a regular boring day in our area, knocking doors and talking to people. 

Wednesday we had another regular day that ended with us having our weekly ward meetings. 

Thursday we had a really good district meeting, and then we called a bunch of people and we got a couple of return appointments which helps a lot. I also had a member take us to a Korean market and I got Pho, it was really good.

Friday we had a super spiritual lesson with two awesome Ethiopian people we taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Restoration. We invited them to be baptized and they excepted!!! It was super awesome and I know they will make great members. 

Saturday we went hard and got 3 New Investigators. It was crazy awesome. 

Sunday we had Stake Conference and there was so many people there. We heard some good talks and I learned some cool things.