Elder Zachary Cox's Mission Blog: Week 55 in LA--Welcome to Chatsworth.... Wait is that a horse? 😲

Hello everyone!!

This week has been super fun so... yeah you know the drill. (Hopefully)

**I (mom) asked him about the title since there was no other mention of horses?! He told me that he forgot to type it but that there are horses everywhere in his new area.**

Monday we went to the Alameda Swap meet and had some really good tortas! Then I packed up all my stuff and got ready for transfers.

Tuesday I drove up here to meet my new companion Elder Jung. He is a really cool guy from South Korea, Seoul area. He took me around and introduced me to some of the members and then we had some good dinner (we actually get fed every night in this area!!)

Wednesday we woke up, worked out and then we did studies. Then I had to go to ZLC which is Zone Leadership Council, and we talked about helping the zone and to help the missionaries better. We then worked and visited some people and then had a dinner with a member of the Korean Branch. I was eating with my chopsticks and the old man gave me a fork and said "Just in case you need it", I decided I had to show him that I can use chopsticks so I used them the rest of the time for dinner, and when we finished he said, "You are actually really good with chopsticks" So I felt pretty cool walking out of there. hahaha 😂

On Thursday we had a Zone Conference with Elder Nielson of the Seventy (He also heads the missionary board). We learned a lot about teaching repentance with him and I asked a question and he showed some of the new videos the church is working on. We then came back and had a good rest of the day.

Friday we had my first District Council as a District Leader, we talked about repentance and what we liked from Zone Conference, we then set up a district breakfast for (today) Monday. We then visited people the rest of the day.

Saturday we worked a lot. We went to Burbank to find Koreans, and we had a good lunch provided by my good friends Olivia and Julie who drove all the way up to the valley to see me (which was cool by the way) and then we visited some more people and we had a lesson with the wards RC Mike.

Sunday we went to church and there are a lot of older people in the ward, there wasn't that many youth. We also went to the branch and there were only 18 people there. Sad, but the branch fed us a really good lunch. We then went to Porter Ranch for dinner with a supper nice older couple.

Have a great week!!

Elder Cox

This is his email to me (mom):

Hey,

This week has gone very well. I came up here to Chatsworth (Which is actually still in the City Limits of LA) which is pretty crazy. The ward I am in is very small and a lot of elderly people. Like there are 3 or 4 actual families with kids, and the Korean Branch is very small like sacrament meeting only had 18 people in it. But after church they fed us lunch (Which apparently happens every sunday except fast sunday.) We are working really hard to find people to teach because there isnt many people here we are working with. We have been driving around a lot this week and I am really tired but that is all apart of missionary work! That is all I got!

Love ya

Elder Cox

And this is the email we received from his mission president, President Haynie:

Brother and Sister Cox,

Elder Zachary Matthew Cox has been called to be a District Leader in California Los Angeles Mission. This assignment has come to him because he has exhibited high qualities of leadership, demonstrated his obedience, and gained the trust of his fellow missionaries. In this leadership position, he will be an example of conduct, appearance, and performance to his fellow missionaries.

As a District Leader Elder Zachary Matthew Cox will supervise the activities of between 4 to 8 Missionaries in his district. His responsibilities will include demonstrating and teaching missionary skills and attributes to each member of his district. One of his most important responsibilities will be to interview candidates for baptism to determine their worthiness for this most significant ordinance.

Sister Haynie joins me in extending to you our sincere appreciation for your fine son. We realize that your example, training and love have contributed in large measure to his success as a missionary.

Sincerely yours,