Hello everyone! I'm excited that it's P-Day again! It's been 6 whole days! Haha no but I love it here! Let me tell you a bit about my area: I'm living in Santa Clara, which is I think northwest of San Jose? But my area is called Monta Vista and we're over a YSA ward, so our area is HUGE! It's been awesome though, because we get to work with so many different kinds of people. We're mostly teaching less-actives and stuff, but we have one investigator! His name is Jose and he is very much too smart for us. Every lesson ends with a "I'll get back to you on that." Haha he asks so many crazy questions. He's been coming to church though....as well as synagogue on saturdays and meditation on wednesdays. He's just investigating a lot of different things right now.
Okay, so I'm pretty sure this area has more Asians that Asia itself. Haha every restaurant has Asian letters on it and I got yelled at by some crazy Japanese people my first day contacting. But it's okay. My companion's name is Sister Ferrin and she's an excellent trainer!! She's from Provo (everyone in this mission is from Utah...pretty much.) and she's really funny. She's only been out 6 weeks so we're kind of training together haha. But it's cool because we live with her trainer, who's also training a greenie like me. So it's fun. Our apartment is very nice and is wedged nicely between two huge car dealerships.
My first night in my area, we had two dinner appointments. The food was so good, but I felt so sick. Haha we have dinner appointments like crazy. I think I'm definitely going to gain weight here. The bishop has given us an entire list of people in the YSA ward that either aren't members or aren't active and we've been driving all over to visit those people. I'm pretty sure that not a single one of them has answered their door. And yes, we have a car! [:
One of the people we tried to contact was a guy named Tyson. We went to his house and this HUGE mexican guy with a Chihuahua answered the door. The dog was going crazy, trying to eat us, and the man didn't look much different. He didn't say a word, so it was a bit awkward, but we asked if Tyson was there and he said no and then slammed the door. Haha so I guess that's my first California story. And also last night we had dinner at this woman's house named Debbie Darling. She was a classic California girl. We had to walk through the pool to get to her apartment, and then once we got there, she had three huge surf boards in the corner of her living room. We had fresh fruits and waffles for dinner and she told us about surfing and how much she loves healthy food and exercise. That pretty much captures the essence of California people right there. Haha. I love it here, though. It's so awesome to finally be here!
My mission president is President Watkins and he is way laid back and really just a very nice guy. I feel like we're a lot alike. Like if I were a 50 year old man, I'd probably be him. He has like 7 cars and a garage full of shoes for missionaries who need them. He so generous to all the missionaries and his wife is wonderful!
I'm loving it here so much! It's definitely different from Utah, but I love it! Okay, so funny story, Sister Ferrin and I were making an attempt at contacting in downtown Sunnyvale and we really weren't finding any people because there was hardly anyone there. We saw this family walking towards us with smiles on their faces and we thought they would be perfect. When the grandma of the family saw us approaching, she was like, "Oh, no." She proceeded to tell us that their family was from Utah and that no matter where they go, they can't seem to get away from Mormons. Haha I thought it was funny. They were nice people though.
So how's everything going with the family? Everyone here seems to know where Lindon is...it' a bit odd.
Anyway, I'm doing well, the work is going well, and I'm excited to see what this next week brings!
Sister Julie Catherine Harris
Julie's mailing address is:
Sister Julie Catherine Harris
121 Saratoga Ave. 4202
Santa Clara, CA 95050
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